Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
1031 AM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

...THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR EASTERN
   PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP ANY WHERE AT ANYTIME IN
THIS AIR MASS. WITH WEAK STEERING WINDS ALOFT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DRIFT
SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAN EXCEED 1.0 INCH
IN A SHORT TIME AND FLOODING OF RAODWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IS POSSIBLE.
A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY WHERE RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN HEAVIER.

THVE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
122PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE AND MOST OF KENT COUNTY...

   AT 120 THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR WAS DEPICTING AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM ODESSA AND MIDDLETOWN IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY SOUTHWARD
THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY.

   THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY NOTED BY RADAR WERE LOCATED
IN KENT COUNTY.  ONE WAS ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF DOVER AND THE SECOND WAS
AT KENTON...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMYRNA.

   THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
AT THIS RATE MOST OF NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDER
WITH OCCASIONALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 2 UNTIL 430PM.

   OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO POPPING UP ACROSS CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY...SO THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON MOST OF
DELAWARE WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF SOAKING RAINS.

   AS A REMINDER...WITH EACH THUNDERSTORM WILL COME DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
216 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE METROPOLITAN AREA...

AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT 215 PM EDT WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUCKS...
MONTGOMERY...AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND OVER
GLOUCESTER AND SALEM COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.  OTHER SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AT 215 PM COVERED MOST OF BUCKS COUNTY AND PARTS
OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...MOST OF BURLINGTON COUNTY
AND WESTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.  THE STORMS MOVING
INTO SALEM COUNTY FROM DELAWARE WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE METROPOLITAN AREA HAVE BEEN GROWING RAPIDLY IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY.  ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO
GROW IN STORMS THAT PRODUCE VERY HEA,VY RAIN.  WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS.  ALL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT
5 TO 10 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
227 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE METROPOLITAN AREA...

AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT 215 PM EDT WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUCKS...
MONTGOMERY...AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND OVER
GLOUCESTER AND CAMDEN COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.  OTHER SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AT 215 PM COVERED MOST OF BUCKS COUNTY AND PARTS
OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...MOST OF BURLINGTON COUNTY
AND WESTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.  THE STORMS MOVING
INTO SALEM COUNTY FROM DELAWARE WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE METROPOLITAN AREA HAVE BEEN GROWING RAPIDLY IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY.  ALL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO
GROW IN STORMS THAT P0RODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.  WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS.  ALL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT
5 TO 10 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

ABPA-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
2450 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
   AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF
PHILADELPHIA TO NORTH OF ALLENTOWN. WIDELY SCATTERD SHOWERS ARE
ALSO LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS COUNTY.
ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER
CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN
HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH AT ABOUT 8 MPH.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND IF SIGHTED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
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ABPA-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
245 PM EDT THU JUN 22 1989

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
   AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF
PHILADELPHIA TO NORTH OF ALLENTOWN. WIDELY SCATTERD SHOWERS ARE
ALSO LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS COUNTY.
ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER
CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN
HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH AT ABOUT 8 MPH.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND IF SIGHTED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
$$GIANNETTA

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