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Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
258 PM EST MON JAN 20 2014

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT
FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY BITTERLY COLD AIR...

.A FAST MOVING BUT POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO
OUR ENTIRE AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THE STORM
STRENGTHENS TO OUR EAST LATER TUESDAY, THE WINDS WILL INCREASE
RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE STORM
CONTINUES TO EXIT, BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY SETTLE IN
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...
FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...
ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...
KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...
LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
258 PM EST MON JAN 20 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO
6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD LATE TUESDAY
MORNING AND THE MIDDAY HOURS, THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF AROUND AN INCH PER
HOUR.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS
AND PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ESPECIALLY LATER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY
NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING RUSH
HOUR WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON, BECOMING NORTH AND NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S TUESDAY, THEN FALLING THROUGH
THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WIND CHILLS...MAINLY AROUND 10 DEGREES TUESDAY, THEN DROPPING
TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT. THESE VALUES CAN QUICKLY
CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE
VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS LATER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOW BLOWING BACK ONTO
PREVIOUSLY PLOWED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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Instructions:

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE
VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS LATER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOW BLOWING BACK ONTO
PREVIOUSLY PLOWED ROADWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.