Full Notification

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
324 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013

...A WINTER STORM AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL AFFECT THE WARNING AND
ADVISORY AREA SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE TO THE NEW JERSEY COAST
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES TO NOVA SCOTIA LATE
SUNDAY. A WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL IS FORECAST...AND SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
ARE FORECAST. WARMER AIR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM CENTER SHOULD
ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT... RESULTING IN SLEET AND OR FREEZING RAIN
IN THE INTERIOR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA... WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NEW JERSEY.

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-101-103-105-140930-
/O.UPG.KPHI.WS.A.0005.131214T1100Z-131215T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.W.0010.131214T1200Z-131215T1000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT...PERKASIE
324 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 5 AM EST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...THEN SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING
REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WINTER STORM WATCH.

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR THROUGH NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 78.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH
AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING
SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES... SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND
MIDNIGHT WHEN SNOWFALL MAY ACCUMULATE ONE INCH AN HOUR AT TIMES
WITH VISIBILITY RESTRICTED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S THROUGH THE ENTIRE STORM...POSSIBLY
DOWN INTO THE TEENS AT TIMES IN THE POCONOS AND THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF SUSSEX COUNTY NJ.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS.
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TEND TO ICE UP FIRST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Instructions:

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS.