[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/6/2003 1:48:50 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
200 PM EST THU MAR 6 2003

...PRECIPITATION RAPIDLY ENDING ACROSS THE AREA...

THE WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL BE 
ENDING ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION BY ABOUT 3 PM. IT HAS ALREADY ENDED 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS WILL BE 
THE POCONOS...UPPER LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WHERE 
LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THE 
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THOUGH IS OVER. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 
WILL EXPIRE WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE NEW FORECAST PACKAGE AROUND 4 
PM THIS AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...SO EVEN IN PLACES WHERE IT HAS 
BEEN JUST RAINING - THE DELMARVA PENINSULA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW 
JERSEY - STANDING WATER...SLUSH AND SNOW WILL FREEZE 
SOLID...ESPECIALLY ONCE THE SUN SETS. PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION 
ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. IN LOCATIONS WHERE SNOW AND SLEET 
HAVE ALREADY FELL UNTREATED WALKWAYS ALREADY ARE AND WILL ONLY 
BECOME MORE SLIPPERY AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. 

SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM AROUND A COUPLE OF 
TENTHS IN AND AROUND THE PHILADELPHIA AREA...TO AROUND THREE INCHES 
IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY TO AS MUCH AS SIX 
INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY.

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. 
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND/OR ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. DO 
NOT RUSH HOME THIS EVENING AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN 
YOURSELF AND THE VEHICLES AROUND YOU. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 
UPDATES. YOU CAN ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET 
AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI.

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