[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 11/26/2002 12:17:04 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1213 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2002

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

NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-262100-
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 DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IS 
FORECAST TO PUSH EAST THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES LATE TONIGHT 
BEFORE MOVING OFF THE COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

PRECIPITATION SHOULD DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT 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 NORTHERN 
AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EXCEPT FOR 
PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE COUNTIES...AND FOR NEW JERSEY ESSENTIALLY 
FROM MERCER AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES NORTH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 
OF 3 TO 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 DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING...THOUGH SOME FLURRIES MAY 
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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JWH


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