SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
602 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE DELMARVA AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA MOVING
EAST...
RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM THE MARYLAND
EASTERN SHORE AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERATING
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT WERE DROPPING OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN
HOUR. SOME RESULTING POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WERE GENERATING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WERE OCCURRING BOTH IN AND
OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS
THEY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHERN, CENTRAL AND
COASTAL NEW JERSEY, A FEW MAY PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA.
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