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WWUS41 KPHI 020218
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
918 PM EST WED MAR 1 2006

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-062-021100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.060302T1000Z-060303T0000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
918 PM EST WED MAR 1 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY. 

FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE FORECAST FOR THE
SOUTHERN POCONOS AND THE UPPER LEHIGH VALLEY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND
FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, WITH PRECIPITATION BEGINNING BY THE
THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR AND TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. THE SNOW
AND SLEET WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS. PEOPLE WHO NEED TO DRIVE ON
THURSDAY ARE ENCOURAGED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR THEIR COMMUTES.
THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO AVOID DRIVING.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WEDNESDAY
EVENING IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND
THEN MOVE OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE WINTER WEATHER TO OUR REGION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, THE VOICE OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
SLEET ARE EXPECTED, MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

$$

NJZ009-010-012-015-PAZ060-061-067>069-021100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.060302T1000Z-060303T0000Z/
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-BERKS-LEHIGH-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...READING...ALLENTOWN...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
918 PM EST WED MAR 1 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY. 

FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY, THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW AND
SLEET WITH AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE ARE FORECAST. FOR THE
LOWER LEHIGH VALLEY AND BERKS COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA, TWO TO FOUR
INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE
ARE FORECAST. FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF PHILADELPHIA
IN PENNSYLVANIA, ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH AN
ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE ARE FORECAST. PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR AS SNOW, MIX
WITH SLEET DURING THE MORNING, AND THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN.
THE FREEZING RAIN IS WHAT WILL CAUSE THE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON
TOP OF THE SNOW AND SLEET, AND IT WILL GREATLY EXACERBATE THE
DANGER TO TRAVELERS. FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO RAIN OVER THE
IMMEDIATE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF PHILADELPHIA DURING THE
AFTERNOON. ALL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY EVENING.

PEOPLE WHO NEED TO DRIVE ON THURSDAY ARE ENCOURAGED TO ALLOW
EXTRA TIME FOR THEIR COMMUTES. THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD
BE TO AVOID DRIVING.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WEDNESDAY
EVENING IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND
THEN MOVE OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE WINTER WEATHER TO OUR REGION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, THE VOICE OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, SLEET
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED, MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

$$

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ013-016>019-PAZ070-071-021100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0007.060302T1000Z-060302T1700Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FREEHOLD...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA
918 PM EST WED MAR 1 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 12 PM
EST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 12 PM
EST THURSDAY. 

FOR THE INTERSTATE 295, 195 AND 95 CORRIDORS OF EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, THE IMMEDIATE PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA,
NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, ANYWHERE FROM A
COATING TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT
COATING OF ICE ARE FORECAST. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY
THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR AS SNOW AND SLEET, CHANGE TO
FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING, AND THEN CHANGE TO RAIN BY NOON.
PRIOR TO THE CHANGEOVER, THE COMBINATION OF SNOW, SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. PEOPLE WHO NEED TO
DRIVE ON THURSDAY SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR THEIR COMMUTES.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WEDNESDAY
EVENING IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND
THEN MOVE OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE WINTER WEATHER TO OUR REGION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, THE VOICE OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

MPD


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