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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 3, 2010Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2010, 8:51 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2010, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2010, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Chester County, PA

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 3, 8:18 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 8:18 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 8:16 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
258 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010

MDZ015-019-020-032000-
CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
258 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010

...DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE BAY...

BETWEEN NOW AND 400 PM, DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE BAY AND INTO PARTS OF QUEEN ANNE'S
COUNTY AND TALBOT COUNTY.

AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND THEY COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3857 7605 3873 7624 3872 7632 3866 7634
      3877 7640 3875 7635 3887 7625 3882 7621
      3883 7620 3895 7624 3884 7638 3885 7639
      3903 7632 3904 7631 3896 7624 3924 7601
      3925 7577 3865 7571 3869 7591

IOVINO

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
431 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-032130-
CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
431 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST SHOULD MOVE ACROSS
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND BEGIN MOVING INTO THE UPPER EASTERN SHORE
COUNTIES BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS, HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS EVENING AND SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3856 7605 3866 7635 3876 7640 3887 7626
      3882 7621 3882 7620 3883 7620 3894 7624
      3884 7636 3885 7639 3904 7631 3895 7625
      3900 7617 3915 7628 3927 7622 3944 7599
      3972 7623 3973 7580 3865 7571 3869 7590

IOVINO

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
523 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010

DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-032215-
CAROLINE MD-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
TALBOT MD-
523 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...

AT 520 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE BALTIMORE
AND WASHINGTON AREA. THE STORMS SHOULD PASS ACROSS CHESAPEAKE BAY
AND BEGIN MOVING INTO THE UPPER EASTERN SHORE COUNTIES BETWEEN 530
AND 600 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTIES OF
KENT...QUEEN ANNE'S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE BETWEEN ABOUT 600 AND 645
PM BEFORE AFFECTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE FROM AROUND 645
UNTIL 800 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS, HEAVY
RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS EVENING AND SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3846 7570 3869 7583 3857 7605 3876 7623
      3868 7635 3887 7625 3882 7621 3883 7620
      3894 7624 3884 7637 3886 7638 3904 7631
      3900 7618 3916 7628 3934 7617 3932 7544
      3878 7514 3845 7511

IOVINO

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:05 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:51 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	55 min
Jun 4, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	90 min
Jun 4, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	91 min
Jun 4, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	76 min
Jun 4, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's	87 min

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Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2010 Every special weather statement in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.