[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Special Weather Statement 09:48:06.5651

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
947 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-211600-
Sussex-Carbon-Monroe-
Including the cities of Newton, Jim Thorpe, and Stroudsburg
947 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018

...Major winter storm has begun...

Snow is occurring in the southern Poconos and has spread into
northwest New Jersey in the past couple of hours. Snowfall rates
will increase this morning, reaching half-inch to inch per hour
rates this afternoon and evening. Travel is strongly discouraged.

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NJZ007>010-012-013-015-PAZ060>062-101>106-211600-
Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Western Monmouth-
Mercer-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-
Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Washington, Morristown, Flemington,
Somerville, New Brunswick, Freehold, Trenton, Reading, Allentown,
Bethlehem, Easton, Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester,
Kennett Square, Collegeville, Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale,
Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville, and Doylestown
947 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018

...Major winter storm in progress...

A band of moderate to heavy snow has set up from Berks and Chester
Counties east-northeast to the Trenton area to Middlesex and
western Monmouth Counties. One to two inch per hour snow rates are
occurring within this band, with the heaviest snow in portions of
the Lehigh Valley and adjacent portions of Upper Bucks and western
Montgomery Counties. This band may persist for much of the
morning, with snow totals of four to six inches probable in
portions of eastern Pennsylvania by noon. Travel is strongly
discouraged.

$$

DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-NJZ016>020-027-PAZ070-071-211600-
New Castle-Kent-Cecil-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Southeastern Burlington-Delaware-
Philadelphia-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Dover, Elkton, Chestertown,
Centreville, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill,
Moorestown, Mount Holly, Jackson, Wharton State Forest, Media,
and Philadelphia
947 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018

...Major winter storm beginning to take shape...

A wintry mix of rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow will
transition to all snow from west to east during the next couple of
hours. Snow will readily accumulate once snow rates increase late
this morning and especially this afternoon. Travel is strongly
discouraged.

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DEZ003-004-MDZ019-020-NJZ014-021>026-211600-
Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Talbot-Caroline-Eastern Monmouth-
Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
Including the cities of Georgetown, Rehoboth Beach, Easton,
Denton, Sandy Hook, Millville, Hammonton, Cape May Court House,
Ocean City, Atlantic City, and Long Beach Island
947 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018

...Winter storm set to begin later today...

Precipitation is transitioning to freezing rain and sleet in
southern Delaware with sleet and snow occurring in adjacent
eastern Maryland. Rain will begin to transition to freezing rain
and sleet late this morning along the New Jersey coast, with snow
mixing in by afternoon. Travel conditions will likely deteriorate
rapidly this afternoon.

$$

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