[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 2/17/2014 9:21:07 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 180220
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
920 PM EST MON FEB 17 2014

NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-103>106-181100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0012.140218T0800Z-140218T1800Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...
CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
920 PM EST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 1 PM
EST TUESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...HIGHEST
  ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD START CLOSE TO 3 AM TUESDAY MORNING AND
  FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE
  SNOW SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF IN THE PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS AND
  BERKS COUNTY IN THE MID MORNING AND LATER THAT MORNING IN THE
  LEHIGH VALLEY, POCONOS AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* IMPACTS...ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR
  DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. THIS WILL MAKE DRIVING AND PLOWING
  DIFFICULT. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL CAUSE MORE STRAIN ON
  WEAKENED STRUCTURES INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR COLLAPSES.
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES WHILE ITS
  SNOWING...RISING ABOVE FREEZING LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY...
  EXCEPT IN THE POCONOS.

* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW. WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. GIVE YOURSELF MORE
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION ON TUESDAY MORNING. DOUBLING OF
COMMUTING TIMES IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. DO NOT TAILGATE.

&&

$$

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-101-102-181100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0012.140218T0800Z-140218T1600Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN CHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...
WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE
920 PM EST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM
EST TUESDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...CHANCE OF A TRACE.

* TIMING...THE SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN TIME FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE ON
  TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES
  DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. A CHANGE TO
  FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE AS PRECIPITATION
  INTENSITY LESSENS DURING THE MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY DURING
  THE HEIGHT OF THE EVENT. THIS WILL COINCIDE WITH THE FIRST HALF
  OF THE MORNING COMMUTE AND IMPACT BOTH TRAVELING AND PLOWING. 

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES WHILE ITS SNOWING...RISING
  ABOVE FREEZING LATER IN THE DAY.

* VISIBILITIES...AROUND HALF A MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. EXPECT LONGER COMMUTING TIMES. DO NOT TAILGATE.

&&

$$

DEZ002-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ020>022-027-181100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0012.140218T0800Z-140218T1400Z/
KENT-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...
JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST
920 PM EST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM
EST TUESDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET AND THEN SOME FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 2 INCHES...ALONG WITH 
  LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN 3 AM AND 5 AM. A TRANSITION TO
  SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BE OCCURRING DURING THE MORNING
  COMMUTE WITH A CHANGE TO RAIN LATER IN THE MORNING BEFORE
  PRECIPITATION ENDS.

* IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX WILL MAKE FOR LONGER COMMUTING TIMES
  AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS ON TUESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S DURING THE WINTRY MIX... 
  RISING INTO THE 40S LATER ON TUESDAY.

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.

&&

$$