[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 2/10/2003 4:08:01 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
410 AM EST MON FEB 10 2003

...MORE SNOW EXPECTED TODAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL WEAKEN THIS 
MORNING AS A SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST. THIS 
LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY OFFSHORE AND SHOULD PRECLUDE A HEAVY SNOW 
EVENT FROM OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BE 
APPROACHING THE REGION AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT 
PRECEDED AND ACCOMPANIED BY SOME SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES. 

 
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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD-
WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY FOR TODAY...
...ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST 
ACCUMULATIONS IN NEW JERSEY AND THE DELMARVA...

LIGHT SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN DELMARVA AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 
IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING. IT SHOULD ARRIVE 
IN TIME TO AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE FROM THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA 
METROPOLITAN AREA SOUTHWARD. MAIN TREATED ROADS SHOULD BE FINE AS 
THE SNOW WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE. UNTREATED SECONDARY AND TERTIARY 
COULD BECOME SLIPPERY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM 
AROUND NOON THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES 
COULD REACH AN INCH PER HOUR FOR AN HOUR OR TWO...ESPECIALLY JUST 
NORTH OF THE RAIN SNOW LINE IN SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND THE 
DELMARVA. 

THE POSSIBILITY OF A MIXTURE OR CHANGE TO RAIN NOW APPEARS 
CONFINED TO CUMBERLAND...ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES IN NEW 
JERSEY...KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES IN DELAWARE AND TALBOT AND 
CAROLINE COUNTIES IN MARYLAND.

THE SNOW SHOULD BE OVER BY THE TIME OF THE EVENING COMMUTE FROM THE 
PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA SOUTH. THE SNOW SHOULD BE ENDING 
DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE EVENING COMMUTE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW 
JERSEY...THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND THE POCONOS. 

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND FOUR INCHES. MOST 
PLACES IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD HAVE TWO TO THREE INCHES. 
THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS NEW JERSEY 
AND JUST NORTH OF THE RAIN SNOW LINE IN THE DELMARVA.

A COLD FRONT MIGHT BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES DURING 
THE EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. 
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE BELOW FREEZING AND ANY STANDING SLUSH 
OR UNTREATED WATER WILL FREEZE OVER.  

AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MIGHT BRING ANOTHER SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW TO THE 
AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND THE FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES 
SHOULD BE UNSEASONABLY COLD FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK.

REMEMBER...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A 
VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW. 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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