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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 PM EST WED FEB 23 2005
.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AND OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR ALREADY
IN PLACE TO CAUSE SNOW THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-
MERCER NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-SALEM NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC CITY...CAMDEN...DOVER...NEWARK...
PHILADELPHIA...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
400 PM EST WED FEB 23 2005
...WINTER STORM WARNING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT FOR 4 TO 9
INCHES OF SNOW...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
DELAWARE, NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY,
AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SNOW DEVELOPING AROUND OR SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY OVER SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND THE NORTHEAST
MARYLAND SHORE WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD DURING THURSDAY MORNING.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, DELAWARE, CHESTER, MONTGOMERY, AND
BUCKS.
IN NEW JERSEY, MERCER, MONMOUTH, OCEAN, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN,
GLOUCESTER, SALEM, ATLANTIC, CUMBERLAND, AND CAPE MAY.
IN DELAWARE, NEW CASTLE, KENT, AND SUSSEX.
IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, CECIL, KENT, QUEEN ANNE'S, CAROLINE, AND
TALBOT.
TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR
FOR NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE, EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA, AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AS SNOW ACCUMULATES 1 TO 3
INCHES...WITH TRAVEL EXPECTED TO WORSEN MARKEDLY FOR THE REST OF
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY DURING MID MORNING
AS THE SNOW SPREADS NORTHEASTWARD. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL
LIKELY ACCUMULATE BY DARK THURSDAY...AND DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL
REMAIN DEGRADED FOR THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE. A TOTAL OF 4 TO 9
INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS LATE THURSDAY
EVENING OR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN AT TIMES OVER SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND FAR
SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY ESPECIALLY RIGHT ALONG THE COAST.
CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT UNLESS IT IS
NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST DRIVE THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT, LEAVE
EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECT
ED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE
AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH
TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE
ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE.
GEEZ - this baby's growing!!!
