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WINTER STORM WARNING in effect for HUNTERDON COUNTY thru FRIDAY AT 1PM / 4-8 INCHES OF DRIFTING SNOW.

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
159 PM EST THU JAN 2 2014

...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW...

.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.


...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 8
INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. THE BULK OF
THE SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BLOWING SNOW
WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AS SNOW
ACCUMULATES AND TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S. 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 MONMOUTH
AND COASTAL OCEAN COUNTIES IN 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.

Instructions:

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.