[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/8/2013 8:11:59 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 081311
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
811 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES
TODAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY...

.RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL
BECOME A STRONG STORM ABOUT 100 TO 150 MILES EAST OF ATLANTIC CITY
THIS EVENING...THEN PASS JUST EAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SATURDAY.

LOOK FOR SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 78 TODAY
AND RAIN ELSEWHERE. THEN AS COLDER AIR DRIVES SOUTHWARD INTO THE
REGION LATE TODAY ON NORTHERLY WINDS TO 30 MPH...ALL AREAS WILL SEE
SNOW FALL WITH VARYING RATES. THIS WILL RESULT IN DETERIORATING
TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. TRAVEL TONIGHT INTO
EARLY SATURDAY SHOULD BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL OF NEW JERSEY.

BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY BECOME A PROBLEM...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.


NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-082115-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130209T1100Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
811 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS...THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND FAR NORTHERN 
  NEW JERSEY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 78.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 8 TO 16 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* TIMING...DEVELOPING ACCUMULATING SNOW LATER THIS MORNING MAY
  CHANGE TO SLEET OR RAIN FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON FROM NEAR
  ALLENTOWN EASTWARD TO NEAR FLEMINGTON AND SOMERVILLE NEW JERSEY.
  THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT... WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AN HOUR POSSIBLE. NORTH
  WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DEVELOPING THIS MORNING WILL PROBABLY
  BECOME TREACHEROUS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE AND WELL INTO THE
  NIGHT WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR MAJOR TRAVEL
  DELAYS LATE TODAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TODAY FALLING
  THROUGH THE 20S TONIGHT.

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>015-019-020-026-PAZ060-101-103>106-082115-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0002.130208T2000Z-130209T1100Z/
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-BERKS-
WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...READING...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...
LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
811 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA NORTH AND WEST OF
  PHILADELPHIA THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW
  JERSEY. 

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. EVEN IF ACCUMULATIONS ARE ONLY AROUND 4
  INCHES ...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW
  FREEZING WILL PROBABLY BECOME A MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEM DURING THE
  EVENING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY AFTER 6 PM. 

* TIMING..MOSTLY RAIN THIS MORNING EXCEPT SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN
  NEAR INTERSTATE 78 WITH SOME SLIPPERY TRAVEL STRETCHES THERE.
  PRECIPITATION CHANGES BACK TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES...WITH 1 TO 2
  INCHES OF SNOW AN HOUR POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 35
  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.

* TEMPERATURES...LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT FALLING INTO THE 20S.

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-NJZ016>018-021>025-027-PAZ070-071-102-082115-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0008.130208T2200Z-130209T1100Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...WEST CHESTER...
KENNET SQUARE
811 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN DELAWARE...FAR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY TO 
  PHILADELPHIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...RAIN TODAY WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE IN THE DAY OR 
  THIS EVENING. THE SNOW COULD FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THIS 
  EVENING... BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL 
  GUST 35 MPH... WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
  OF THE SNOW.

* IMPACTS...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.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.

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