[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/5/2004 2:54:17 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
255 PM EST THU FEB 5 2004

.A PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH LITTLE
IF ANY ACCUMULATION...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY.

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ATLANTIC NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
GLOUCESTER NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
255 PM EST THU FEB 5 2004

AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT...COLD AIR WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE MOVING AWAY FROM THE GULF COAST WILL TRACK
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
WILL BRING AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE TO THE AREA. SOME OF THAT
MOISTURE WILL INITIALLY FALL AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW..SLEET AND PERHAPS
SOME FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN DURING THE DAY. THE
TEMPERATURES BY RUSH HOUR SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS.

ANOTHER PROBLEM WILL ARISE AND THAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN BY LATE
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE HEAVY ESPECIALLY
OVER EASTERN SECTIONS INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR THAT REASON A FLOOD
WATCH CONTINUES FOR PART OF THE REGION. 

SINCE THERE IS A THREAT OF MIXED PRECIPITATION AND SOME ICY
SPOTS...AND THERE IS A THREAT FOR STREAMS AND ROADWAYS TO FLOOD...
PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR YOUR PARTICULAR LOCATION. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED
FROM OUR WEB SITE, WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI(IN LOWER CASE). 

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