Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
604 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016
...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY...
.STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST
TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF OUR AREA.
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KENT-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
ATLANTIC CITY
604 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY...
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES, WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG
COASTAL ATLANTIC COUNTY.
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
THIS EVENING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH
AND THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN FOR A TIME ON SATURDAY, THEN
QUICKLY OVER TO SNOW TOWARD SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING
OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST INCREASING LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY TO 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH, WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS CLOSER TO
THE COAST.
* TEMPERATURES...RISING THROUGH THE 30S TONIGHT, THEN DROPPING
BACK TOWARD FREEZING LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* IMPACTS...A BURST OF SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL
ALLOW FOR QUICK ACCUMULATIONS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. THE SNOW
WILL THEN BECOME WETTER OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, THEN
MAY BECOME DRIER AGAIN LATER SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SLEET
AND RAIN ON TOP OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY HEAVY AND WET.
SHOVELING MAY BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THOSE WITH PHYSICAL AILMENTS.
SNOW MAY CLING TO WIRES AND TREES LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES.
ROADS COULD BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS IN SOME AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS IN ADDITION TO
EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILISTIC SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST
EVENT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER
