Full Notification

Issued by The National Weather Service

Philadelphia, PA

3:22pm EST, Mon Feb 8


... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES... PERIODS OF SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AT A MODERATE TO HEAVY RATE AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS... ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL AFFECT TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT, INCLUDING THE RUSH HOUR COMMUTES. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE DURING TIMES OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES. REMEMBER, BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES TEND TO BECOME SLIPPERY FIRST.

* VISIBILITIES... ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES... FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT, THEN AROUND FREEZING DURING TUESDAY.

* WINDS... NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES.

REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING OUR TRAINED SPOTTER LINE, POSTING TO THE NWS MOUNT HOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER @NWS_MOUNTHOLLY.

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... ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REDEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. AS THIS OCCURS, A SURFACE TROUGH WILL EXTEND WESTWARD FROM IT AND THIS SHOULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR HEAVIER SNOWFALL. THE LOCATION OF WHERE THIS FEATURE SETS UP WILL DETERMINE THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.