Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT -
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
530 PM EDT MON MAY 6 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND MOST
OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY TIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 5 15 PM AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM WESTERN NEW YORK STATE TO SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.  IN
PENNSYLVANIA THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM BRADFORD
COUNTY IN THE NORTH TO LANCASTER COUNTY IN THE SOUTH.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  SOME
INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING AS FAST AS 55 MILES AN HOUR.

FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING VERY
QUICKLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND INTO NEW
JERSEY.

TORNADOES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER
WATCHES...WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS.

JEJ

PAZ007>012-016-NJZ002>004-006-062300-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT -
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
530 PM EDT MON MAY 6 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND MOST
OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY TIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 5 15 PM AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM WESTERN NEW YORK STATE TO SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.  IN
PENNSYLVANIA THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM BRADFORD
COUNTY IN THE NORTH TO LANCASTER COUNTY IN THE SOUTH.

THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  SOME
INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING AS FAST AS 55 MILES AN HOUR.

FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING VERY
QUICKLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING
THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA...AND INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

TORNADOES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOC AL RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER
WATCHES...WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS.

JEJ

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
528 PM EDT MON MAY 6 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR THE FIRST STATE...
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT TONIGHT...

 AT 515 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT TO 15 MILES WEST OF
BALTIMORE TO JUST WEST OF WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWARD INTO VIRGINIA. THESE
ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE REACHING NORTHERN DELAWARE AROUND
630 PM...AND A LITTLE LATER FROM 7PM TO 8PM DOWNSTATE.
 THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
RADAR INDICATES THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL IN SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
 IN THE HARRISBURG AREA...WINDS GUSTED TO 52 MPH SHORTLY BEFORE 5PM
IN A HEAVY SHOWER...AND AT DULLES AIRPORT WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH.
NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN SIGHTED AS YET...BUT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL OF DELAWARE UNTIL 10PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE WARNING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT AND PREPARED
TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS REACH
THE STATE.
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS.
CS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
545 PM EDT MON MAY 06 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AT THIS TIME.

AT 430 PM...OUR WEATRHER SEARCH RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. MOVEMENT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL...WERE INDICATED IN THE
LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY OF PENNSYLVANIA MOVING INTO CHESTER COUNTY SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA. STORNG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE STORM AS THEY MOVE EASTNORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN WILLIAMSPORT AND
ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA DWON THROUGH THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY OF PENNSYLVANIA

...SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN INTO CENTRAL MARYLAND. THIS AREA
WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO A WATCH AREA. PERSONS
IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEJATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

FXD/WS/PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
635 PM EDT MON MAY 06 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 630 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PASSING SALEM
SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY INTO GLOUCESTER COUNTY NEAR WILLIAMSTOWN. HAIL WAS
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM OF 3/8 INCH AS IT PASSED WILMINGTON DELAWARE.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS TO 60 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EXTENDED ALONG THE NEW
JERSEY/PENNSYLVANIA BORDER FROM EASTON TO JUST NORTH OF TRENTON. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST TO EASTNORTHEAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STORM WAS INDICATED
ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY MARYLANDBETWEEN CHESTERTOWN AND
CENTERVILLE.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INTO
EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...PUSHING INTO EXTREME WESTERN NEW JERSEY
...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL DELAWARE INTO MARYLAND. THIS AREA WAS MOVING EAST

AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE STORM MOVED EASTNORTHEAST AT 50 MILES
AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO A WATCH AREA. PERSONS
IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

FXD/WS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
641 PM EDT MON MAY 6 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN DELAWARE...AND HEADING FOR
CENTRAL AND SOUTH