[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/17/2004 1:22:27 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
115 PM EST SAT JAN 17 2004

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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD-
WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-


...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY
...PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE.

IN NEW JERSEY...
SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER...MIDDLESEX.
..MONMOUTH...OCEAN...BURLINGTON..CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...CUMBER
LAND...ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY.

IN DELAWARE...
NEW CASTLE...KENT AND SUSSEX.

IN MARYLAND...
CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNES...CAROLINE AND TALBOT. 

A COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL PUSH OUT TO SEA TODAY AND ALLOW 
LOW PRESSURE FROM THE GREAT LAKES...AND A SECONDARY LOW TO MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION. COLD AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE NORTHERN LOW
WHILE MILDER AIR AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMS INTO THE REGION. THIS 
MIX OF COLD AIR FROM THE NORTH AND MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL 
CREATE A WEATHER PROBLEM ACROSS THE AREA AS SNOW BEGINS TO FALL AND 
REMAINS SNOW IN SOME NORTHERN AREAS...WHILE SNOW MIXES WITH SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO 
ALL RAIN ON SUNDAY. THE HARSH COLD OF THE PAST TWO DAYS HAS SET THE 
STAGE FOR THE SNOW TO ACCUMULATE QUICKLY AND MAY CREATE A SERIOUS 
CONDITION AS THE RAIN FALLS AND FREEZES ON IMPACT WITH ALL SURFACES. 

FOR THIS REASON...YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MT 
HOLLY HAS ISSUED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. 
SO PLEASE CHECK THE FORECAST BEFORE TRAVELING TONIGHT. 

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM THE LEHIGH 
VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN POCONOS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW 
JERSEY...2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CHESTER MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS COUNTIES 
OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...AROUND 2 
INCHES FROM CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE AND 
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY TO OCEAN AND MONMOUTH 
COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY...AND AROUND AN INCH OVER THE REMAINING 
COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW
AS FAR NORTH AS THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.   

EVEN WITH THE LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS...THERE 
WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS LIKELY TO 
COVER ALL SURFACES WITH A SLICK COATING AND CREATE POTENTIALLY 
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WINTRY MIX VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI(LOWER CASE).

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED.

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EBERWINE/SZATKOWSKI


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