[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/24/2004 4:56:47 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS41 KPHI 240956
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
456 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2004

.HEAVY SNOW TO FALL FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT
BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ACCUMULATIONS MAY RANGE
FROM THREE TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER.

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
BERKS...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA.

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

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

IN NEW JERSEY...
BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...ATLANTIC...GLOUCESTER...
SALEM...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY.

LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL END AROUND DAYBREAK
WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...HOWEVER...MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
ARE IN STORM LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
DOWN ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER BLAST OF COLD AIR
THAT WILL TAKE A FIRM GRIP ON THE REGION OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES DIP TO AROUND 10 ABOVE TONIGHT AND REMAIN
IN THE 20S ON SUNDAY...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BE
GATHERING BOTH MOMENTUM AND MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO LATE
TONIGHT. A SECONDARY LOW WILL FORM ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST
DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...THEN TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST PULLING IN
ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE LOW WILL MOVE OUT TO
SEA BEFORE REACHING DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY BUT THE MOISTURE WILL
SPREAD WELL TO THE NORTH WHILE COLD AIR IS FIRMLY IN PLACE.

ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA WITH
THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...EXTREME SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND INTER SOUTH JERSEY.
SOUTH OF THIS AREA...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY
ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS. 

THE LOW WILL MOVE WELL OFF THE COAST BY MONDAY BUT RESIDUAL MOISTURE
WILL EXTEND BACK OVER THE REGION AND SOME OF IT MAY BE IN THE FORM OF
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING. 

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>027-PAZ060-067>071-241530-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-
GLOUCESTER NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-MONTGOMERY PA-
NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
QUEEN ANNE'S MD-SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE MONDAY
NIGHT...


A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

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