[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/8/2014 7:05:39 PM

[svrwx at wx3i.net]

WWUS81 KPHI 090005
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
705 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014

NJZ001-007>010-012-015-019-PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071-101>106-
091215-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...
OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...
POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...
MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
705 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014

...ICE JAMS POSSIBLE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS..

ICE HAS FORMED ON MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA AS A 
RESULT OF RECENT COLD TEMPERATURES. AS THIS ICE SHIFTS, 
INDIVIDUAL CHUNKS ARE CARRIED DOWNSTREAM WHERE THEY COLLECT NEAR 
BENDS IN THE STREAM BANKS OR NEAR BRIDGE ABUTMENTS, FORMING ICE 
JAMS. THESE ICE JAMS CAN FORM AND BREAK SUDDENLY WITH LITTLE LEAD 
TIME FOR PROTECTIVE ACTION.

SEVERAL ICE JAMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON AREA RIVERS SINCE 
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND MORE ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE ICE MOVES OUT 
ALTOGETHER LATE THIS WEEKEND WHEN WARMER AIR AND RAIN ARRIVE. 
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALONG RIVERS AND LARGER STREAMS IN EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF ICE 
CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WATER 
LEVELS SHOULD AN ICE JAM FORM...OR BREAK. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL ALSO MONITOR THE RIVER ICE SITUATION, AND WARNINGS
WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

RIVER STAGE INFORMATION CAN BE MONITORED AT HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS.

$$