[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/25/2011 3:32:29 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 252031
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
331 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND
ESPECIALLY EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-068-069-261015-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WS.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T0900Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
331 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW...WITH POSSIBLY SOME SLEET OR RAIN
  MIXED IN DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MOST
  LIKELY IN NEW JERSEY.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN 7 AM AND 1
  PM...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED BETWEEN 5 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
  SNOWFALL RATES COULD AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SNOW WILL
  END BEFORE THE START OF THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS: THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE SHOULD BE AFFECTED AS
  ACCUMULATING SNOW FALLS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE
  DIFFICULT AS THE EVENING COMMUTE PROGRESSES. THE THURSDAY
  MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD ALSO BE AFFECTED BECAUSE OF RESIDUAL
  CLEANUP OF WEDNESDAYS SNOWFALL.

* CONFIDENCE: CONFIDENCE ON SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AT OR ABOVE 6 
  INCHES IN THE POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY IS A LITTLE 
  LESS THAN YESTERDAY DUE TO A SOUTHEASTWARD SHIFT IN STORM 
  EVOLUTION. CONFIDENCE FROM ALLENTOWN TO TRENTON FOR A 
  SUBSTANTIAL WINTER EVENT IS ABOVE AVERAGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ012-015>019-PAZ067-070-071-261015-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WS.A.0003.110126T1500Z-110127T0900Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA
331 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* PRECIPITATION TYPE: MIXED SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
  IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...TURNING TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW BY
  WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING BY THE START OF THE THURSDAY
  MORNING COMMUTE. 

* ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A COATING OF ICE
  POSSIBLE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE EVENT.

* TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL START WEDNESDAY MORNING BETWEEN
  4 AM AND THE END OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE MOST INTENSE PERIOD
  OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD HAZARDS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM AND
  MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY
  FREEZING RAIN. IF THIS BECOMES MORE OF A THREAT, A WINTER
  WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE MAY BE ISSUED TONIGHT.
  THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE SHOULD BE AFFECTED AS ACCUMULATING
  SNOW FALLS WITH GREATER IMPACTS AS THE EVENING COMMUTE
  PROGRESSES. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD ALSO BE AFFECTED
  BECAUSE OF RESIDUAL CLEAN UP OF THE WINTRY MESS EXPECTED
  WEDNESDAY.

* CONFIDENCE: HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR SUBSTANTIAL WINTER WEATHER 
  PROBLEMS IS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.


$$

DEZ002-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ013-014-020>022-026-027-261015-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WS.A.0003.110126T2300Z-110127T0900Z/
KENT-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...
FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST
331 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* PRECIPITATION TYPE: MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN DURING THE DAY
  ON WEDNESDAY WILL TURN TO BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING
  BEFORE ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING: MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO DELMARVA BEFORE
  SUNRISE AND REACH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY BY THE END OF THE MORNING
  RUSH. THE MOST INTENSE PERIOD OF SNOW AND WIDESPREAD HAZARDS ARE
  EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 PM WEDNESDAY AND 1 AM THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS: THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE SHOULD BE AFFECTED AS
  ACCUMULATING SNOW FALLS. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE COULD WILL
  ALSO BE AFFECTED BECAUSE OF RESIDUAL CLEAN UP OF THE WINTRY
  MESS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.

* CONFIDENCE: HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR SUBSTANTIAL WINTER WEATHER
  PROBLEMS IS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. LOWEST CONFIDENCE
  IS IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY FROM NEAR ATLANTIC CITY SOUTHWESTWARD
  TO CENTRAL DELAWARE.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

DRAG/GIGI


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