[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/29/2012 3:05:56 PM

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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
305 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-WESTERN MONMOUTH-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FREEHOLD...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
305 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM WILMINGTON TO
PHILADELPHIA AND FREEHOLD.

THE RAIN IN PROGRESS ACROSS MOST OF THIS AREA SHOULD END AS A MIX
OF FLURRIES AND SPRINKLES BETWEEN 5 PM AND 8 PM. THE SNOW IN
NORTHWEST CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND WILL BE ENDING BY 4 OR 5 PM.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT AS GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP. THIS COULD RESULT IN ICY PATCHES NEAR ANY
LEFTOVER SNOW ALONG WALKS AND HIGHWAYS.

SNOW TOTALS IN THIS AREA EARLIER TODAY RANGED FROM A TRACE TO JUST
UNDER 2 INCHES... PRIMARILY CONFINED TO THE AREA JUST WEST OF
INTERSTATE 95...INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA'S AND WILMINGTON'S WESTERN AND
NORTHERN SUBURBS. 

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NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-101>106-300000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121230T0000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CARBON-
MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...
PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
305 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NEW 
  JERSEY

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS
  THAT ARE NOT PLOWED OR TREATED AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY AT
  TIMES TO ONE MILE.

* TEMPERATURES...25 TO 32 DEGREES.

* NOWCAST...THE HEAVIEST OF THE THE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.
  HOWEVER...SNOW...MAY BE VERY BRIEFLY MODERATE ACROSS THIS AREA
  UNTIL ABOUT 4 OR 5 PM. AMOUNTS AS OF 230 PM GENERALLY RANGED
  BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.5 INCHES. SNOW WILL BE TAPERING TO FLURRIES
  FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM AND COMPLETELY
  END THIS EVENING. THE RAIN SNOW LINE AT 3 PM EXTENDED IN AN ARC
  FROM NEAR NEWARK NEW JERSEY TO JUST SOUTH OF SOMERVILLE TO JUST
  SOUTHEAST OF FLEMINGTON TO NEAR WILLOW GROVE AND PHILADELPHIA.
  IT WAS STILL EDGING NORTHWARD BUT SHOULD SOON HALT ITS NORTHWARD
  PROGRESS. BY AND LARGE..EVERYONE SEEING SNOW WILL SEE IT END AS
  SNOW FLURRIES THIS EVENING.

* OUTLOOK...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING
  OF THE SNOW SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY WHERE AMOUNTS EXCEED 3
  INCHES IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES... WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS TEND TO DEVELOP FIRST.

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DRAG