[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 3/5/2013 4:14:45 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 050914
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
414 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

DEZ001-002-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ016-021-PAZ070-052100-
/O.EXA.KPHI.WS.A.0004.130306T0900Z-130306T2300Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-
CUMBERLAND-DELAWARE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...CHESTERTOWN...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...PENNSVILLE...MILLVILLE...MEDIA
414 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHEASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND, NORTHERN AND
  CENTRAL DELAWARE, EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND PORTIONS
  OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.  

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES.


* TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY BEGIN BETWEEN
  MIDNIGHT AND 5 AM WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE
  SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO RAIN DURING THE DAY, BEFORE
  CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TOWARD EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST
  TO BE ABOVE FREEZING AND THIS WILL ASSIST MELTING ON TREATED
  SURFACES. NEVERTHELESS... SOME SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY
  THROUGHOUT THIS AREA DURING AND ESPECIALLY INTO WEDNESDAY
  EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ENOUGH WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
  TO CAUSE A FEW BRANCHES TO BREAK AND FORCE ISOLATED POWER
  OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.


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.

&&

$$

MDZ008-PAZ101-102-052100-
/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
414 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT 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 5 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 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.


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.

&&

$$