[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 3/16/2014 1:44:22 PM

Sun Mar 16 14:44:22 EDT 2014

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
244 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ016>018-020>022-025>027-170300-
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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
244 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON EDT MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...CECIL AND KENT COUNTIES IN MARYLAND...NEW CASTLE
  COUNTY IN DELAWARE AND THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF SALEM...
  GLOUCESTER...CAMDEN...OCEAN...CUMBBERLAND...ATLANTIC...AND
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON.

* HAZARD TYPE...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. 

* TIMING...SNOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE
  SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. THERE COULD BE SOME RAIN AT THE START.
  THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WHEN IT WILL FALL
  AT ITS HEAVIEST. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END ON MONDAY 
  MORNING...ALTHOUGH SOME LINGERING LIGHT SNOW MIGHT FALL MONDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. SOME HIGHER
  GUSTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

* VISIBILITY...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

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

* IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS 
  OVERNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 
  ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE. GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH 
YOUR DESTINATION. MAKE SURE YOUR CELL PHONES ARE FULLY CHARGED.

&&

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DEZ002>004-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ023-024-170300-
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KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY
244 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON EDT MONDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE MARYLAND COUNTIES OF QUEEN ANNE'S...TALBOT AND
  CAROLINE...THE DELAWARE COUNTIES OF KENT AND SUSSEX...AND CAPE
  MAY COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPE...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING...LIGHT RAIN IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE
  SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO
  SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO BECOME MODERATE TO
  HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL
  RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM.
  THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY NOON ON MONDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH
  ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

* VISIBILITY...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S DURING THE HEIGHT
  OF THE STORM.

* IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
  OVERNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
  ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TRAVEL
  WILL BE DIFFICULT AT BEST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. UNNECESSARY
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH 
YOUR DESTINATION. MAKE SURE YOUR CELL PHONES ARE FULLY CHARGED.

&&

$$

NJZ012>015-019-PAZ070-071-101-102-104-106-170300-
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MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
TRENTON...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...
NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
244 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EDT MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM PHILADELPHIA AND ITS
  LOCAL NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS NORTHEAST THROUGH MERCER, MIDDLESEX
  AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

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

* TIMING...SNOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE
  SOUTHWEST DURING THIS EVENING. THERE COULD BE SOME RAIN AT THE
  START. THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WHEN IT
  WILL FALL AT ITS HEAVIEST. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END ON
  MONDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH SOME LINGERING LIGHT SNOW MIGHT FALL
  MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

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

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. EXPECT RUSH HOUR 
DELAYS ON MONDAY MORNING.

&&

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GIGI/O'HARA