[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/25/2011 8:27:50 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 260127
WSWPHI

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

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

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-068-069-261100-
/O.CON.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
827 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

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

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS 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-PAZ067-070-071-261100-
/O.CON.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
827 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

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

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS 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: THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT SOME FREEZING RAIN MIGHT MIX
  IN WITH THE SLEET AND SNOW ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WEDNESDAY
  EVENING COMMUTE SHOULD BE AFFECTED AS ACCUMULATING SNOW FALLS
  WITH GREATER IMPACTS DEEPER INTO THE EVENING COMMUTE TIME. 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>022-026-027-261100-
/O.CON.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
827 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011

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

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS 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. THERE IS A CHANCE SOME FREEZING
  RAIN MIGHT MIX IN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* 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. THERE IS A CHANCE SOME FREEZING RAIN MIGHT MIX IN ON
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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.

&&

$$