[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/5/2010 8:59:35 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
859 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ016>019-021>025-027-PAZ060-067-068-070-071-
060330-
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...
ATLANTIC CITY...WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
859 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...

AT 8:55 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
REPORTS CONTINUED TO TRACK AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW,
WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR BERKS COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH
PHILADELPHIA THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THIS AREA OF SNOW
IS GRADUALLY MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. THE VISIBILITY WILL QUICKLY
LOWER TO ONE HALF TO EVEN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AS THIS
ENHANCED SNOWFALL MOVES THROUGH. IN ADDITION, A QUICK 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW WILL TEND TO OCCUR IN MOST PLACES AS THIS AREA OF
ENHANCED SNOWFALL MOVES THROUGH.

IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING, BE PREPARED FOR A RAPID CHANGE
IN ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL AS VISIBILITIES. ROADS THAT ARE
INITIALLY WET TO PARTIALLY SLUSHY, WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AS THE
INTENSITY OF THE SNOW INCREASES AND THE TEMPERATURES DROP. 
REMEMBER, BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES TEND TO BE
COLDER, THEREFORE WILL BE MORE HAZARDOUS WHEN UNTREATED. THE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO WORSEN THROUGH THE NIGHT.

$$

NJZ015-020-026-PAZ061-069-060330-
MERCER-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-LEHIGH-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
ALLENTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
859 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...LEADING EDGE OF ENHANCED SNOW WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE AREA...

AT 8:55 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
REPORTS INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF STEADY SNOW GRADUALLY MOVING
INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS.
THE SNOW MAY FALL MODERATE TO EVEN HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AN INITIAL
BURST WITH THE VISIBILITIES BECOMING GREATLY REDUCED.

IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING, BE PREPARED FOR A RAPID CHANGE
IN ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL AS VISIBILITIES. ROADS THAT ARE
INITIALLY WET, WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AS THE INTENSITY OF THE
SNOW INCREASES AND THE TEMPERATURES DROP SOME MORE. REMEMBER, BRIDGES
AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES TEND TO BE COLDER, THEREFORE WILL BE
MORE HAZARDOUS WHEN UNTREATED. THE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
WORSEN THROUGH THE NIGHT.

$$

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-060330-
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON
859 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION...

AT 8:55 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
REPORTS CONTINUED TO TRACK SNOW, MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES,
ACROSS THE AREA. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HALF TO
EVEN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR ARE ANTICIPATED AT TIMES THIS EVENING.

IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING, BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS AS WELL AS GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE ROAD
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THE
WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND TURN RATHER
GUSTY. REMEMBER, BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES TEND TO BE
COLDER, THEREFORE WILL BE MORE HAZARDOUS WHEN UNTREATED.

$$

GORSE