A thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 36 knots (41 mph) in Lewes.
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A thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 36 knots (41 mph) in Lewes.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 12, 1:52 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 252 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2002 PREVIOUS FCST AND REASONING STILL LOOKING GOOD FOR THIS EVNG. TSTMS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER ERN PA WILL MOVE E ACROSS NJ PRIOR TO 21Z. ADDITIONAL TSTMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH THIS EVNG. NOT MUCH EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONT AS IT DROPS ACROSS THE FA TNGT. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE OUT OF SRN PTNS AFTER MIDNIGHT. PARTIAL CLEARING WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT TNGT. SOME SUNSHINE EXPECTED THU MRNG...ESPECIALLY NRN SECTIONS. THE FLOW THEN SHIFTS FROM N TO E THU AFTN AND CLOUDS BEGIN TO INCREASE ONCE AGAIN. WAVES OF LOW PRES WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONTAL ZONE TO OUR SOUTH. RAIN IS EXPECTED THU NIGHT AS THE FIRST LOW MOVES IN. THE LOW WILL MOVE OFF TO THE E FRI BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN. MAY SEE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS FRI AFTN. COULD ALSO BE A FEW TSTMS LATE IN THE DAY AS THE NEXT LOW BEGINS TO MOVE IN FROM THE W. OUR HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL COME TO AN ABRUPT END TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS. THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE MUCH COOLER AS THE FLOW SWINGS AROUND TO NE TO E. MARINE: WILL MENTION PSBLTY OF SCA ON THE OCEAN AND LWR DEL BAY BEGINNING THU AFTN FOR BUILDING SEAS. .PHI... DE...NONE. MD...NONE. NJ...NONE. PA...NONE. RPW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
337 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0236 PM EAST ALLEN PA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 NORTHAMPTON 4 POLES DOWN
0301 PM GREENWICH NJ WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 WARREN TREES DOWN ON CARPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
557 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0236 PM EAST ALLEN PA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 NORTHAMPTON 4 POLES DOWN
0245 PM LOWER MACUNGIE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 LEHIGH TREE DOWN
0301 PM GREENWICH NJ WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 WARREN TREES DOWN ON CARThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 marine thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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