[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Special Weather Statement 05:54:21.6000

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
554 AM EST Thu Jan 4 2018

DEZ003-004-NJZ013-014-020-022>027-041345-
Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-
Ocean-Atlantic-Cape May-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-Southeastern Burlington-
Including the cities of Georgetown, Rehoboth Beach, Freehold,
Sandy Hook, Jackson, Hammonton, Cape May Court House, Ocean City,
Atlantic City, Long Beach Island, and Wharton State Forest
554 AM EST Thu Jan 4 2018

...Near blizzard conditions developing this morning along coastal
New Jersey and Delaware and unnecessary travel is highly discouraged
this morning...

Snow was intensifying and spreading ashore across coastal New
Jersey and coastal Delaware. Visibilities at 545 AM were already
one quarter to one half mile and will occasionally drop below a
quarter mile in heavy snow and blowing snow. Northerly winds will
frequently gust over 40 miles an hour...to possibly as high as 60
miles an hour within a mile of the Atlantic.

Snow will taper off during mid or late afternoon but potentially
severe blowing and drifting will continue tonight through Friday
evening as temperatures plunge and wind chills drop to 5 below
zero.

$$

DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-021-
PAZ070-071-101>106-041345-
New Castle-Kent-Cecil-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Sussex-
Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Mercer-Salem-
Gloucester-Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Cumberland-Delaware-
Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-
Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Dover, Elkton, Chestertown,
Centreville, Easton, Denton, Newton, Washington, Morristown,
Flemington, Somerville, New Brunswick, Trenton, Pennsville,
Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mount Holly,
Millville, Media, Philadelphia, Honey Brook, Oxford,
West Chester, Kennett Square, Collegeville, Pottstown,
Norristown, Lansdale, Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville,
and Doylestown
554 AM EST Thu Jan 4 2018

...Heavy snow was spreading west this morning and will arrive
along the Interstate 95 corridor, including Philadelphia, between
7 AM and 9 AM...

At 550 am...moderate to heavy snow was widespread across eastern
New Jersey and the southern half of Delaware.

Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour are expected for a couple
of hours within the 8 AM to 1 PM time frame. Snow will quickly
make unplowed and untreated roads, treacherous by mid morning.

The snow should taper off to flurries during mid afternoon.

Considerable blowing and drifting will develop this afternoon
and continue through Friday night with wind chills dropping to
between 5 and 15 below zero.

If you can, postpone travel until mid or late afternoon. Road
conditions will rapidly deteriorate by the end of the morning
commute.

$$

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