[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/30/2005 4:29:46 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS41 KPHI 300921
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
419 AM EST SUN JAN 30 2005

DEZ002>004-MDZ019-020-NJZ023-024-301600-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-TALBOT MD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER
419 AM EST SUN JAN 30 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A WINTER STORM WARNING 
FOR TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DELAWARE AND 
NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ABOUT ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE AND UP TO 
AROUND FOUR INCHES OF SNOW...
 
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT 
MOVES NORTHEAST AND THEN EAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAS SPREAD 
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES AND PULLS DOWN 
COLDER AIR...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE COMPLETELY OVER TO SLEET
AND THEN TO SNOW THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING OR
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 

PRIOR TO THE CHANGEOVER AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE COULD 
ACCRUE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. THIS MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO START TAKING 
DOWN POWER LINES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF THE ICE ARE 
EXPECTED TO BE TWO TO FIVE INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS 
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. 

DRIVING ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. DO NOT 
VENTURE OUTDOORS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO. FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF 
POLICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN YOUR AREA.

THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF AND END DURING THE AFTERNOON.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE, OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES.

 
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DEZ001-MDZ008-012-015-NJZ016>022-025>027-PAZ070-071-301600-
ATLANTIC NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-
CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-KENT MD-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC CITY...CAMDEN...NEWARK...
PHILADELPHIA...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
419 AM EST SUN JAN 30 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN 
DELAWARE...AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND. THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO 
INCLUDE PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE COUNTIES.

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE 
HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND 
AND SECTIONS OF SALEM...CUMBERLAND AND ATLANTIC COUNTIES IN NEW 
JERSEY.

DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT 
MOVES NORTHEAST AND THEN EAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. 
 
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE SNOW MIGHT MIX WITH SOME SLEET 
AND EVEN SOME FREEZING RAIN TOWARD THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL AND THE 
CENTRAL DELMARVA PENINSULA. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW 
OVER BY AROUND NOON. THE ACCUMULATION SNOW MIGHT LINGER INTO THE 
AFTERNOON TOWARD CENTRAL DELMARVA AND THE NEW JERSEY COAST.

PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. 
UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BE SLIPPERY. LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE 
BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLES AROUND YOU.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE, OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES.


 
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THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WED SITE AT:
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI


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