[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/31/2002 3:42:06 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
340 PM EST TUE DEC 31 2002

...NEW YEARS DAY WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION...
...A SECOND WINTER STORM EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION WITH A VARIETY OF 
WEATHER ON NEW YEARS DAY.  OVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY...AS WELL AS BERKS 
COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES IN NEW 
JERSEY...PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.  
COLDER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE REGION LATER IN THE DAY...AND 
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN 
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL IN THIS REGION ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

TO THE SOUTH...OVER HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY... 
AND THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...AND BUCKS 
COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...RAIN WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY...AND MIX 
WITH OR CHANGEOVER TO SLEET DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  

FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...TEMPERATURES WILL STAY WARM ENOUGH 
THAT ALL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS RAIN.  THE RAIN WILL 
BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND 
A HALF INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL MAY CAUSE 
LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS WITH SMALL STREAMS AND IN URBANIZED 
AREAS.  PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON NEW YEARS DAY SHOULD 
BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. 

ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST IN MONMOUTH...OCEAN...AND ATLANTIC 
COUNTIES...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON 
WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.  
MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE EARLY THURSDAY 
MORNING HIGH TIDE IN THIS AREA. 

A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY FOLLOW ON THE HEELS OF THE 
FIRST...AND IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION ON FRIDAY.  OVER 
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...AS WELL AS THE POCONOS AND LEHIGH VALLEY...THE 
STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOW.  FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...OVER 
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN 
DELAWARE AND EXTREME NORTHEAST MARYLAND...A WINTRY MIX OF 
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED.  OVERALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WITH THIS 
SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL BE LIGHTER THAN WEDNESDAY'S STORM.

THE POTENTIAL FOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL EXPAND ON THURSDAY AND 
FRIDAY TO ALL OF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE ATLANTIC COASTLINE.  
PERSISTENT NORTHEAST FLOW DURING THIS PERIOD WILL PRODUCE A 
PROLONGED PERIOD OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES.  PERSONS WITH 
INTERESTS ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COAST SHOULD MONITOR THE 
WEATHER DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK CLOSELY...AND BE PREPARED 
TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION SHOULD COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS 
BE ISSUED. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE 
STORM SYSTEMS.  YOU CAN ALSO KEEP UP WITH THE DEVELOPING WEATHER ON 
THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS, WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL 
IN LOWER CASE). 

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