[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/26/2010 4:11:18 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
408 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010

NJZ013-014-020-022>027-262315-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST
408 PM EST SUN DEC 26 2010

...THE NEXT HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL AFFECT COASTAL NEW JERSEY THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...

THE NEXT HEAVY SNOW BAND IS ABOUT TO ROTATE IN FROM THE OCEAN AND
AFFECT COASTAL NEW JERSEY FROM SANDY HOOK TO CAPE MAY HARBOR. AS
THE SNOW BAND COMES ASHORE...EXPECT HEAVY SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITY
TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE.

IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE
COAST AND AFFECT THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY THROUGH METRO PARK. 

SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR COULD RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 3
TO 6 INCHES OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF NEW JERSEY THROUGH 700 PM.
TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

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