[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/11/2012 6:17:10 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
616 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012

DEZ002>004-NJZ016>027-PAZ068-070-071-120100-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-GLOUCESTER NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-
MONTGOMERY PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
616 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012

...A LINE OF SNOW SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLY ISOLATED SNOW SQUALLS 
WILL AFFECT CAMDEN...MONTGOMERY...PHILADELPHIA...
DELAWARE...GLOUCESTER...KENT...SUSSEX...BURLINGTON...CAPE MAY...
ATLANTIC...OCEAN...SALEM AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 557 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SNOW SHOWERS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF READING TO 
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON TO 19 MILES EAST OF EASTON. THIS
LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT 
PENNSVILLE...WYOMING...WOODSIDE...VIOLA AROUND 615 PM...ELAM...
DOVER SPEEDWAY...PENNS GROVE...CARNEYS POINT AROUND 620 PM...
STOWE AND HOUSTON AROUND 625 PM.

THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE
WITH ISOLATED AREAS POSSIBLY DROPPING TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE 
IN SNOW SQUALLS. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR SQUALLS IS SOUTH OF 
PHILADELPHIA AND THE ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY IN NEW JERSEY.
 
THROUGH 8 PM THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS COULD DROP A QUICK HALF AN 
INCH ON COOLER SURFACES. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO AROUND FREEZING 
DURING ANY HEAVIER SNOW BURSTS AND THEN FALL BELOW FREEZING AS THE 
EVENING PROGRESSES. WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH THE SNOW SHOWERS AND 
THEN PERSIST. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE COMMON IN THE LOWER 
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND WEST OF CHESAPEAKE BAY. 

USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS THIS 
EVENING. BE ALERT FOR VARYING VISIBILITIES AND ROAD CONDITIONS.
GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE VEHICLES 
AROUND YOU. WHEN TEMPERATURES DO FALL BELOW FREEZING LATER THIS 
EVENING ANY SLUSH OR STANDING WATER ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL 
FREEZE AND MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS.
 
LAT...LON 3851 7571 3930 7573 3932 7543 3907 7539
      3879 7515 3911 7490 3915 7490 3918 7515
      3946 7555 3979 7541 3987 7560 4007 7537
      4025 7569 4026 7568 3985 7413 3972 7415
      3983 7407 3945 7430 3892 7497 3844 7505

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TFG