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

...LINE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD THE 
REGION...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF STRONG TO 
LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM LANSDALE IN MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY TO KENNETH SQUARE IN CHESTER COUNTY TO JARRETTSVILLE IN CECIL 
COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. 

THIS LINE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THE STRONGEST STORM 
IN THE LINE WHICH WAS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE 
HAIL. NUMEROUS TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN AMITY TOWNSHIP IN BERKS 
COUNTY FROM THE SAME STORM. THAT SPECIFIC STORM HAS WEAKENED...BUT 
OTHER STORMS WITHIN THE LINE MIGHT BECOME SEVERE.

THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BETWEEN NOW AND 730 PM. BE 
PREPARED FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE 
WARY OF PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF YOU SEE 
THREATENING WEATHER...HEAD INDOORS QUICKLY.

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.

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TFG