WINTER STORM WARNING from Noon today till 6am Sunday - 4 to 7 inches of snow
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
437 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015
...A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
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WARREN-HUNTERDON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...FLEMINGTON...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...
WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...
CHALFONT...PERKASIE
437 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW, WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST BETWEEN DURING THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW
WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WARMER
AIR WILL MOVE IN, ALLOWING THE SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING.
PRECIPITATION MAY EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
I-80 OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL
BE VERY HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. POOR
VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE-QUARTER MILE ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.
* WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...LOW 20S EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, THEN GRADUALLY
RISING TO NEAR FREEZING OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING LATE TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Instructions:
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Address/Location
Delaware Township, NJ Office of Emergency Management
816 Sergeantsville Rd
Stockton, NJ 08559
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 609-397-8189
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Winter Storm Warning