[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 3/4/2013 7:44:26 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 050042
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
742 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013

...A POWERFUL NOREASTER WILL CAUSE WINTRY TRAVEL HAZARDS FOR
PORTIONS OF OUR AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

MDZ008-PAZ101-102-051100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.A.0004.130306T0900Z-130306T2300Z/
CECIL-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKTON...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...
WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE
742 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TO THE WEST OF 
  PHILADELPHIA AND SMALL PORTION OF NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. 

* TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY BEGIN BETWEEN
  MIDNIGHT AND 5 AM WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS
  MOSTLY SNOW. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY FOR A TIME. TEMPERATURES
  ABOVE FREEZING WILL ASSIST MELTING ON TREATED SURFACES.
  NEVERTHELESS... SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THIS
  AREA DURING THE DAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ENOUGH WET SNOW
  WILL ACCUMULATE TO CAUSE A FEW BRANCHES TO BREAK AND FORCE
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

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

* ENDING TIME...SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH A 
  SMALL FURTHER ACCUMULATION.

* EXPANSION OF WATCH AREA...ITS POSSIBLE THE WATCH AREA MAY NEED
  EXPANSION TO LARGER SECTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN
  NEW JERSEY AND DELMARVA WITH FUTURE FORECAST ISSUANCES ON TUESDAY.

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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