[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 10/29/2002 15:04:29

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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 PM EST TUE OCT 29 2002

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY FOR THE 
HIGHER ELEVATIONS...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON 
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND REDEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST 
EARLY ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE. AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE 
LATER ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING A SECOND SHOT OF STEADIER 
PRECIPITATION LATER WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-300300-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-SUSSEX NJ-

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY FOR THE 
HIGHER ELEVATIONS... 
...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH 
SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCURRING AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY 
MORNING...

LIGHT RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IS 
EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY LIGHT SNOW. THE REGION WILL BE NEAR THE 
NORTHERN EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD. AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW IS 
EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BY MORNING. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF 
WEDNESDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING. 
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AT LOWER LEVELS TO PROBABLY PRODUCE 
SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE.

AS THE SECOND SHOT OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER AIR 
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MORE SNOW 
AND RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP. AN ADDITIONAL INCH COULD 
ACCUMULATE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY EVENING. THE RAIN 
SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW IN ALL AREAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS PRECIPITATION 
TAPERS OFF. ANOTHER INCH SHOULD ACCUMULATE AND MAKE EXPECTED TOTAL 
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN AROUND 4 INCHES OF 
SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...HOWEVER AN ADVISORY IS ALSO ISSUED 
FOR LESSER AMOUNTS WHEN THE FIRST SNOW EVENT OF THE SEASON OCCURS.   
FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN CAUSE ICING IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT 
ENOUGH TO DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE 
WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.  

TRAVELING WILL BE A BIT DICEY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS THE NEXT TWO 
DAYS. PLEASE USE CAUTION AND GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR 
DESTINATION. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET 
AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.



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