[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 11/26/2002 4:37:06 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS41 KPHI 260935
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
435 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2002

NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-261700-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-
NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY 
WEDNESDAY...

A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY THIS  
MORNING IS FORECAST FOR PUSH EAST THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES 
LATE TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING OFF THE COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

PRECIPITATION SHOULD DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OVER EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF WESTERN NEW JERSEY AND OVER THE EXTREME 
NORTHERN DELMARVA...AND SPREAD EAST TO THE COAST SHORTLY AFTER 
MIDNIGHT.  THE RAIN-SNOW LINE WILL LIKELY BE NEAR INTERSTATE 95 AND 
THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENT...WITH RAIN OVER 
MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE DELMARVA...AND SNOW FOR MOST OF 
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. IN BETWEEN...THERE 
SHOULD BE A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EXCEPT FOR PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE 
COUNTIES...AND FOR NEW JERSEY ESSENTIALLY FROM MERCER AND MIDDLESEX 
COUNTIES NORTH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ABOUT 6 INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH A SWATH OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE 
SOUTH OF THE WATCH AREA ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW 
JERSEY...PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA... 
NORTHERN DELAWARE AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

ONCE THE STORM PUSHES OFF THE COAST...PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF 
FROM THE WEST...GENERALLY BY AFTERNOON...THOUGH SOME FLURRIES COULD 
LINGER OVER NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA 
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS ANY 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WHICH MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY.

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KRAUS



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