[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/21/2003 11:04:45 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPSPHI
NJZ009-010-PAZ067>069-212300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1100 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2003

...FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...

PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY 
AND IT SHOULD REACH SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY 
THIS EVENING.

AT FIRST, THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF LIGHT 
RAIN THROUGHOUT THE REGION.  HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP INTO 
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S DURING THE NIGHT.  THERE MAY BE A CHANGE TO 
FREEZING RAIN AT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF 
SOMERSET AND HUNTERDON AND IN THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BUCKS, 
MONTGOMERY AND CHESTER.  THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ICE IS THE IN 
NORTHERN PART OF EACH OF THE COUNTIES.

THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE TONIGHT 
INTO SATURDAY MORNING.  A THIN COATING OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE ON 
UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES, WALKWAYS, TREES AND UTILITY LINES.

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING ON SATURDAY MORNING 
AND CONTINUE UP INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 40S DURING THE AFTERNOON.

YOU CAN ACCESS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET 
AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS, WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN LOWER 
CASE).

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