URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
312 PM EST FRI JAN 6 2017
...A COASTAL STORM IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...
.A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO PASS OFF THE
SOUTHEAST COAST TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING OUT TO SEA ON SATURDAY.
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KENT-TALBOT-CAROLINE-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...EASTON...DENTON...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
312 PM EST FRI JAN 6 2017
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM EST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM EST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATION...SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY, CENTRAL DELAWARE AND THE
SOUTHEASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND.
* HAZARD TYPE...SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH
SNOW-COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY.
* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH LATE TONIGHT, INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ALONG THE COAST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
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.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS IN ADDITION TO EXPERIMENTAL
PROBABILISTIC SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST EVENT ARE
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER
