[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/6/2003 10:22:29 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1015 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2003

A MAJOR WINTER STORM WAS AFFECTING THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION 
THIS SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS 
OF THE MID AND LOWER DELAWARE VALLEY REGION, MUCH OF NEW JERSEY, AND 
EVEN SOUTHWARD INTO DELAWARE AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST 
MARYLAND SHORE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WERE OCCURRING OVER THESE 
AREAS AND ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY AND INTO EARLY 
AFTERNOON...PERHAPS WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON OVER NEW JERSEY, 
ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHWARD INTO 
DELAWARE AS THE MAIN BAND OF PRECIPITATION HUGS THE COAST CLOSE TO 
THE OFFSHORE STORM CENTER. 

THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE JUST EAST OF DELAWARE BAY AT MID MORNING 
WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST TOWARD THE NEW ENGLAND 
COASTAL WATERS BY MONDAY. COLD AIR WRAPPING AROUND THIS SYSTEM AS IT 
BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION WAS CAUSING THE SNOW...AND WILL 
TURN SLEET OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OVER TO SNOW 
BY MIDDAY...EVEN ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS. 

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ001-007>010-012>020-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-
062300-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CARBON PA-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
DELAWARE PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-KENT MD-
LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-
NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

...A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES TODAY...

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO 
EAST OVER WESTERN SECTIONS THROUGH MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT 
PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION 
AND NEAR COASTAL SECTIONS. LIGHT OR INTERMITTENT SNOW COULD CONTINUE 
INTO THE EVENING, BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END 
DURING THIS AFTERNOON, ENDING LATEST EAST. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 
THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHERN POCONOS SOUTHWARD THROUGH 
THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND BERKS AND CHESTER COUNTIES PENNSYLVANIA AND 
SOUTH INTO CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND. JUST EAST OF THIS AREA...FROM 
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY SOUTHWARD TO EXTREME SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, 
INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA AND SUBURBS AS WELL AS NEW CASTLE COUNTY 
DELAWARE, AND EAST THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY EXCEPT THE SOUTHEASTERN 
COUNTIES...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST.

NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO 30 MPH AT TIMES TODAY, WITH 
HIGHEST SPEEDS TOWARD THE COAST. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH 
GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. SO, 
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.

DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS ARE TREACHEROUS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
TRAVEL ON AREA ROADWAYS IS DISCOURAGED FOR SAFETY REASONS...AND TO 
GIVE ROAD CREWS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLOW AND TREAT OUR HIGHWAYS. STAY 
TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS 
WEATHER EVENT. 

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING
INDOORS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS 
EVENING...

SNOW...AND SLEET AND SNOW CHANGING TO SNOW BY MIDDAY...WILL CONTINUE 
THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXPECTED TO 
FALL FROM LATE MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON. BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE 
TODAY, AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS 
MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...INCLUDING COASTAL SECTIONS OF DELAWARE 
AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST MARYLAND SHORE 
AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST. 

NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH AT TIMES 
TODAY...WITH HIGHEST SPEEDS TOWARD THE COAST. SO, BLOWING AND 
DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH 
GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE COAST.

DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS ARE TREACHEROUS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
TRAVEL ON AREA ROADWAYS IS DISCOURAGED FOR SAFETY REASONS...AND TO 
GIVE ROAD CREWS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLOW AND TREAT OUR HIGHWAYS. STAY 
TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS 
WEATHER EVENT. 

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

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