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WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS...THE WATCH INCLUDES SOUTHEASTERN NEW
JERSEY...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL DELAWARE AND MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.
* HAZARD TYPES...PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO BE INLAND.
* TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY
NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. BY MID DAY THURSDAY...PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY RAIN
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS THE
REGION ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO TRAVEL
IMPACTS...WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES IF THERE
HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON POWER LINES BY
THE TIME THE WINDS INCREASE.
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.
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