[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/31/2011 5:42:59 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
542 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ON
TUESDAY TO THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY EARLY ON WEDNESDAY. THE
LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO JUMP TO THE WATERS OFF NEW JERSEY ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE RACING TO THE NORTHEAST. THE WEATHER
SYSTEM WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO
PARTS OF OUR REGION FROM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-010645-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.110201T0500Z-110202T2300Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
542 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. 

* PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW LATE TONIGHT WILL MIX WITH SOME SLEET
  TUESDAY BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE POSSIBLY ENDING AS SNOW WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS: CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS TO ACCUMULATION AS THEY ARE
  PRECIPITATION TYPE DEPENDENT. BEST ESTIMATE IS 4 TO 10 INCHES OF
  SNOW AND SLEET WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
  OF SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND THE POCONOS. IN ADDITION...ABOUT
  ONE QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE MIGHT ALSO OCCUR... GREATEST
  AMOUNT IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY.

* SNOWFALL RATE: MAY ACCUMULATE AN INCH AN HOUR FOR A COUPLE OF
  HOURS...SOMETIME BETWEEN 8 AM AND 2PM. 

* TIMING: SNOW SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE REGION CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION INTENSITY LATE
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVES
  BACK IN OVERNIGHT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION
  SHOULD TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN THE REGION FROM LATE 
  TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO SNOW AND THEN ICE. 
  ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND UTILITY WIRES FROM 
  TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. THE WEDNESDAY COMMUTE WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NJZ009-010-012-015-PAZ060-067>069-010645-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.110201T0400Z-110202T2100Z/
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...READING...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN
542 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST 
  PENNSYLVANIA WEST AND NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA. 

* PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW LATER TONIGHT WILL MIX WITH SOME SLEET
  AND OR FREEZING RAIN ON TUESDAY BY FORENOON. A WINTRY MIX OF
  SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN
  TRANSITION TO ALL FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY
  PLAIN RAIN DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE ENDING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS TO ACCUMULATION AS THEY ARE
  PRECIPITATION TYPE DEPENDENT. BEST ESTIMATE IS FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES
  OF SNOW AND SLEET. OF GREATER IMPORTANCE...ONE THIRD TO TWO
  THIRDS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND
  WIRES AS WELL AS UNTREATED ROADWAYS BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING: SNOW SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE REGION CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION INTENSITY
  DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE HEAVIER
  PRECIPITATION MOVES BACK IN OVERNIGHT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN THE REGION FROM LATE
  TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO SNOW AND THEN ICE.
  ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND UTILITY WIRES FROM TUESDAY
  NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. THE
  TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY SNOW. THE TUESDAY
  EVENING COMMUTE SHOULD BE EASIER BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED LULL IN
  THE PRECIPITATION INTENSITY. EVEN SO... CAUTION IS EVEN ADVISED
  FOR THE TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTE AS THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A
  SECONDARY INFLUX OF SUB FREEZING AIR ARRIVING ON NORTHERLY
  WINDS. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT
  DUE TO THE ICE. THIS EVENT SHOULD BE OVER BY THE TIME OF THE
  WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ013-014-016>020-026-027-PAZ070-071-010645-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0009.110201T0300Z-110201T2300Z/
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.A.0004.110201T2300Z-110202T1500Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-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...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
542 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* AREAS AFFECTED; THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MARYLAND...THE NORTH
  THIRD OF DELAWARE...THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND
  MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UP TO COASTAL NORTHEAST NEW
  JERSEY. 

* PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY
  MORNING...MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AND OR FREEZING RAIN
  TUESDAY MORNING. SOME LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE STEADIER FREEZING RAIN AND
  POSSIBLY SLEET MOVES IN OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN
  SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TUESDAY MORNING.
  AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE IS POSSIBLE
  TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: SNOW SHOULD BEGIN THIS EVENING BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
  ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR AN ICE
  ACCUMULATION IS FROM LATE TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH MID MORNING ON
  WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS: THE MORNING COMMUTE ON TUESDAY SHOULD BE AFFECTED BY 
  SNOW AND THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY BE 
  AFFECTED BY ICE. IN BOTH CASES...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE 
  LESS THAN IDEAL. UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BECOME 
  SLIPPERY. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE TIMES ON 
  BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE LESS AFFECTED BY THE 
  WEATHER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL IN THE REGION.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ021>025-010645-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0009.110201T0200Z-110201T1700Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...MILLVILLE...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY
542 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON EST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON EST TUESDAY.

* AREAS AFFECTED: SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF DELAWARE...FAR SOUTHERN
  NEW JERSEY AND A PORTION OF MARYLANDS EASTERN SHORE.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW AT THE START AND THEN A TRANSITION TO 
  SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BEFORE A CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN 
  OCCURS ON TUESDAY MORNING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS:ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH. ICE 
  ACCRETIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. 

* TIMING: AREAS OF SHOWERY MIXED PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING SNOW
  SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM AND
  END TUESDAY MORNING...NEAR OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK.
  TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN COASTAL SUSSEX COUNTY
  DELAWARE OVERNIGHT...LIMITING THE DURATION OF THE HAZARDOUS
  WINTRY ELEMENTS ALONG THE COAST. THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER PERIOD
  OF FREEZING RAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT THAT WOULD WARRANT AN
  ADDITIONAL ADVISORY.

* IMPACTS: ANY SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL
  CAUSE A PERIOD OF DIFFICULT DRIVING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY
  BE ENDING DURING THE LATE LATTER PART OF THE TUESDAY MORNING
  COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$


DRAG