[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/4/2002 4:43:34 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS41 KPHI 040942
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
442 AM EST WED DEC 4 2002

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PREDAWN THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY 
EVENING...

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ009-010-012>023-026-027-
PAZ067>071-042200-
ATLANTIC NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-
CHESTER PA-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-
KENT MD-KENT DE-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PREDAWN THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY 
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NEW JERSEY IS MAINTAINING A 
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
NEW JERSEY...ALL OF DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

SPECIFICALLY...THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: BUCKS, MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, DELAWARE AND 
PHILADELPHIA.

IN NEW JERSEY: HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, MERCER, MONMOUTH, OCEAN, 
BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER, SALEM, CUMBERLAND, INLAND ATLANTIC AND 
INLAND CAPE MAY.

IN DELAWARE: NEW CASTLE, KENT AND INLAND SUSSEX.

IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND: CECIL, KENT, QUEEN ANNE'S, TALBOT AND CAROLINE. 

LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO DIXIE EARLY THIS MORNING IS STILL FORECAST TO 
MOVE EAST TODAY...THEN REDEVELOP JUST OFF THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. THE 
LOW WILL THEN LIFT NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP 
OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL DELAWARE...THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...AND 
FAR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BEFORE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...THEN SPREAD NORTH 
THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST 
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE HOURS JUST PRIOR TO DAYBREAK 
THURSDAY TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET, FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ON 
THURSDAY BETWEEN DAYBREAK AND NOON OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE 
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL DELAWARE...FAR SOUTHERN 
NEW JERSEY AND AREAS NEAR THE COAST.

SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE PRESENTLY FORECAST FOR THE 
COUNTIES OF CECIL AND KENT IN MARYLAND, FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN 
DELAWARE, FOR SALEM, GLOUCESTER, CAMDEN, BURLINGTON, MERCER, OCEAN, AND 
MONMOUTH COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY, AND FOR DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA 
COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. 

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE PRESENTLY FORECAST FOR THE 
COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, AND MIDDLESEX IN NEW JERSEY, AND FOR 
CHESTER, MONTGOMERY, AND BUCKS COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. 

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE PRESENTLY FORECAST FOR THE 
COUNTIES OF QUEENE ANNE'S, TALBOT, AND CAROLINE IN MARYLAND, FOR KENT 
AND INLAND SUSSEX COUNTIES IN DELAWARE, AND FOR INLAND CAPE MAY, 
CUMBERLAND AND INLAND ATLANTIC COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. ICING IS ALSO 
POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

PEOPLE CAN STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING 
TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU ALSO CAN ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

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