[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 3/15/2014 2:02:08 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 151902
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
302 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2014
 
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016-017-021>024-160915-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0009.140317T0000Z-140317T1600Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY
302 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

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

* LOCATIONS...ALL OF DELAWARE, THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AND
  GLOUCESTER, SALEM, CUMBERLAND, ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES
  IN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS
  EXPECTED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DELMARVA AND SOUTHEAST NEW
  JERSEY.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING AND MAY START
  AS RAIN. MOST PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. THE
  HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOULD
  START TAPERING OFF MONDAY MORNING AND THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO BE OVER ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING OVERNIGHT SUNDAY
  AND IS LIKELY TO GREATLY AFFECT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
  TEMPERATURES WILL BE STARTING ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE IT SNOWS, SO
  ICING OF UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS IS LIKELY AS
  TEMPERATURES FALL AND THE SNOW STARTS ACCUMULATING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. SOME
  GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ALONG THE IMMEDIATE ATLANTIC COAST.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S WHILE ITS SNOWING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

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GIGI/NIERENBERG