[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/5/2003 12:08:20 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1155 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2003

.THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON HAS SPREAD SNOW 
ACROSS THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH REACHING THE LEHIGH VALLEY LATE 
THIS MORNING. THE STORM HAS SPARED COASTAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW 
JERSEY, SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL DELAWARE AND THE CENTRAL MARYLAND 
EASTERN SHORE FROM ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL, AS THE PRECIPITATION 
CONTINUES TO FALL AS RAIN. HOWEVER, WINDS AND TIDAL FLOODING ACROSS 
VULNERABLE PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS STILL APPEAR TO BE VERY POSSIBLE. 

NEAR AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR, SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL 
CONTINUES TO FALL WITH THE PRECIPITATION BEGINNING TO MIX WITH RAIN 
IS SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE TO GLASSBORO IN GLOUCESTER 
COUNTY NEW JERSEY, CHANGING TO RAIN LATER TODAY, AND THEN 
CHANGING BACK TO SNOW PERHAPS AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AWAY FROM
THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA, SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.
IT SHOULD BEGIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE PERIODICALLY INTO 
SATURDAY. 

A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPENDING WINTRY
WEATHER. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND PUSH AGAINST STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEASTERN CANADA. THE LOW WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE
DELMARVA PENINSULA THIS EVENING, AND THEN BEGIN TO INTENSIFY THANKS
TO A TRANSFERENCE OF ENERGY FROM A SYSTEM TO THE WEST. 

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ATLANTIC NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON 
NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON...

SNOW LATE THIS MORNING IS MIXING WITH AND SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL RAIN 
THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES 
BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO THE SNOW 
ACCUMULATIONS, AND PEOPLE SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR 
DESTINATIONS. 

PERIODIC RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW ON 
SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT.

REMEMBER THAT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW OR OTHER 
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 
INCONVENIENCES. WHILE THE PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH 
WARNING CRITERIA, CONDITIONS COULD, IF CAUTION IS NOT EXERCISED,
LEAD TO LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST 
FORECASTS, AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. 
 
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BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-HUNTERDON 
NJ-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS 
NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY...

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING 
THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON, WITH THREE TO SIX INCHES ANTICIPATED BY 
DUSK OVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY NORTHWARD. 
SOUTHERN AREAS WHERE UP TO 7 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL SEE 
LESSER AMOUNTS. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED 
TONIGHT, WITH LOWER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR AND 
HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY, THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND FAR 
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. THIS WOULD RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS RANGING 
FROM AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR TO AS 
MUCH AS 14 INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN LOCALES. 

REMEMBER THAT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER IS CONSIDERED IMMINENT. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS
WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNLESS TRAVEL IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. 

$$

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CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-GLOUCESTER NJ-KENT MD-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN 
BURLINGTON NJ-SALEM NJ-

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...

SNOW INTO THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE FOUR TO EIGHT 
INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION DURING THIS 
AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE TREACHEROUS, AND PEOPLE SHOULD 
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. 

PERIODIC RAIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO
TURN BACK TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT, WITH A FRESH ONE TO TWO INCHES 
FORECAST BY DAYBREAK. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW MAY 
FALL ON SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

REMEMBER THAT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER 
WEATHER IS CONSIDERED IMMINENT. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS
WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNLESS TRAVEL IS 
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. 

ALSO, REMEMBER THAT A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME 
HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS, AND 
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
 
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