[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 4/7/2003 3:55:22 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
331 AM EDT MON APR 7 2003

...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW 
JERSEY - BERKS COUNTY - THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND THE POCONOS FOR 
TODAY...
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY FOR 
TODAY...

.LARGE HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE MOVING 
ACROSS VIRGINIA WILL COMBINE TO GIVE THE REGION A LATE WINTER STORM. 
THIS IS A SIMILAR PATTERN TO THE PRESIDENTS WEEKEND SNOWSTORM AS THE 
MAIN CONTRIBUTOR WILL BE THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SUPPLYING FRESH 
COLD AIR TO NORTHERN PARTS OF OUR REGION AND THE VIRGINIA LOW 
SUPPLYING THE MOISTURE.

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-071530-
CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE WINTER STORM 
WARNING FOR TODAY FOR SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES 
IN PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON...LEHIGH...MONROE...AND NORTHAMPTON. IN NEW 
JERSEY MORRIS...SUSSEX...AND WARREN.

EIGHT TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN CARBON...MONROE AND 
SUSSEX COUNTIES AND SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN 
LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES. THE SNOW IS 
EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AND WET AND COULD TEAR DOWN WEAK TREES...TREE 
LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

SNOW WILL ARRIVE EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM 
LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATING 
SNOW COULD OCCUR FOR THE MORNING RUSH HOUR...THE EVENING ONE IS 
EXPECTED TO BE TREACHEROUS. THE PRECIPITATION INTENSITY IS EXPECTED 
TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH THAT IT WILL STICK TO ROADWAYS AS TEMPERATURES 
WILL BE CLOSE TO FREEZING. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO FREEZING 
DRIZZLE THIS EVENING.
 
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS 
EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE 
AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH 
TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE 
ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE.

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.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

$$


NJZ009-010-PAZ060-071530-
BERKS PA-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE WINTER STORM 
WARNING FOR TODAY FOR FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY FOR THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS. IN NEW JERSEY HUNTERDON 
AND SOMERSET.

FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE. 
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AND WET AND THERE MIGHT BE ENOUGH 
TO TEAR DOWN WEAK TREE LIMBS...TREES AND POWER LINES. THE HIGHEST 
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

SNOW WILL ARRIVE EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM 
LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. SLEET IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH 
THE SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BY EVENING...THE SNOW AND SLEET 
WILL TAPER OFF TO FREEZING DRIZZLE. 

WHILE THE MORNING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY THE EARLY PART OF IT...SHOULD 
NOT BE BAD...THE EVENING ONE IS EXPECTED TO BE TREACHEROUS. THE 
PRECIPITATION INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH THAT SNOW 
WILL STICK TO ROADWAYS AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND FREEZING. 
 
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS 
EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN 
THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH 
TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE 
ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE.

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.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

$$


NJZ012-013-015-017>019-PAZ067>071-071530-
BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-MERCER NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
PHILADELPHIA PA-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY FOR TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND 
PHILADELPHIA. IN NEW JERSEY CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...MERCER... 
MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. 


SNOW AMOUNTS WILL DROP OFF RAPIDLY AS YOU HEAD SOUTH FROM UPPER 
BUCKS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN MIDDLESEX 
COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. IN THESE NORTHERN AREAS...SIX INCHES OF SNOW 
MAY ACCUMULATE. 

FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...IN THE ROUTE ONE CORRIDOR...AMOUNTS WILL BE 
MUCH LOWER WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED. SOUTH 
OF PHILADELPHIA...LESS THAN AN INCH MAY ACCUMULATE.

LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ARE POSSIBLE AS PRECIPITATION REACHES THE 
ADVISORY AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...AFTER 8 AM THE 
PRECIPITATION INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AND CHANGE ANY RAIN/SNOW 
MIXTURE TO SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET. 

DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO 
RAIN AND THEN DRIZZLE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 
BUCKS...MONTGOMERY AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES WILL SEE TEMPERATURES 
AROUND FREEZING ALLOWING ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLIPPERY DURING THE 
LATTER PART OF THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. 

FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING. 
HOWEVER...THE SNOW COULD COME DOWN HEAVY AROUND MIDDAY TO ALLOW SOME 
ROADWAYS TO GET A SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...BY THE EVENING 
RUSH HOUR...THE SNOW SHOULD HAVE CHANGED TO RAIN ALLEVIATING SOME OF 
THE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER 
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW AND SLEET. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE 
SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER 
IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

$$

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