[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/1/2013 3:54:02 AM

[svrwx at wx3i.net]

WWUS41 KPHI 010853
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
353 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2013

...A SHORT BUT INTENSE FLUFFY SNOWFALL IS FORECAST FOR THE DELMARVA
REGION EARLY TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE IN VIRGINIA RAPIDLY DEVELOPS
SEAWARD OF DELAWARE BY MID MORNING...


DEZ002>004-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ021>025-011600-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0006.130201T1100Z-130201T1600Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY
353 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST
THIS MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE...THE SOUTHERN
  TWO THIRDS OF DELAWARE AND A PORTION OF FAR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE GENERALLY BETWEEN 2
  AND 4 INCHES IN ADVISORY AREA TAPERING TO 1 INCH OR LESS FROM
  NORTHEAST MARYLAND TO WILMINGTON DELAWARE TO NEAR ATLANTIC CITY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN IN MARYLAND AROUND 5 AM THEN IN  DELAWARE
  BY 6 AM AND IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL PROBABLY FALL HEAVILY FOR 1 TO 3 HOURS WITH
  VISIBILITY AT TIMES NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE. THIS WILL CAUSE
  WIDESPREAD VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL EARLY TODAY AND REQUIRE
  DEFENSIVE DRIVING FOR SAFETY. PLAN FOR MUCH LONGER THAN NORMAL
  TRAVEL TIMES ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS. STRONG WEST NORTHWEST WINDS
  WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER THE SNOW ENDS DURING MID OR LATE
  MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DURING THE SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

DRAG