Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

ABPA-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
620 PM EDT TUE JULY 26 1988

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN BERKS COUNTY...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN BERKS COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS BERKS COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.
A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COLUMBIA SOUTHWESTWARD TO
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL MOVE EASTNORTHEASTWARD INTO
WESTERN AND NORTHERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN ABOUT ONE HOUR. THESE STORMS
CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND COULD CONTAIN STRONG...
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

ELSWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SC2ATTERED THROUGHOUT LEHIGH
AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES.

PEOPLE LIVING IN BERKS AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

$$DOVICO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
640 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR PHILADELPHIA
METROPOLITAN AREA...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CHESTER COUNTY...

AT 640 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CHESTER COUNTY. IN ADDITION
...THERE WERE SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN BUCKS
AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AND ANOTHER AREA IN SALEM COUNTY.
THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH POSSIBLE LOCALIZED
FLOODING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL AFFECT DELAWARE COUNTY AND PHILADELPHIA C@OUNTIES BETWEEN 640
AND 740 PM EDT.  IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

KWH

^PHLSPSACY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
635 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEW JERSEY INCLUDING CUMBERLAND AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM...

AT 630 PM..THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE BEING OBSERVED IN THE FOLLOWING
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LOCATIONS:  A FEW MILES NORTHEAST OF READING...JUST
SOUTH OF POTTSTOWN AND 10 MILES WEST OF WILMINGTON AND 10 MILES EAST OF
LANCASTER.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR A FEW MILES
WEST OF MILLVILLE NEW JERSEY.

TO COMPLETE THE PICTURE..D.SHOWERS AND LIGHTER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...EASTERN HALF OF PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
645 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES STATEWIDE UNTIL 11PM...

THUNDERSTORMS AT PRESENT EXTEND FROM SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHEASTERN THROUGH CENTRAL MARYLAND INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN STORMS OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA.  STORMS ALONG THE
NORTHERN DELAWARE AND MARYLAND BORDER CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  RAIN HAS SPREAD INTO NORTHERN AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY WITH HEAVIEST RAIN JUST TO
THE NORTH AND WEST OF NEWARK.

MOVE INDOORS TO A REINFORCED STRUCTURE IF A STORM APPROACHES.  ALSO
BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
ROADSIDES AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
.
AT PRESENT...NO STORMS WERE THREATENING KENT OR SUSSEX COUNTIES.
HOWEVER...ANY STORMS THAT DgEVELOP THERE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE.

HITCHENS

^PHLSPSACY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
735 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 1988

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEW JERSEY INCLUDING CUMBERLAND AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM...

AT 730 PM..THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE OCCURING BETWEEN NEW
BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY AND WILMINGTON DELAWARE.

ELSWHERE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND LIGHTER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING OBSERVED IN
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...NORTHERN DELAWARE...EASTERN HALF OF PENNSYLVANIA
...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THpE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.
JIK

ABPA-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
620 PM EDT TUE JULY 26 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN BERKS COUNTY...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN BERKS COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS BERKS COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.
A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COLUMBIA SOUTHWESTWARD TO
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL MOVE EASTNORTHEASTWARD INTO
WESTERN AND NORTHERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN ABOUT ONE HOUR. THESE STORMS
CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND COULsD CONTAIN STRONG...
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

ELSWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT LEHIGH
AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES.
THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

$$DOVICO