1/20/2016 - BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
834 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016
...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY...
.STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST
TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF OUR AREA.
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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...
WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...
MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
834 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST SUNDAY...
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW... GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW
RESULTING IN TIMES OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH IN THE DELMARVA BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM...BETWEEN 5 PM AND
9 PM IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THE SNOW
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH LATE SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF
BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST INCREASING LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY TO 20
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS
WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL.
SHOVELING OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THOSE WITH
PHYSICAL AILMENTS. SNOW WILL CLING TO WIRES AND TREES WHICH
COULD CAUSE NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE
ESPECIALLY DUE TO INCREASING SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR AT TIMES IN HEAVIER BANDS. THE SNOW LOOKS TO COME IN EARLY
ENOUGH TO IMPACT THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE IN THE
DELMARVA AND FAR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS IN ADDITION TO EXPERIMENTAL
PROBABILISTIC SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST EVENT ARE
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER