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NEW CASTLE-KENT-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER- EASTERN CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.WILMINGTON.DOVER.ELKTON.
CHESTERTOWN.CENTREVILLE.PENNSVILLE.GLASSBORO.CAMDEN.
CHERRY HILL.MOORESTOWN.MOUNT HOLLY.JACKSON.MILLVILLE.
HAMMONTON.CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE.WHARTON STATE FOREST.MEDIA.
PHILADELPHIA.HONEY BROOK.OXFORD.WEST CHESTER.
KENNETT SQUARE
322 PM EST MON FEB 8 2016

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

THE NATL WEATHER SVC 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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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 TUES NIGHT. THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FALL AT A MODERATE TO HEAVY RATE AT TIMES TUES & TUES NIGHT.

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

* VISIBILITIES.ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPS.FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LWR 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 & OTHER ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES.

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

SNOWFALL & ICE ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS IN ADDITION TO EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILISTIC SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST EVENT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER