[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Public Information Statement 13:11:32.4767

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1256 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2015

...CHANGES TO 2015-16 WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY CRITERIA IN CHESTER COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY (PHI)
WILL LOWER ITS SNOWFALL CRITERIA FOR WINTER STORM WATCHES/WARNINGS
AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF CHESTER
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (FORECAST ZONE PAZ101) FOR THE UPCOMING
2015-16 WINTER. THE PREVIOUS 12- (24-) HOUR SNOWFALL CRITERIA FOR
A WINTER STORM WATCH/WARNINGS IN WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY OF 6 (8)
INCHES WILL LOWER TO 5 (7) INCHES FOR THE UPCOMING WINTER.
SIMILARLY, THE PREVIOUS 12-HOUR SNOWFALL CRITERIA FOR A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY OF 3 INCHES WILL LOWER TO 2 INCHES IN PAZ101. THE
ABOVE CHANGES TO THE WESTERN PART OF CHESTER COUNTY ALLOWS FOR
BETTER INTER-OFFICE COORDINATION WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA (CTP) AND AVOIDS
PUBLIC CONFUSION ACROSS THE EASTERN/WESTERN COUNTY ZONE SPLIT IN
CHESTER COUNTY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA,
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WINTER WEATHER WATCHES, WARNING AND ADVISORIES
FOR THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA REGION. THEY MADE THE SAME CRITERIA
CHANGES EFFECTIVE THIS UPCOMING WINTER FOR LANCASTER COUNTY, THE
COUNTY THAT BORDERS CHESTER COUNTY TO THE WEST. IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CHANGE, CONTACT:JOSEPH MIKETTA WARNING
COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST OR JARED KLEIN WINTER FOCAL POINT.
THEIR E-MAILS ARE JOSEPH.MIKETTA at NOAA.GOV AND JARED.KLEIN at NOAA.GOV.

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MIKETTA/KLEIN/GAINES




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