[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 2/24/2005 11:41:38 AM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1109 AM EST THU FEB 24 2005

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ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-
QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC CITY AND DOVER
1109 AM EST THU FEB 24 2005

...A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR 4 TO 9 
INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY LOWER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE COAST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER STORM WARNING 
FOR DELAWARE, EASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. 

THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES...
 
IN NEW JERSEY, CAPE MAY AND ATLANTIC 

IN DELAWARE, KENT AND SUSSEX.

IN EASTERN MARYLAND, QUEEN ANNES, TALBOT AND CAROLINE.
 
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON. THREE 
TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE IN THE WARNING AREA BY 
DARK TODAY. SLEET FALLING NEAR THE COAST WILL SUPPRESS ACCUMULATIONS 
COMPARED TO INLAND LOCATIONS. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN 
DEGRADED FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. 

A TOTAL OF 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST BY THE TIME THE STORM 
EXITS LATER TONIGHT. SOME LOWER ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE RIGHT 
ALONG THE ATLANTIC SHORE. WHILE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGH A 
GOOD PART OF THE NIGHT...THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD BE DONE BY THIS 
EVENING.
 
CONSIDER POST-PONING ALL UNNECESSARY AFTERNOON TRAVEL. FOR THOSE OF 
YOU WHO HAVE TO MAKE YOUR WAY HOME DURING THIS EVENING'S COMMUTE, BE 
PATIENT AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE 
VEHICLES AROUND YOU. 
 
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS 
EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE 
IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE 
WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN 
ALTERNATE ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS 
UNAVOIDABLE.

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ATLANTIC NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-
CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
HUNTERDON NJ-KENT MD-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-
NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...
PERTH AMBOY...PHILADELPHIA...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
1109 AM EST THU FEB 24 2005

...A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR 5 TO 9 
INCHES OF SNOW...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A WINTER STORM WARNING 
FOR DELAWARE, NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, MOST OF NEW JERSEY, AND 
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SNOW, ALREADY FALLING ACROSS DELMARVA AND 
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THE 
REST OF THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS 
EXPECTED TO FALL WITHIN A SEVERAL HOUR WINDOW DURING THE AFTERNOON 
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

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

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

IN NEW JERSEY, MORRIS, HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, MERCER, 
MONMOUTH, OCEAN, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER, SALEM, ATLANTIC
AND CUMBERLAND.

IN DELAWARE, NEW CASTLE.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, CECIL, KENT, 
 
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON. THREE 
TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE IN THE WARNING AREA BY 
DARK TODAY. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DEGRADED FOR THE THURSDAY 
EVENING COMMUTE. 

A TOTAL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST BY THE TIME THE STORM 
EXITS LATER TONIGHT. WHILE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGH A GOOD 
PART OF THE NIGHT...THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD BE DONE BETWEEN 6 AND 9 
PM THIS EVENING.
 
CONSIDER POST-PONING ALL UNNECESSARY AFTERNOON TRAVEL. FOR THOSE OF 
YOU WHO HAVE TO MAKE YOUR WAY HOME DURING THIS EVENING'S COMMUTE, BE 
PATIENT AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE 
VEHICLES AROUND YOU.
 
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE
IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE
WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS
UNAVOIDABLE.

$$

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BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM AND READING
1109 AM EST THU FEB 24 2005

...A SNOW ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 
SNOW... 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH 
TONIGHT 

THE SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA, CARBON, MONROE, BERKS, LEHIGH, AND NORTHAMPTON.

IN NEW JERSEY, SUSSEX AND WARREN

SNOW, ALREADY FALLING ACROSS DELMARVA, SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, AND 
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE REGION 
LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 
ARE FORECAST TO BE 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS 
LIKELY TO BE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA, NAMELY 
THROUGH BERKS COUNTY AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND 
TOWARD NEW YORK CITY IN NEW JERSEY.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO WORSEN THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW 
ACCUMULATES ONE TO THREE INCHES BY DARK. TRAVELING WILL REMAIN 
DEGRADED FOR THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE. IF YOU MUST DRIVE LATER 
THURSDAY, LEAVE EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, BUT
ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS. NO
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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