[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/18/2004 1:14:38 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED FOR CODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1142 AM EST SUN JAN 18 2004

.SNOW OVERSPREAD THE REGION LAST NIGHT...WITH SLEET AND THEN 
FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN FROM PHILADELPHIA SOUTH AND EAST EARLY THIS 
MORNING...AND CONTINUING TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND 
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY LATER THIS MORNING.  PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE 
BACK TO SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE 
THE AREA AROUND PHILADELPHIA CHANGES FROM A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING 
RAIN BACK TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL END 
FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS A COLD 
FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. 

AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL TODAY...AT LEAST UNTIL TEMPERATURES HAVE 
RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AND ANY ICE ON THE ROAD SURFACES HAS MELTED. IF 
YOU MUST TRAVEL...GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR 
DESTINATION. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. 
 
REMEMBER THAT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A 
VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW...SLEET AND 
FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD 
ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.


NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-190100-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-
MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS 
AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  
AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR IN THE 
POCONOS...AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES WILL FALL IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY 
AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW WILL FALL 
IN THE AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA INTO CENTRAL NEW 
JERSEY.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS 
EVENING.

$$

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012>020-026-027-PAZ070-071-190100-
CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-DELAWARE PA-EASTERN 
MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

CORRECTED TO ADD MERCER COUNTY CODING

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

RAIN IS FALLING OVER THE REGION WITH SCATTERED AREAS OF FREEZING 
RAIN.  TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN 
START TO SLOWLY FALL. RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO A WINTRY MIX OF 
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  ANY ADDITIONAL 
SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH.  PRECIPITATION WILL 
END EARLY THIS EVENING. 

$$

SZATKOWSKI


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