Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 10, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
309 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001

ONE MORE DAY AND THEN SOME RELIEF...BUT WE WILL UNDOUBTABLY PAY A
PRICE. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO OUR FA THIS AFTN...
CROSSING THE PHILLY AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN MOVING JUST OFF
TO OUR SE BY DAYBREAK. THE POSSIBILITY WILL EXIST FOR SVR TSTMS
LATER TODAY INTO TNGT AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS AND A SEVERE
WEATHER OUTLOOK STATEMENT WBIS. IT APPEARS AS IF THE FRONT WILL
COME TO A SCREECHING HALT SATURDAY. WEAK WAVES OF LOW PRES WILL
MOVE ALONG THE FRONT BRINGING SCT SHWRS/TSTMS SAT AND SUN. LOOKS
LIKE THE FINAL WAVE WILL WORK ITS WAY ACROSS THE MID ATLC AREA
MON INTO TUE AND THEN WE WILL FINALLY GET SOME COOLER/DRIER AIR.

.PHI...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING TODAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PA...
       CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NJ...DE AND NORTHEASTERN MD
       (EXCEPT COASTAL AREAS).
       PA ZONES 67>71...NJ ZONES 9-10-12-13-15>23...
       DE ZONES 1>3 AND MD ZONES 8-12-15-19-20.

RPW

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1015 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...

A COLD FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO THIS MORNING.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST...AND IT MAY BRING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE AND
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

BY MID MORNING THERE WERE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN
CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
SPREAD INTO THE POCONO MOUNTAIN REGION...THE LEHIGH VALLEY...BERKS
COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY DURING THE AFTERNOON.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.
THE RAIN SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL THIS EVENING IN SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING AND END TO THE CURRENT HEAT WAVE.

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

IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...AND FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.  YOU CAN ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE
INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN
LOWER CASE).

IOVINO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1240 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR
   EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOST OF NEW JERSEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER...DELAWARE
...PHILADELPHIA...MONTGOMERY...AND BUCKS.

IN NEW JERSEY...
SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER...MIDDLESEX.
..OCEAN...GLOUCESTER...CAMDEN...BURLINGTON AND MONMOUTH AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS
OF 58 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER IN AND CLOSE TO
THE WATCH AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

AT 1245 PM...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING QUICKLY IN THE WATCH AREA
AND WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING
WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

STORMS THAT BRING AN END TO HEAT WAVES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. THERE
ARE NO WARNINGS IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME BUT THEY COULD BE ISSUED
AT ANY MOMENT. REMAIN CLEAR OF THESE STORMS.

EBERWINE