[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/7/2013 1:12:20 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 071811
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
111 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA
FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY ...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING NEAR THE COASTAL CAROLINAS LATE TODAY...WILL
RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO A POSITION 100 MILES EAST OF ATLANTIC
CITY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN TO NEAR NANTUCKET EARLY SATURDAY.

SNOW THAT FALLS PRIOR TO SUNRISE FRIDAY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHILE A HAZARD...IS NOT THE PRIMARY EVENT. THE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PORTION OF THIS STORM IS FOR THE FRIDAY EVENING
RUSH HOUR INTO THE WEE HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING.

NJZ001-007>010-012>015-PAZ054-055-062-080215-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.A.0002.130208T1900Z-130209T1200Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-
NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
TRENTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
111 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET
  AND RAIN FOR A TIME NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 78 BEFORE
  PROBABLY CHANGING TO HEAVY SNOW LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...GENERAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL PROBABLY RANGE
  FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TO BETWEEN
  5 AND 10 INCHES ELSEWHERE IN THE WATCH AREA. ANY FREEZING RAIN
  SHOULD BE MINOR IN COMPARISON BUT CONTRIBUTE TO VERY HAZARDOUS
  CONDITIONS.

* TIMING...SNOW FRIDAY MORNING WILL PROBABLY CHANGE BRIEFLY TO
  SLEET AND RAIN DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS FROM NEAR ALLENTOWN
  EASTWARD TO NEAR FLEMINGTON AND SOMERVILLE NEW JERSEY.
  THEREAFTER... HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE IN THE DAY AND FRIDAY
  NIGHT WITH ONE TO 2 INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
  NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH CAUSING BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING.

* IMPACTS...VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED FOR THE EVENING
  COMMUTE AND WELL INTO THE NIGHT WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE
  QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE...
  ESPECIALLY MONMOUTH COUNTY WHERE WINDS MAY GUST TO 45 MILES AN
  HOUR FOR A TIME FRIDAY EVENING. 

* AFTER THE STORM...SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES BY DAWN SATURDAY AND
  BLUSTERY SUNNY COLD SATURDAY AFTERNOON IS FORECAST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

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