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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
343 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...POTENT COASTAL STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION LATER WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY...

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THIS WATCH INCLUDES NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND THE
POCONOS IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...PRIMARILY HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALTHOUGH
10 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
POCONOS.

* TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS ALL SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET
DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ACROSS THE
REGION ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO TRAVEL IMPACTS...
WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
ON THURSDAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES IF HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ON POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS BY THE TIME WINDS
INCREASE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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