2/21/2011 - Winter Storm Warning - February 21-22, 2011
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
313 PM EST MON FEB 21 2011
...A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM WILL RETURN SNOW AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL
TO MUCH OF OUR AREA BY MIDNIGHT...
.LOW PRESSURE IN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON WILL SLIDE TO THE EAST OF
NORFOLK VIRGINIA TOMORROW MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW OVERNIGHT
WILL GENERALLY END BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. MELTING WILL BE SLOW TOMORROW
AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON.
NEW CASTLE-KENT-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...ELKTON...
CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA
313 PM EST MON FEB 21 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM EST TUESDAY.
* LOCATIONS...THE PHILADELPHIA AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE
ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY...THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF DELAWARE
AND MUCH OF MARYLAND`S EASTERN SHORE.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. THERE MAY BE A LITTLE SLEET AT THE
BEGINNING BUT IT WONT LAST LONG.
* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...SPOTTY RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW
THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING BY LATE
EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO FLURRIES AND
END BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM TUESDAY.
* SNOW FALL RATES...MAY REACH 1 INCH PER HOUR SOMETIME BETWEEN 11
PM AND 4 AM.
* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY PAVEMENTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO
DEVELOP FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE EVENING AND VERY HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL IS EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY
AROUND MIDNIGHT AND BE DOWN TO 20 TO 25 DEGREES BY DAYBREAK
TUESDAY.
* VISIBILITIES...AT TIMES NEAR OR BELOW ONE HALF MILE OVERNIGHT
IN A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.