Full Notification

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
320 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES
FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING NEAR THE COASTAL CAROLINA`S LATE TODAY...
WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO A POSITION 100 TO 150 MILES
EAST OF ATLANTIC CITY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN TO NEAR NANTUCKET
EARLY SATURDAY.

THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PORTION OF THIS STORM IS FOR THE FRIDAY
EVENING RUSH HOUR INTO THE WEE HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING WHEN
TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.

BE PREPARED FOR MAJOR TRAVEL DELAYS LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

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HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON
320 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG WITH
POSSIBLY A TRACE OF ICE.

* TIMING...ANY SNOW FRIDAY MORNING WILL CHANGE RAIN DURING THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS THEN BACK TO HEAVY SNOW LATE IN THE DAY FRIDAY OR
FRIDAY EVENING. ONE TO 2 INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS FRIDAY NIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
GUST 30 TO 40 MPH CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THERE IS A
SMALL CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM WITH THE SNOW.

* IMPACTS...VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED FOR THE EVENING
COMMUTE AND WELL INTO THE NIGHT WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY MONMOUTH COUNTY WHERE WINDS MAY GUST TO 45 MILES AN
HOUR FOR A TIME FRIDAY EVENING.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DURING THE SNOW
FRIDAY NIGHT.

* AFTER THE STORM...SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES BY DAWN SATURDAY AND
BLUSTERY SUNNY COLD SATURDAY AFTERNOON IS FORECAST.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.