[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/30/2011 8:35:45 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
835 PM EST SUN JAN 30 2011

...A LARGE WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS
OF THE NORTHEAST USA...

.SNOW TUESDAY MORNING WILL TURN TO RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE
SOMETIME TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN RESUME AS HEAVY RAIN OR FREEZING
RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE WEDNESDAY.

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ013-014-016>020-026-027-PAZ067-070-071-310945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0004.110201T0400Z-110202T1600Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FREEHOLD...
SANDY HOOK...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...WEST CHESTER...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
835 PM EST SUN JAN 30 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE: EXTREME NORTHEAST MARYLAND...SOUTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EAST COASTAL NEW JERSEY. 


* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW TUESDAY MORNING CHANGES TO SLEET...RAIN
  OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THEN TO PERIODS OF HEAVY
  RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET... THEN POSSIBLY
  A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF GLAZE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
  EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING: SNOW BEGINS BETWEEN 9 PM MONDAY AND 2 AM TUESDAY. MIXED
  WINTRY ELEMENTS DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM TUESDAY. 

* IMPACTS: THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE IS LIKELY TO BE HAZARDOUS.
  ALL UNTREATED PAVEMENTS SHOULD BE SNOW COVERED WITH TEMPERATURES
  IN THE 20S. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD BE ADVERSELY
  IMPACTED WITH EITHER PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OR HEAVY FREEZING
  RAIN.

* CONFIDENCE; ABOVE AVERAGE FOR SNOW EARLY TUESDAY THOUGH
  CONFIDENCE ON AMOUNTS REACHING 3 OR 4 INCHES IS BELOW AVERAGE.
  CONFIDENCE ON SOME GLAZING LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY 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.

&&

$$

NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-068-069-310945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0004.110201T0800Z-110202T2200Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CARBON-
MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
835 PM EST SUN JAN 30 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE: EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  AS WELL AS MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.


* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW TUESDAY MORNING CHANGES TO SLEET OR
  FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. PERIODS OF
  HEAVY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
  INTO WEDNESDAY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET TUESDAY. GLAZE
  MAY ACCUMULATE FROM ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. 

* TIMING: SNOW BEGINS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM TUESDAY. THE
  CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN NOON
  AND 6 PM TUESDAY.
  

* IMPACTS: THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS
  WITH AT LEAST SOME SNOW AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 20. THE WEDNESDAY
  MORNING COMMUTE IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO ICE AND
  THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE MAY STILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR ALL
  UNTREATED PAVEMENTS. IF GLAZE REACHES OR EXCEEDS ONE HALF
  INCH...POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. ALSO...THE WATER EQUIVALENT
  PRECIPITATION FOR THIS STORM MAY EXCEED ONE INCH AND THIS ADDED
  TO SNOW LOADS ON SOME ROOFS AND ATTEMPTING TO RUN OFF INTO ICE
  ALREADY ICE CLOGGED ROOF GUTTERS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO STRUCTURE LEAKS.

* CONFIDENCE: ABOVE AVERAGE ON BOTH SNOW AND GLAZE OCCURRING BUT
  TOP END AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AND THREE
  QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF GLAZE ARE BELOW AVERAGE CONFIDENCE. 

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