Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

NJZ014-024>026-050000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
145 PM EDT MON JUN 3 1996

...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THIS EVENING...

A WEAK COLD FRONT...MOVING SLOWLY EAST FROM OHIO...WILL PRODUCE SOME LIFT
TO MOIST AIR EAST OF THE FRONT. THE AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS MODERATELY
UNSTABLE WITH COOL AIR ALOFT AND SOME SOLAR HEATING OF AIR NEAR THE
GROUND. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME GENERALIZED THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY THIS EVENING BUT NOT FOR ANY TO GROW TO SEVERE PROPORTIONS.

IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH SOUTHWEST TO
NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE ACCOMPANVIED
BY GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. CONDITIONS DO EXIST FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL HAIL IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

DOVICO

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-050100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
250 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE
COUNTIES OF CECIL...QUEEN ANNE/S...KENT...CAROLINE AND TALBOT.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA.

A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY COUPLED WITH
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AT HIGHER LEVELS OF OUR ATMOSPHERE WILL HELP
DEVELOP STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC STATES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  A DEVELOPING LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
PENNSYLVANIA INTO THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST.  THE SOUTHERN PART OF THIS LINE SHOULD REACH THE WATCH
AREA PROBABLY BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM TODAY.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD LOOK FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER WARNINGS
OR STATEMENTS OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION.  IF YOU DO SEE THREATENING WEATHER...PLEASE TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS QUICKLY.

GIGI

PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-DEZ001-NJZ001-007>010-012>020-022-025-026-
050300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
425 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR MOST OF EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN DELAWARE.

THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH IN PENNSYLVANIA ARE...CARBON...
MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS
...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA

THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH IN NEW JERSEY ARE SUSSEX...WARREN
...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...MERCER...
BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...ATLANTIC AND SALEM.

NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA.  SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL
NEW JERSEY IN MONMOUTH...OCEAN AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AND
COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

FARTHER TO THE WEST A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WAS
MOVING THROUGH THE SUSQUEHANNA BASIN.  WITH THE PRESENT MOTION AND IF
IT CAN MAINTAIN ITSELF THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE WILL PASS
THROUGH PALMERTON AND READING BY 6 PM...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...
PHOENIXVILLE AND NEWARK DE BY 7 PM...SUSSEX...HACKETTSTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...PHILADELPHIA AND PILESGROVE BY 8 PM...MORRISTOWN...
BEDMINSTER...MOUNT HOLLY AND MILLVILLE BY 9 PM...NEW BRUNSWICK
...JACKSON AND HAMMONTON BY 10 PM AND REACH THE NEW JERSEY SHORE BY
11 PM.

A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY COUPLED WITH
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AT HIGHER LEVELS OF OUR ATMOSPHERE WILL HELP
DEVELOP STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC STATES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD L(OOK FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER WARNINGS
OR STATEMENTS OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION.  IF YOU DO SEE THREATENING WEATHER...PLEASE TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS QUICKLY.

GIGI