[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/4/2002 2:51:25 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
105 PM EST WED DEC 4 2002

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PREDAWN THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 
EVENING...

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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 WARNING FOR PREDAWN THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 
EVENING...

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

SPECIFICALLY...THE WARNING 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 THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH AT MIDDAY WILL CONTINUE 
TO MOVE EAST...AND 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 THURSDAY...THEN 
SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE WARNING AREA DURING THURSDAY MORNING.  THE 
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM SUNRISE THURSDAY INTO 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY 
DURING THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN 
ACCORDINGLY. 

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 HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, SALEM, GLOUCESTER, 
CAMDEN, BURLINGTON, MERCER, OCEAN, AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES IN NEW 
JERSEY, AND FOR CHESTER, MONTGOMERY, BUCKS, DELAWARE AND 
PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. 

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE PRESENTLY FORECAST FOR THE 
COUNTIES OF QUEEN 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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