Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

ABPA-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
730 PM EST SAT NOV 18 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS HEADING FOR LEHIGH VALLEY...

AT 730 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST
EAST OF WILLIAMSPORT SOUTHWEST TO EAST OF ALTOONA. THIS LINE IS MOVING
VERY RAPIDLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTAIN VERY STRONG WINDS. STATE COLLGE REPORTED GUSTS TO 71 MPH AT
7PM THIS EVENING WHILE WILLIAMSPORT HAD WINDS TO 63 MPH AT JUST AFTER
700PM.
AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THESE STORMS SHOULD ENTER THE LEHIGH VALLEY
AROUND 9PM THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR VERY STRONG
WINDS AND SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS AROUND THEIR PROPERTY. MUCH COLDER
AIR WILL MOVE INTO OUR AREA AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

$$LOEPER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
810 PM EST MON NOV 21 1989

...FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING TOWARD
DELAWARE...

A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL PASS THROUGH
NORTHERN DELAWARE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES BORDERING NORTHERN DELAWARE
...BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PORTION OF DELAWARE.

AS THE COLD APPROACHES THIS EVENING WIND WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO A
MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION AND INCREASE TO ABOUT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUST BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS. WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUST IN EXCESS OF
50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY OVERNIGHT AND BEGIN TO
DIMINISH SLOWLY ON TUESDAY.

 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT IN NORTHERN DELAWARE
AND IF A THUNDERSTORM DOES OCCURDANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE.

WINDS JUST BEFORE AND FOLLOWING THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY
STATEWIDE...BUT THE STORNGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE NORTH PART OF THE
FIRST STATE.

BE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND  BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

BOATERS ON WATERS ADJOINING DELAWARE SHOULD PUT INTO HARBOR UNTIL THE
THREAT OF THESE STRONG WINDS SUBSIDE LATER TUESDAY.

ADDTIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED BY CONDITIONS.
CKD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
813 PM EST MON NOV 20 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA
   UNTIL 2 AM EST...

AT 800 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE POCONOS TO THE
LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTAINED WIND GUSTS UP TO 85 MPH AS THEY MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN SUBURBS
OF PHILADELPHIA AROUND 815 PM AND SHOULD CROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
BY MIDNIGHT.

THE WINDS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING
DOWN TREE LIMBS AND PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES.  ANY LOOSE OBJECTS
LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT I7NDOORS.

RNS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
845 PM EST MON NOV 20 1989

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
   UNTILL 2 AM EST...

A COLD FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA HAS GENERATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED WINDS UP TO 70 TO
85 MPH AT SEVERAL PLACES...HARRISBURG AND STATE COLLEGE.

THE FRONT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BY 1 AM.
RADAR...AT 825 PM...INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
...FROM PIKE COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO THE HARRISBURG AREA.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS SHOULD TAKE COVER AND LISTEN TO NOAA RAIDO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS
AND OR WARNINGS.
GAGER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
853 PM EST MON NOV 21 1989

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR DELAWARE TONIGHT...

...FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING TOWARD
DELAWARE...

A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL PASS THROUGH
NORTHERN DELAWARE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES BORDERING NORTHERN DELAWARE
...BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PORTION OF DELAWARE.

AS THE COLD APPROACHES THIS EVENING WIND WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO A
MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION AND INCREASE TO ABOUT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUST BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS. WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUST IN EXCESS OF
50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY OVERNIGHT AND BEGIN TO
 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT IN NORTHERN DELAWARE
AND IF A THUNDERSTORM DOES OCCUR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE.

WINDS JUST BEFORE AND FOLLOWING THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY
STATEWIDE...BUT THE STORNGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE NORTH PART OF THE
FIRST STATE.

BE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND  BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

BOATERS ON WATERS ADJOINING DELAWARE SHOULD PUT INTO HARBOR UNTIL THE
THREAT OF THESE STRONG WINDS SUBSIDE LATER TUESDAY.

ADDTIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED BY CONDITIONS.
CKD