[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Special Weather Statement 18:08:50.9170

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
608 PM EST TUE JAN 12 2016

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>017-PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071-
101>106-130030-
NEW
CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-SOMERSET-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-MERCER-WARREN-SALEM-
MIDDLESEX-GLOUCESTER-CARBON-NORTHAMPTON-PHILADELPHIA-LEHIGH-MONROE-
BERKS-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER
BUCKS-EASTERN CHESTER-DELAWARE-UPPER BUCKS-
608 PM EST TUE JAN 12 2016

...A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* AT 601 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM HIAWATHA TO WYOMISSING TO NEAR BOONSBORO...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES NEAR ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS
  WILL LIKELY FALL IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR.

* THE SNOW SQUALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE DELAWARE VALLEY
  INCLUDING THE PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM EST.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS DANGEROUS
SNOW SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS
COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SQUALL
PASSES YOUR LOCATION.

A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO THE RAPID FORMATION OF
BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS. BLACK ICE IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE
AND ROADWAYS MAY APPEAR WET. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY
ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND AROUND CURVES. ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING
DISTANCE AND AVOID BRAKING SUDDENLY.


LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED THROUGH 8 PM EST INCLUDE...
PHILADELPHIA...ALLENTOWN...READING...WILMINGTON...NEWARK...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE...NEWTON...LEHIGHTON...
MONTAGUE...MOUNT POCONO...SOMERSET...CALVERT...BETHLEHEM...
BRIDGEWATER...EWING...NORRISTOWN AND POTTSTOWN.

LAT...LON 4121 7439 4104 7450 4100 7430 4090 7427
      4060 7446 4060 7434 3968 7557 3961 7613
      3972 7623 3976 7606 4014 7588 4044 7633
      4074 7576 4091 7599 4101 7573 4123 7554
      4125 7513 4108 7503 4135 7475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 249DEG 57KT 4191 7539 4031 7598 3944 7765
$$

SFJ


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