[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/12/2014 2:36:50 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

PAZ054-055-130000-
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

...PLUNGING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL A STRONG COLD 
FRONT ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THIS OCCURS
TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S TO START THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY FALL
THROUGH THE 30S AND 20S TOWARD MIDNIGHT, THEN TO NEAR 10 DEGREES
BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. AS THE MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES IN, ANY
LEFTOVER RAIN MAY BRIEFLY END AS SOME SNOW AND ANY WET UNTREATED
SURFACES WILL FLASH FREEZE.

IN ADDITION, NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH WITH THE 
PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT AND THEN THROUGH THE NIGHT. ALL OF THIS 
CAN RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER 
ELEVATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY 
WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 10
DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND TOWARD MORNING.

BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS 
TONIGHT.

$$

NJZ001-007>010-012>015-PAZ060>062-103-105-106-130000-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
TRENTON...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...
DOYLESTOWN
336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

...PLUNGING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL A STRONG COLD 
FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AS THIS OCCURS, WINDS WILL 
QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH ALONG AND 
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR IN PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE, TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S 
EARLY THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND 20S 
TONIGHT. BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY, TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN 
THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING 
TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES 
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR ZERO OVERNIGHT AND TOWARD 
MORNING.

BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT.
ANY LEFTOVER STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE ON ROADWAYS AND
WALKWAYS.



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DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>027-PAZ070-071-101-102-
104-130000-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...
NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE
336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
POTENTIALLY LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO MOVE THROUGH LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING, FOLLOWED BY PLUNGING TEMPERATURES...

A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL A STRONG COLD 
FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AS THIS OCCURS, A LINE OF HEAVY 
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH. 
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO ACCOMPANY THIS 
LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST, GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 PM
AND 8 PM. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR THIS TO OCCUR IS IN DELMARVA AND
THE WESTERN PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS.

ONCE THE LINE AND COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH, WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND
45 MPH ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING. TEMPERATURES WILL 
START EARLY THIS EVENING AROUND 60 DEGREES, BUT THEN RAPIDLY FALL
INTO THE 30S AND 20S DURING THE NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY
FALLING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL
VALUES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS MANY AREAS TOWARD
MORNING.

BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANY LEFTOVER STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE ON
ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS.

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GIGI/GORSE