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Special Weather Statement


NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX- DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN- MORRIS-HUNTERDON- SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN- CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER... GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH... ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE... EASTON... DENTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK... TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE... HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST... JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN... MEDIA 358 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2006
...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

AFTER A WEATHER PATTERN THAT HAS PRODUCED DRY CONDITIONS SINCE THE WEEKEND OF APRIL 22ND...A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT COULD BRING US SOME HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES THROUGH OUR AREA OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SLOWING DOWN PROCESS SHOULD GIVE MOISTURE A GREATER CHANCE TO RETURN ALONG WITH SOME UNSTABLE AIR WHICH MIGHT CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS.

WHILE SOME SHOWERS MIGHT OCCUR TODAY... A WIDESPREAD BAND OF SHOWERS AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND ONLY SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS BAND MIGHT NOT CLEAR SECTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING. THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING STORM TOTALS SHOULD AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES, BUT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THUNDERSTORMS AND IN HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. SINCE THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOW AS IT MOVES EAST, THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN IS IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW JERSEY.

RIVERS AND LARGER STREAMS ARE RUNNING WELL BELOW NORMAL AND SHOULD NOT FLOOD. BUT THERE WILL BE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. FLOODING OF SOME OF THE SMALLEST STREAMS IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAIN MIGHT INTERFERE WITH THE MORNING COMMUTE IN PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. ELSEWHERE, THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL AT NIGHT AND AFTER THE EVENING RUSH IS OVER. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY.