[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/29/2003 11:30:27 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1129 AM EST WED JAN 29 2003

...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...

A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN EASTERN CANADA 
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION TODAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT 
SNOW ALONG THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE 
ENDING AS THE FRONT MOVES OFF THE COAST.

UP TO AN INCH OF NEW SNOW WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE REGION SINCE 
PRECIPITATION BEGAN TUESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER INCH OR SO IS POSSIBLE 
BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO TWO INCHES TOTAL SNOW 
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THE POCONOS...LEHIGH VALLEY...AND 
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. ONE TO THREE INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION IS 
EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF PHILADELPHIA IN 
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW 
JERSEY. ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES IN 
NEW JERSEY...AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLE AS 
WELL.

FURTHER SOUTH ON THE CENTRAL DELMARVA AND IN SOUTHERN NEW 
JERSEY...OCCASIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME POSSIBLE 
SLEET. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE PRECIPITATION 
ENDS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AREA INCLUDES KENT AND QUEEN ANNE'S 
COUNTIES ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...KENT COUNTY DE...AND 
CUMBERLAND AND ATLANTIC COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY.
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CARE WHILE DRIVING TODAY...ESPECIALLY ON 
UNTREATED ROADWAYS.   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...YOU CAN ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS... 
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER 
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS.

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JJM


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