Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
536 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
VALLEY...

WEATHER RADAR AT 535 PM EDT INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY.  THE
STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FRANKLIN...ADAMS...AND SOUTHERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO THE WEST OF HARRISBURG.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO YORK
AND LANCASTER COUNTIES BY 700 PM THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY MOVE INTO
CHESTER COUNTY OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM THIS
EVENING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.  IF YOU SEE
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHING THIS EVENING...PLEASE SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

WERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
615 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CUMBERLAND...FRANKLIN...ADAMS...YORK...
LANCASTER AND CHESTER COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

WEATHER RADAR AT 615 PM EDT INDICATED THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE
OVER THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO
MARYLAND...AND ARE NO LONGER A THREAT TO THE COUNTIES ALONG THE SOUTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.  THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH
HAD BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR CUMBERLAND...FRANKLIN...ADAMS...
YORK...LANCASTER...AND CHESTER COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS PERSISTED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
FRANKLIN...ADAMS AND YORK COUNTY IN THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...BUT
THESE SHOWERS SHOULD END BEFORE 700 PM AS ALL PRECIPITATION MOVES SOUTH
OF THE MASON DIXON LINE.

A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER
SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...BUT ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

WERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
620 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1988

...GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT LOWER DELAWARE THIS EVENING...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT THIS HOUR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
IN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA WEST OF THE BALTIMORE WASHINGTON AREA.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT CLOSE TO 50 MPH.  BECAUSE THE STORMS
ARE MOVING SO FAST...THEY ARE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN THEIR
PATH.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF KENT AND SUSSEX
COUNTIES DURING THE EARLY AND MID EVENING HOURS.

PERSONS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS TO A REINFORCED STRUCTURE IF A STORM
APPROACHES.  REPORT THE OCCURRENCE OF ANY DAMAGING WEATHER TO
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE MESSAGE TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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HITCHENS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
720 PM EDT MON AUG 15 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH POSTED FOR KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES
   UNTIL 11 PM...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS POSTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 389 FOR PARTS OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION.
THE WATCH INCLUDES KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES OF DELAWARE.  A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH INDICATES THAT ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR OVER
THE STATE THIS EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

STORMS WERE PRESENTLY OCCURRING IN A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM
ABERDEEN MARYLAND SOUTHWEST INTO VIRGINIA 30 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.  TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED
DOWN IN A FEW AREAS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

STORMS WILL MOVE INTO KENT COUNTY WITHIN AN HOUR AND WILL PROGRESS
 INTO SUSSEX THEREAFTER.

MOVE INDOORS TO A REINFORCED STRUCTURE WITH THE APPROACH OF A STORM.
REPORT THE OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
ASK THEM TO RELAY THE MESSAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

HITCHENS