[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/8/2013 7:07:36 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
707 AM EST FRI MAR 8 2013

NJZ017>020-022-025>027-PAZ054-055-061-062-070-071-103>106-081330-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-
MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...HAMMONTON...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...
CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
707 AM EST FRI MAR 8 2013

...SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW TO AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE...

AT 700 AM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF SNOW SLIDING SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS SNOW IS MOSTLY ON THE LIGHT SIDE, HOWEVER THERE ARE EMBEDDED
AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES. A COATING TO AN INCH OR TWO OF
SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY FROM
BURLINGTON COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY TO BUCKS AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES
IN PENNSYLVANIA ON NORTHWARD.

THE TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING, THEREFORE ESPECIALLY
WHERE HEAVIER SNOW OCCURS UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE SLIPPERY.

IF TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING, BE PREPARED FOR GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES WITHIN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW, ALONG WITH SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.

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NJZ001-007>010-012>015-081330-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
TRENTON
707 AM EST FRI MAR 8 2013

...SNOW AT VARYING INTENSITY CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING...

AT 700 AM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
REPORTS INDICATED SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION, AND THERE ARE
AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAS BEEN IN
SUSSEX AND MORRIS COUNTIES, THEN DOWN INTO MIDDLESEX AND WESTERN
MONMOUTH COUNTIES.

SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BEEN NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR WITHIN THE HEAVIER
BURSTS OF SNOW. TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING, AND ESPECIALLY
WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES, UNTREATED ROADWAYS
WILL BE HAZARDOUS AND IN SOME CASES COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED.

IF TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING, BE PREPARED FOR GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW, ALONG WITH SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.

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