Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
1100 AM EDT MON AUG 29 1988

...THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS MOVING NORTH...

AT 10 AM EDT...THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM CHRIS WAS LOCATED IN
NORTHERN VIRGINIA.  THIS SYSTEM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH AT
30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WAS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACCELERATING
AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD.

SO FAR THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AND SO A SMALL STREAM FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THIS AREA.

RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS NORTHEAST MARYLAND
AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL DELAWARE INTO SALEM AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.  THIS RAIN AREA CONTINUES
TO MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MILES AN HOUR.
RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN PHILADELPHIA AREA THIS
AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THAT RAIN WILL BE HEAVY...AND FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS ARE POSSIBLE.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY RAIN AREAS...AND
REMEMBER NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOOVDED AREAS.

JWH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
1135 AM EDT MON AUG 29 1988

REMNANTS OF T.S. CHRIS NEAR THE WASHINGTON D. C. AREA AND
SPREADING RAIN OVER A LARGE AREA OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD.

AT THIS TIME RAIN IS FALLING OVER MUCH OF DELAWARE EXCEPT
SOUTHEAST SUSSEX COUNTY. SOME HEAVY PATCHES OF RAIN ARE OCCURING
FROM CENTRAL KENT COUNTY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

FOR THIS AFTERNOON RAIN...HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS...WILL BE
TAPERING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN
WILL CAUSE SOME HIGHWAY AND STREET FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR
DRAINAGE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS IN SUSSEX COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE NO
PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM. EXCEPT IN TUNDERSTORMS
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOUTHERLY 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY.

NO ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED FOR THIS SYSTEM.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
120 PM EDT MON AUG 29 1988

RAIN...HEAVY IN SOME LOCATIONS CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF DELAWARE AS THE REMNANTS OF T.S CHRIS MOVES
THRU NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

WINDS OVER THE FIRST STATE HAVE BEGUN TO PICK UP AND WILL
BECOME SOMEWHAT BRISK AND GUSTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON IN MANY LOCATIONS. SOUTHERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH.

BOATERS ON THE BAY SHOULD TAKE NOTE AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL
THE WINDS DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

CKD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
430 PM EDT MON AUG 29 1988

...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN DELAWARE...

AT 415 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN ON THE
DELAWARE/MARYLAND STATE LINE JUST NORTHWEST OF HARRINGTON.
IT IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY OF DELAWARE DURING THE HOUR. SOME BRIEF WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN KENT COUNTY SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
CS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
438 PM EDT MON AUG 29 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY
   NEW JERSEY INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY...

     AT 430 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY NEW JERSEY TO WESTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF DELAWARE BAY INTO
CENTRAL DELAWARE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.  WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED EARLIER
AS THE LINE MOVED THROUGH ELMER NEW JERSEY.

     IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

SP