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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
235 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA LATER THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS
COLD...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE COAST OF VIRGINIA
THURSDAY, THEN STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD AND
AWAY FROM OUR AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS THIS OCCURS, SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ESPECIALLY THURSDAY
NIGHT THEN TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. A DANGEROUSLY COLD AIRMASS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM
INTENSIFIES OUT TO SEA.


...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES ANTICIPATED.

* TIMING...SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THEN WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
START AS SOME RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX LATER THURSDAY SOUTH AND
EAST OF PHILADELPHIA BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL SHOULD BECOME HAZARDOUS THURSDAY EVENING AS
SNOW BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE. THIS WILL BE AN INCREASINGLY FLUFFY
SNOW AND AS WINDS INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT, BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW SHOULD MAKE TRAVEL EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. ROAD PLOWING
OPERATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY AFFECTED, ESPECIALLY DUE TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND ALSO SNOWFALL RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR
AT TIMES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM THURSDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH,
THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST DURING FRIDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...STARTING OUT RANGING BETWEEN ABOUT THE LOWER 30S
TO LOWER 40S THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THEN FALLING INTO THE 20S AND
TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT. ALL AREAS SHOULD BE IN THE TEENS BY
DAYBREAK FRIDAY. WHERE TEMPERATURES START OUT WELL ABOVE
FREEZING THURSDAY, FLASH FREEZING CAN OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY DROP BELOW FREEZING AND THE SNOW INCREASES.

* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE A TIMES THURSDAY
NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW, SLEET, OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.