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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
332 AM EST THU JAN 2 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 MID-ATLANTIC COAST
TODAY...THEN STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD AND
AWAY FROM OUR AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ESPECIALLY TONIGHT THEN
TAPER OFF BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A DANGEROUSLY COLD AIRMASS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES
OUT TO SEA.
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6
PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SOME RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW
MIX THIS AFTERNOON FROM PHILADELPHIA SOUTH AND EAST BEFORE
CHANGING TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* 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 WILL MAKE TRAVEL EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. ROAD PLOWING
OPERATIONS WILL 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 OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. IT
IS POSSIBLE THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND CREATES NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS CLOSER TO
THE ATLANTIC COAST.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...STARTING OUT RANGING BETWEEN THE LOWER 30S TO
LOWER 40S THIS AFTERNOON, THEN FALLING INTO THE 20S AND TEENS
TONIGHT. ALL AREAS SHOULD BE IN THE TEENS BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY.
WHERE TEMPERATURES START OUT WELL ABOVE FREEZING TODAY, FLASH
FREEZING CAN OCCUR TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY DROP BELOW
FREEZING AND THE SNOW INCREASES.* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE A TIMES TONIGHT.


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.

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