Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
520 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

AT 5PM EDT NATIONAL WAETHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST
MARYLAND TO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CHEASPEAKE BAY. THESE STORMS
ARE MOVING JUST TO THE NORTH OF EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. AT THIS SPEED
AND MOVENENT THE STORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE BETWEEN
5 AND 6 PM AND MOVE INTO CENTRAL DELAWARE BETWEEN 6 AND 7PM AND FURTHER
SOUTH AFTER 7PM. HAIL STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED
AS THESE STORMS MOVED ACROSS PARTS OF MARYLAND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND GUSTY APPEAR TO BE MOVING
TOWARD KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES OF DELAWARE AT THIS TIME.

IF ONE OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS OCCURS IN YOUR AREA...YOU CAN
EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO ABOUT
50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE.

BOATERS ON THE DELAWARE  BAY AND THE ATLANTIC WATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE
 HARBOR UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

MOTORIST SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION IN THE
HEAVIER RAIN.

REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS A KILLER...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND
DOORS WHEN LIGHTNING IS OCCURING AND ALSO DO NOT USE THE
TELEPHONE UNTIL THE STORM IS OVER.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED BY CONDITIONS.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
530 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SCHUYLKILL AND
WESTERN BERKS COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEAR PINE GROVE
IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
BERKS COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR.
PEOPLE LIVING IN BERKS AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IF THIREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
535 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND
   SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS IN CHESTER COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA AND ALSO IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY NEW JERSEY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY
CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND
40K MPH.

PEOPLE IN CHESTER COUNTY AND DELAWARE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AND IN
GLOUCESTER COUNTY AND CAMDEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY SHOULD BE AWARE
OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THESE COUNTIES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
727 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 1988

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN NEW JERSEY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN CAMDEN
COUNTY NEW JERSEY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND IS HEADED FOR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD.

PEOPLE IN THESE TWO NEW JERSEY COUNTIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THEIR AREA..

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