[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 2/1/2014 7:18:43 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 020018
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
718 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ016>020-026-027-PAZ070-071-102-104-106-020930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0004.140203T1100Z-140203T2100Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...NORRISTOWN...
LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
718 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

* LOCATIONS...THE FAR NORTHEAST PORTION OF MARYLAND AND SOUTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH NORTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW
  JERSEY INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA AND WILMINGTON DELAWARE. 

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH A SMALL
  CHANCE OF A TRACE OF FREEZING RAIN DURING THE TRANSITION FROM
  RAIN TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION BEGINS PROBABLY AS RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE
  DAWN MONDAY AND THEN CHANGES TO SNOW BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM
  MONDAY. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY SOMETIME BETWEEN MID MORNING
  AND EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL PROBABLY HOVER WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF
  31 DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS.  

* VISIBILITIES...POSSIBLY ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ON ALL UNTREATED
  PAVEMENTS...EVEN IF THERE IS SOME MELTING AT TIMES. THERE IS
  UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE BUT IF AMOUNTS
  END UP NEAR 5 OR 6 INCHES...THIS WOULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE
  DIFFICULTIES FOR A FEW HOURS DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY
  AFTERNOON MONDAY.

* MONDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER
  20S WITH SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AND LEFTOVER MOISTURE FREEZING ON
  MANY PAVEMENTS.


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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