Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
1033 AM EDT SAT MAY 27 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PHILADELPHIA...

AT 1030 AM...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE PHILADELPHIA
METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH FLOODING IS LIKELY
IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BY 1130 AM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST INTO MARYLAND AND WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD THROUGH THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA INTO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
1115 AM EDT SAT MAY 27 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NEW JERSEY...

WINDS HAVE REACHED 48MPH 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLVILLE AIRPORT
IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY SOUTH JERSEY. THESE AND OTHER STRONG STORMS
WERE LINED UP FROM JUST SOUTH OF NEW YORK HARBOR THROUGH MCGUIRE
AFB AND ACROSS THE DELAWARE BAY TO DOVER DELAWARE. THE REPORTS
OF LIGHTNING ARE MORE FREQUENT THIS HOUR.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH HAS CAUSED
STREET FLOODING IN NEW JERSEY THIS HOUR. THESE THUNDERTORMS WILL
CLEAR THE COAST IN ABOUT AN HOUR OR HOUR AND A HALF.

PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD DELAY MEMORIAL$ DAY WEEKEND ACTIVITIES
UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS.
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