Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

PAZ007>012-016-NJZ002>004-006-222000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
125 PM EDT MON JUL 22 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE LANCASTER-CHESTER BORDER...

THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL BE MOVING TO THE EAST INTO WESTERN CHESTER
COUNTY BY ABOUT 140 PM AND MOVE TO CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY BY 230 PM
HOPEFULLY THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY NEEDED RAINFALL.

MR

DEZ003-221900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
156 PM EDT MON JUL 22 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS NEW CASTLE COUNTY...

AS OF 145 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS CHESTER COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWARD TO CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING TO THE EAST FROM 20 TO 25 MPH.  THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO
NEW CASTLE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...AND COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

VAUGHAN

PAZ011-016-222000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
305 PM EDT MON JUL 22 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
IN A BROKEN LINE FROM NEAR WILKES-BARRE SOUTHWEST THROUGH HAZELTON INTO
NORTHERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER
WEST CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY AND NORTHEAST BERKS COUNTY. ALL THIS
ACTIVITY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MAY
CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE LIVING IN SCHUYLKILL...BERKS AND LEHIGH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT
TO THREATENING WEATHER BETWEEN 300 AND 5 PM.

LOEPER

NJZ003-004- 222030

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
333 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

AT 333 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA
AND IN NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

IN THE HOT AND HUMID AIR MASS WE HAVE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ANY WHERE IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP RATHER
QUICKLY AND PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING RELATIVELY SLOWLY...IT IS POSSIBLE TO
RECEIVE HEAVY RAINS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING OF STREETS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

REMEMBER...ANY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND
GUSTS AS WELL AS THE HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  IF YOU ARE
IN OR NEAR THE WATER WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

HAYES

PAZ011-016-222100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
405 PM EDT MON JUL 22 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CARBON AND NORTHERN LEHIGH
   COUNTIES...

AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY SOUTH INTO NORTHERN LEHIGH AND NORTHWESTERN
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MAY
CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE LIVING IN LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON AND EASTERN CARBON COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER BETWEEN 400 AND 600PM.

LOEPER

PAZ012-NJZ002-222200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
415 PM EDT MON JUL 22 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DELAWARE VALLEY...

AT 400 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH HEAVY RAINS...ACROSS THE DELAWARE VALLEY. ONE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED IN LOWER BUCKS COUNTY OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA RIGHT
ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER AND SOUTH OF TRENTON NEW JERSEY. LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF OLD BUSINESS ROUTE 1 WAS REPORTED BY A WEATHER SERVICE
SPOTTER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY.

ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON RADAR IN LOWER PORTIONS OF
CAMDEN AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES.

REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME...AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY. IN ENCOUNTERING A
THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS...PULL OVER UNTIL THE RAIN SUBSIDES.

ALSO...THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAN CAUSE LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES
TO FLOOD QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY
BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

JWH