Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
711 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL NEAR CHESTER...LANCASTER...BERKS
   COUNTY BORDER IN PENNSYLVANIA...

    AT 7 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
IN LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA NEAR THE BORDER WITH CHESTER AND
BERKS COUNTIES.  THIS THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND
3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL EARLIER AS IT MOVED THROUGH LITITZ AND MANHEIM IN
LANCASTER COUNTY.   IT WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY EASTNORTHEAST.

     THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM AND PERSONS IN ITS VICINITY
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.  IN CHESTER COUNTY
THE THUNDERSTORM MAY AFFECT THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF HONEYBROOK.

SP

ABPA-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
800 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

      ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 800 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST
OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FROM MONROE COUNTY WEST SOUTHWEST TO BERKS
COUNTY. ONE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LENHARTSVILLE IN NORTHERN
BERKS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT AROUND
25 MPH.
PERSONS IN EASTERN BERKS...CARBON AND LEHIGH COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LENHARTSVILLE AS IT
MOVES EAST.

$$LOEPER

ABPA-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
840 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

      ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO LEHIGH COUNTY...

AT 835 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
ALONG THE BERKS-LEHIGH COUNTY LINE NEAR ALBURTIS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST
AT 25 MPH. A WEATHER SPOTTER NEAR KUTZTOWN REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA OF BERKS COUNTY
AT 815PM.
PERSONS IN SOUTHERN LEHIGH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE PASSAGE OF
THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT CONTINUES EAST TOWARD COOPERSBURG DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.

$$LOEPER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
848 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CHESTER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
   IN PENNSYLVANIA...

    AT 840 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN
CHESTER COUNTY WAS JUST MOVING INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY EAST OF
POTTSTOWN.  THIS STORM HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL.

     ALSO AT 840 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO
CHESTER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES FROM THE WEST.  THUNDERSTORMS IN
THIS LINE MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS.

     ALL PERSONS IN THE SUBURBAN COUNTIES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA SHOULD
BE ALERT FRO THREATENING CONDI TIONS AND PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY.

SP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
849 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CHESTER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
   IN PENNSYLVANIA...

    AT 840 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN
CHESTER COUNTY WAS JUST MOVING INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY EAST OF
POTTSTOWN.  THIS STORM HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL.

     ALSO AT 840 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO
CHESTER AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES FROM THE WEST.  THUNDERSTORMS IN
THIS LINE MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS.

     ALL PERSONS IN THE SUBURBAN COUNTIES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THR"EATENING CONDITIONS AND PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY.

SP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
920 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE EXTREME NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN
   BORDER OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY...

...ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER TO THE WEST WILL
   THREATEN THE ENTIRE STATE LATER IN THE EVENING...

   SHORTLY AFTER 9PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A CLUSTER
OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

   THESE PARTICULAR STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE EXTREME NORTHERN PART OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY BETWEEN 930 AND 10 THIS EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM HOCKESSIN TO CLAYMONT.

   THE STORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAVE A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

   IF ONE OF THESE STORMS MOVES INTO YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
   DO NOT DRIVE DURING A HEAVY DOWNPOUR...ALLOW THE STORM TO PASS.

   IN ADDITION TO THE STORMS NEARING THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST...ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND AND
THIS ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT ALL OF DELA`WARE LATER IN THE EVENING.

   ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING MESSAGES WILL BE RELEASED AS
NEEDED.

LC