[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/31/2011 9:47:13 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
946 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-PAZ054-055-061-062-011100-
/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
946 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. 

* AREAS AFFECTED: NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW 
  JERSEY.

* PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW LATE TONIGHT WILL MIX WITH SOME SLEET
  TUESDAY BETWEEN ABOUT 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 LATE TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RETURNS LATE
  TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER
  OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL AT TIMES BE DIFFICULT FROM LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO SNOW AND THEN ICE. BOTH THE
  TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTES SHOULD BE MUCH LONGER
  THAN USUAL. 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>069-011100-
/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
946 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. 

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

* PRECIPITATION TYPES: SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL MIX WITH SOME SLEET AND
  OR FREEZING RAIN BY FORENOON TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY TAPER TO
  FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING MID OR LATE AFTERNOON. A WINTRY MIX OF
  SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN RESUMES TUESDAY NIGHT...FALLING HEAVILY
  AS FREEZING RAIN NEAR DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. IT MAY CHANGE TO PLAIN
  RAIN DURING MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...BEFORE ENDING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS TO ACCUMULATIONS AS THEY ARE
  PRECIPITATION TYPE DEPENDENT. BEST ESTIMATE IS FOR 1 TO 4 INCHES
  OF SNOW AND SLEET. OF MUCH 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
  RESUMES LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION
  SHOULD TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL AT TIMES BE DIFFICULT FROM LATE TONIGHT
  INTO 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 PROBABLY 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-PAZ070-071-011100-
/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
946 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011

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

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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: INTERMITTENT SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL MIX WITH
  OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND OR FREEZING RAIN BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY.
  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: ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT. ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY
  MORNING. AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE IS
  POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING
  RAIN DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. 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 A BIT OF ICE.  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>025-011100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-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
946 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TUESDAY. 

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

* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SPITS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
  SHOULD BECOME A SHORT PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING
  THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL END OR
  CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN LATER TUESDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH.
  ICE ACCRETIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
  TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING ALONG COASTAL
  SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE OVERNIGHT...LIMITING THE DURATION OF THE
  HAZARDOUS WINTRY ELEMENTS ALONG DELAWARES ATLANTIC COAST.

* TIMING: ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING
  RAIN BEFORE THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 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