[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/26/2011 10:52:35 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1052 PM EST WED JAN 26 2011

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ008>010-012-013-015>021-027-PAZ067>071-270530-
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
1052 PM EST WED JAN 26 2011

...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WITH ISOLATED THUNDER CONTINUES TO
POUND THE REGION...

AT 1050 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALONG WITH
SURFACE REPORTS CONTINUES TO TRACK AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS AREA IS GRADUALLY
SHIFTING MORE INTO NEW JERSEY. THE SNOWFALL RATES WITHIN THIS AREA
ARE MOSTLY BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RECENT SPOTTER REPORTS
INDICATED THAT IN THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE BAND, SNOWFALL
RATES HAVE REACHED 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE RATES WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF OF A MILE OR
LESS. IN ADDITION, THESE ENHANCED SNOWFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO
MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR PLOWING CREWS AS ACCUMULATIONS ARE VERY
QUICK. NORTHERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO UP 35 MPH WILL
CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY ACROSS OPEN AREAS.

ROADWAYS CONTINUE TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA. THE
ENHANCED BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY PIVOT FROM WEST TO
EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. IT IS BEST TO STAY INDOORS AND NOT TO TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

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