[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/12/2003 9:39:09 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1000 AM EST WED MAR 12 2003

...SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE THURSDAY NORTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA...
...STREAMS NEAR THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER COULD APPROACH BANKFULL...

A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR ACROSS 
THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE 
DELMARVA ON THURSDAY. MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE 
PLAINS STATES TONIGHT AND MOVE EAST ALONG THE FRONT THURSDAY... 
MOVING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY THURSDAY EVENING. 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO START ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING. THEN 
AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE DOWN FROM THE NORTH...THE RAIN 
SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND OVER 
NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW COULD 
ACCUMULATE...BUT MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS ONE HEADS 
NORTH.

ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL ON THURSDAY SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST 
AND BE PREPARED FOR WINTRY TRAVEL IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND 
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

OVER THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF PHILADELPHIA...WILMINGTON AND TRENTON 
...NEAR THE DELAWARE RIVER...RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS 
OF AN INCH COULD CAUSE SOME SMALLER STREAMS TO APPROACH BANKFULL.

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AMC


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