[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/31/2008 12:28:50 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1228 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008

DEZ001-NJZ013-014-016>020-026-027-PAZ067>071-312000-
NEW CASTLE-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-
CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
1228 PM EST WED DEC 31 2008

...SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 12:25 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SNOW
SHOWERS ALONG THE ROUTE ONE CORRIDOR IN MIDDLESEX AND MERCER
COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. THE BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 30
TO 35 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. OTHER SNOW SHOWERS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

ROADS SUCH AS I-95, I-295, I-195, THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, AND THE
GARDEN STATE PARKWAY COULD DEVELOP SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS FROM THESE
SNOW SHOWER BURSTS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO
DROP TO BELOW 1 MILE...AND POSSIBLY BELOW 1/4 MILE IN THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS. WIND GUSTS WILL BE OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR
AS WELL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE ALL DUE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON.

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