Sunday, July 21, 2013

Showers and thunderstorms for central and southern NJ


...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
CAMDEN...CECIL...DELAWARE...GLOUCESTER...NEW CASTLE...NORTHEASTERN
KENT...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...NORTHWESTERN
CUMBERLAND...NORTHWESTERN KENT...NORTHWESTERN
OCEAN...PHILADELPHIA...SALEM...SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS...SOUTHEASTERN
CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN MERCER AND SOUTHWESTERN
MONMOUTH COUNTIES...

AT 336 PM EDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
BEEN DEVELOPING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS AREA
WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN
NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE
STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. QUARTER TO HALF INCH RAINS WITHIN AN HOUR ARE LIKELY
WITH THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN CAN CAUSE
RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.



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