[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/6/2003 2:09:44 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
200 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2003

.LOW PRESSURE CENTERED ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF THE CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
COASTLINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WAS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHEAST. SNOW
CONTINUED TO FALL NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM THE SOUTHERN POCONOS
THROUGH THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA TO JUST SOUTH OF ATLANTIC
CITY, THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS FALLING NEAR AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
MORRISTOWN TO NEW BRUNSWICK TO BEACH HAVEN, AND THERE WAS SOME SLEET
MIXED WITH THE SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW SHIELD. THE
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING, RESULTING IN UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES,
ESPECIALLY AT LOCATIONS CLOSER TO NEW YORK CITY. 

THROUGH 100 PM EST, SNOWFALL ACCUMULTIONS ACROSS THE NEW JERSEY
COASTLINE, SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE WERE GENERALLY
BETWEEN ONE AND FOUR INCHES. ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95
CORRIDOR OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, THE PHILADELPHIA
METROPOLITAN AREA, NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THE NORTHERN MARYLAND
EASTERN SHORE GENERALLY RANGED FROM FIVE TO TEN INCHES. NORTHWEST OF
THERE, OVER NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND THE REMAINDER OF
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM SIX TO TWELVE INCHES.


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-

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON. 
NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. 

DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS ARE TREACHEROUS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
PEOPLE SHOULD REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY. YOU WOULD BE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK IF YOU TRAVEL.
MOREOVER, ROAD CREWS SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLOW AND TREAT
OUR HIGHWAYS. 

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER EVENT. 

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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-

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...

SNOW AND SOME SLEET HAD TAPERED TO SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON,
BUT WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WERE CAUSING SOME
BLOWING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL EVENTUALLY END
THIS AFTERNOON, BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL REMAIN A PROBLEM FOR A TIME. 

DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS ARE HAZARDOUS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
TRAVEL ON AREA ROADWAYS IS DISCOURAGED FOR SAFETY REASONS, AND TO
GIVE ROAD CREWS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TREAT OUR HIGHWAYS. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW AND SLEET. THE WINTRY
WEATHER IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER EVENT. 

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MPD