Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1001 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014
...A WINTER STORM WILL BLANKET THE AREA WITH SNOW TONIGHT FOLLOWED
BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL FRIDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY
TONIGHT AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM OUR AREA FRIDAY MORNING.
AS THIS OCCURS...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT
THEN TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY MORNING OR MIDDAY FRIDAY. A DANGEROUSLY
COLD AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE
STORM INTENSIFIES OUT TO SEA.
1001 AM EST THU JAN 2 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY...
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE EXCEPT START
AS RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX THIS EVENING OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN
NEW JERSEY BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. THE
BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AS SNOW ACCUMULATES
AND TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S. THIS WILL BECOME AN
INCREASINGLY FLUFFY SNOW DURING THE NIGHT AND AS WINDS
INCREASE...BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL ADD TO THE WINTER TRAVEL
HAZARDS. SNOWFALL RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED AT
TIMES TONIGHT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND
WIND CREATES NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY FOR
COASTAL NEW JERSEY.
* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE TEENS BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH
WIND CHILL NEAR 5 BELOW ZERO.
* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE AT 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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