Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

PAZ 048-054-055-058-060-061-062-142000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
130 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BERKS COUNTY...

AT 125 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE
OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY. THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL.

PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION
AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS.

CPB

PAZ067>071-NJZ015>019-142100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT/SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
255 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1994

...LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS moving into northern portions of
the delaware valley...

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
WESTERN BURLINGTON  AND INTO SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. THE
LINE EXTENDED ACROSS THE DELAWARE INTO MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS COUNTIES IN
PENNSYLVANIA. SHOWERS LINGERED OVER PORTION OF CAMDEN COUNTY and the
city of philadelphia.

some of these showers were producing locally heavy rain in a relatively
short time. the heaviest rain was over southwest burlington county in
new jersey and over eastern philadelphia and bucks counties in
pennsylvania.

movement was to the northeast at aROUND 15 MPH AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO northern bucks county
and southern mercer c(ounty in the next hour.

PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND HEAD INDOORS AT THE
FIRST SIGN OF THUNDERSTORMS.  IN ADDITION...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE WARY FOR
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING ON ROADWAYS.

wally

PAZ 048-054-055-058-060-061-062-142300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
320 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 315 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS SPREADING OVER ALL OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
AND POCONOS REGIONS OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYVANIA. THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION
AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE DEVELOPING
THUNDERRSTORMS.

CPB

PAZ 048-054-055-058-060-061-062-142300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
438 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 335 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS SPREADING OVER ALL OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
AND POCONOS REGIONS OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYVANIA. THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AT 15 MPH. SOME STREET AND FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND NIGHT.

PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION
AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS.

CPB

NJZ019>026-501-142130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTIC CITY NJ
530 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1994

AT 530 PM...ATLANTIC CITY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NORTHERN MARYLAND THROUGH MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING THE
PHILADELPHIA VICINITY TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.

WHILE THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN STAYING TO THE NORTH OF THE SOUTH JERSEY
AREA...NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...NORTHERN DELEWARE
AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL MOVE MORE EASTWARD THAN PREVIOUS
THUNDERSTORMS...AND COULD POSE A THREAT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING.

ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS PAST 50 MPH AND PERHAPS HAIL.

TRM

PAZ067>071-NJZ015>019-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT/SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
530 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS PHILADELPHIA AND THE
NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS...

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL LANCASTER
COUNTY JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF LANCASTER CITY.  IT WAS MOVING EAST
AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO CHESTER COUNTY BETWEEN
535 AND 550 PM.

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF
THE NORTHERN HALF OF CHESTER COUNTY AS WELL AS MOST OF MERCER...BUCKS
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.  WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF
LOSING THEIR SEVERE CHARACTERISTICS...THEY STILL HAVE BEEN PROLIFIC RAIN
PRODUCERS DROPPING A DOPPLER ESTIMATED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR.
THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO AFFECT PHILADELPHIA AND THE NEARBY
NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND HEAD INDOORS AT THE
FIRST SIGN OF THUNDERSTORMS.  IN ADDITION...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE WARY FOR
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING ON ROADWAYS.  NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE
ACROSS A FLOODED: ROADWAY.  MORE PERSONS ARE KILLED EACH YEAR FROM
FLOODING THAN ANY OTHER METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA.

GIGI