Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Aug 27, 2011, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

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WWUS81 KPHI 271836
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
236 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>018-020>027-271930-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-
CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-GLOUCESTER NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-
KENT MD-KENT DE-NEW CASTLE DE-OCEAN NJ-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-SALEM NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-
236 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...BANDS OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT 
KENT...CAROLINE...CECIL...SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...
QUEEN ANNE'S...TALBOT...SUSSEX...NEW CASTLE...CAPE 
MAY...OCEAN...ATLANTIC AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
BANDS OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS MOVING WEST 
NORTHWEST THROUGH DELAWARE...ADJACENT EASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN 
NEW JERSEY.

STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN KENT AND SUSSEX 
COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN DELAWARE...AND IN CAROLINE AND TALBOT COUNTIES 
OF MARYLAND BETWEEN NOW AND 330 PM WITH 45 TO 50 MPH GUSTS IN SOME 
OF THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ELSEWHERE. POWER OUTAGES MAY DEVELOP IN 
SOUTHERN DELAWARE SHORTLY. 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS 
EARLIER. BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING AND AN 
AREAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THIS REGION.

LAT...LON 3846 7570 3869 7583 3856 7604 3867 7636
      3884 7620 3894 7637 3955 7603 3955 7608
      3975 7409 3892 7495 3892 7497 3916 7491
      3917 7514 3951 7553 3958 7554 3958 7556
      3893 7530 3880 7507 3844 7505

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FORECASTER:  DRAG

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