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WWUS81 KPHI 222101
SPSPHI
PAZ060-067-068-070-071-222300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
454 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD THE PHILADELPHIA 
METROPOLITAN AREA...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED A LINE OF 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS 
HEADING THROUGH BERKS COUNTY AND HEADING TOWARD THE PHILADELPHIA 
METROPOLITAN AREA. SO FAR TODAY THIS LINE HAS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS...UP TO ONE INCH IN 15 MINUTES...AS WELL AS FREQUENT 
LIGHTNING. SOME MORE UNSTABLE AIR WAS OVER CHESTER COUNTY AND THERE 
REMAINS THE CHANCE THAT THESE STORMS MIGHT INTENSIFY FURTHER OVER 
THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AND START PRODUCING STRONG AND POSSIBLY 
DAMAGING WINDS. PLEASE BE WARY FOR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING DURING THE 
EARLY EVENING COMMUTE. THE LINE WILL BE PASSING THROUGH READING BY 
530 PM...POTTSTOWN AND PHOENIXVILLE AROUND 6 PM...WEST 
CHESTER...MEDIA AND PHILADELPHIA BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM.


A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND 
AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. IN THE EVENT A 
WARNING IS ISSUED OR YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER...PLEASE SEEK 
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 

$$

TFG