[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/2/2003 5:27:59 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
514 AM EST THU JAN 2 2003

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY INTO EARLY 
SATURDAY...

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BERKS PA-CARBON PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-
NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY 
MORNING...

AS ONE STORM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION...ANOTHER IS DEVELOPING OVER 
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE 
OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND SPREAD LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA...
AND POSSIBLY A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY 
MORNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...AND NORTHAMPTON.

AND IN NEW JERSEY...
SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET.

ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW AND SLEET...THE 
PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE EITHER SNOW OR 
RAIN...DEPENDING ON WHAT SIDE OF THE RAIN SNOW LINE YOU HAPPEN TO 
BE. FOR THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE GREATER 
THAN 8 INCHES BEFORE ENDING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

PERSONS IN HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY APPEAR TO 
BE LOCATED WHERE THE SNOW...RAIN LINE WILL BE BUT STILL THE NORTHERN 
PARTS OF THOSE COUNTIES COULD RECEIVE HEAVY SNOW. 

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 
SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR MIXED SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING 
AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI.

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