Alert archive / New Jersey / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2008, 3:41 PM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 6 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Dec 19, 2008, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2008, 3:41 PM EST (20:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2008, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2008, 7:38 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KPHI 182041 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 341 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA ON FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL RACE TO THE NEW JERSEY COAST BY FRIDAY EVENING...BRINGING WINTER PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING. AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FRIDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES RAPIDLY OUT TO SEA. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... BRINGING EVEN MORE WINTER PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. NJZ001-PAZ054-055-191100- /O.UPG.KPHI.WS.A.0007.081219T0900Z-081220T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.WS.W.0005.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 341 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL ENTER THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END FRIDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING THE I-80 CORRIDOR. THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE SLEET WILL EXPERIENCE SLIGHTLY LOWER ACCUMULATIONS. THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED. THIS STORM COULD BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON SO FAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NJZ007>010-PAZ060>062-191100- /O.UPG.KPHI.WS.A.0007.081219T0900Z-081220T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.WS.W.0005.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 341 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL ENTER THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING AROUND NOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END FRIDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY...WHILE 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE I-78 CORRIDOR. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED. THIS STORM COULD BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON SO FAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ PAZ069-191100- /O.UPG.KPHI.WS.A.0007.081219T0900Z-081220T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DOYLESTOWN 341 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL ENTER THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AROUND MID- MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN IN THE SOUTH. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH. SINCE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN IN THE IMMEDIATE PHILADELPHIA AREA...LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THE GROUND IN OR NEAR THE CITY BY THE TIME THE STORM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED WHEREVER SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NJZ012-013-015-PAZ067-068-191100- /O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN 341 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL ENTER THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDMORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN IN THE SOUTH. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH. SINCE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN IN THE IMMEDIATE PHILADELPHIA AREA...LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THE GROUND IN AND NEAR THE CITY BY THE TIME THE STORM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED WHEREVER SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KPHI 190141 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 841 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA ON FRIDAY... .LOW PRESSURE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL RACE TO THE NEW JERSEY COAST BY FRIDAY EVENING...BRINGING WINTER PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING. AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FRIDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES RAPIDLY OUT TO SEA. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... BRINGING EVEN MORE WINTER PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. NJZ001-PAZ054-055-191200- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 841 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL ENTER THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END FRIDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING THE I-80 CORRIDOR. THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE MORE SLEET WILL EXPERIENCE SLIGHTLY LOWER ACCUMULATIONS. THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED. THIS STORM COULD BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON SO FAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NJZ007>010-PAZ060>062-191200- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 841 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL ENTER THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING AROUND NOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END FRIDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY...WHILE 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE I-78 CORRIDOR. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED. THIS STORM COULD BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON SO FAR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NJZ012-013-015-PAZ067>069-191200- /O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 841 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL ENTER THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDMORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN IN THE SOUTH. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH. SINCE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN IN THE IMMEDIATE PHILADELPHIA AREA...LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED ON THE GROUND IN AND NEAR THE CITY BY THE TIME THE STORM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED WHEREVER SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KPHI 190800 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 300 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-192100- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 300 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 600 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW WILL RACE TO THE EAST AND IT SHOULD PASS OVER OUR REGION LATE TODAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE POCONO REGION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND STEADIER BY MIDDAY AND IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS EVENING, WITH A LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY APPROACH ONE FOOT IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS IN THE REGION. THE SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT, USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ NJZ007>010-PAZ060>062-192100- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 300 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 600 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW WILL RACE TO THE EAST AND IT SHOULD PASS OVER OUR REGION LATE TODAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD BERKS COUNTY AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY IN PENNSYLVANIA, AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER AND STEADIER BY MIDDAY AND IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET THIS AFTERNOON, THEN FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THIS EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY THIS EVENING, WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS BEING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A COATING OF ICE IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE SNOW. THE ICE COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO A TENTH OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT, USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ NJZ012-013-015-PAZ067>069-192100- /O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 300 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 600 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW WILL RACE TO THE EAST AND IT SHOULD PASS OVER OUR REGION LATE TODAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW, SLEET AND RAIN FROM LATE MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON AS WARMER AIR WORKS ITS WAY UP FROM THE SOUTH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END AS A PERIOD OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE THIS EVENING, WITH SOME PATCHES OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE LIKELY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. IN THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF CHESTER, MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS, THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTIES COULD RECEIVE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET, WHILE SOUTHERN AREAS MAY RECEIVE ONLY AN INCH OR TWO, AT MOST. IN THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF MERCER, MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH, SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON DISTANCE FROM THE COAST. PARTS OF MERCER COUNTY, WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY COULD RECEIVE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW, WHILE OTHER LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE AN INCH OR LESS. A LIGHT COATING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, AS SOME PATCHY FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE DEVELOPS. THE SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT, USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ IOVINO
000 WWUS41 KPHI 191533 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1033 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 NJZ013-191645- /O.CAN.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FREEHOLD 1033 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING AND RAIN IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER, SOME SLEET OR SNOW MAY MIX WITH THE RAIN AT TIMES OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY LATE THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT AND SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD DEVELOP. IF IT DOES, THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MIGHT BE NEEDED ONCE AGAIN. $$ NJZ001-PAZ054-055-192345- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 1033 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL FALL ACROSS THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY TODAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. TOWARD EVENING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...WITH A LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT... USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ NJZ007>010-PAZ060>062-192345- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 1033 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. HOWEVER, IN THE SOUTHERN AREAS, THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH MORE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY. BY LATE AFTERNOON, THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN, RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING AND THEN PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE POCONOS AND IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. HOWEVER, FARTHER TO THE SOUTH, SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MUCH LESS, WITH ONLY 1 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. A COATING OF ICE IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE SNOW. THE ICE COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO A TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT... USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ NJZ012-015-PAZ067>069-192345- /O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 1033 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WITH MOSTLY SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE MOST NORTHERN AREAS CHANGING TO RAIN AND SLEET. HOWEVER, OVER THE REST OF THE AREA, THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH OR TWO CLOSE TO THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MIDDLESEX AND MERCER COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. OTHERWISE, LITTLE IF ANY SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION. THE SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT... USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$
000 WWUS41 KPHI 191752 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1252 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 NJZ012-PAZ068-069-200500- /O.UPG.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ MIDDLESEX-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 1252 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND ICE WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. IN THE NORTHERN AREAS...MOSTLY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS THIS EVENING. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. IN THE FAR SOUTHERN AREAS...MOSTLY RAIN IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NJZ001-PAZ054-055-200500- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 1252 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL FALL ACROSS THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY TODAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. TOWARD EVENING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...WITH A LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ NJZ007>010-PAZ060>062-200500- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 1252 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. HOWEVER...IN THE SOUTHERN AREAS...THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH MORE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING AND THEN PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE POCONOS AND IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. HOWEVER... FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MUCH LESS...WITH ONLY 1 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. A COATING OF ICE IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE SNOW. THE ICE COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO A TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ NJZ013-200500- /O.EXA.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FREEHOLD 1252 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY. SNOW...AND A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET...IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH LESS THAN ONE- QUARTER INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. IN SOME AREAS IN THE SOUTH...PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE COMPLETELY OVER TO RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, ALONG WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THE RECEIVE FREEZING RAIN. FURTHER SOUTH...LITTLE IF ANY SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE. THE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ NJZ015-PAZ067-200500- /O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ MERCER-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER 1252 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA WITH MOSTLY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE MOST NORTHERN AREAS CHANGING TO RAIN AND SLEET. HOWEVER...OVER THE REST OF THE AREA...THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH AN INCH OR TWO CLOSE TO THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. OTHERWISE... LITTLE IF ANY SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION. THE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$
000 WWUS41 KPHI 192140 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 440 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-200500- /O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0008.081221T0900Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 440 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. OVER 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE AREA. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WAS MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH A LIGHT COATING OF ICE POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NEW ENGLAND BY SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN POSSIBLY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY. UP TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ONE-QUARTER INCH OF ICE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-200500- /O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0008.081221T0900Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 440 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN THE NORTH...WITH SOME RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH. WHILE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MIDNIGHT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MUCH LESS...WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. A COATING OF ICE IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE SNOW. THE ICE COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO ONE-QUARTER INCH. SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NEW ENGLAND BY SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN POSSIBLY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY. UP TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ONE-QUARTER INCH OF ICE. 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. $$ NJZ009-010-012-PAZ068-069-200500- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 440 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN...MIXING WITH RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MIDNIGHT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A TOTAL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. ICE ACCRETIONS UP TO ONE- HALF INCH ARE ALSO EXPECTED FROM FREEZING RAIN IN THE NORTH. SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ NJZ013-015-PAZ067-200500- /O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER 440 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. RAIN MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MIDNIGHT...LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OR ICE ACCRETION IS EXPECTED, BUT EVEN JUST A TRACE OF ICE CAN CAUSE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. FREEZING PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$
000 WWUS41 KPHI 200038 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 738 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-200845- /O.CAN.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.WS.A.0008.081221T0900Z-081222T0000Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 738 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS MOSTLY ENDED...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS MAY STILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NEW ENGLAND BY SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN POSSIBLY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY. UP TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH ONE-QUARTER INCH OF ICE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ NJZ009-010-012-PAZ068-069-200145- /O.CAN.KPHI.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 738 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ALTHOUGH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS MOSTLY ENDED...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS MAY STILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$ NJZ013-015-PAZ067-200145- /O.CAN.KPHI.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CHESTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER 738 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS MOSTLY ENDED...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. IF YOU WILL BE VENTURING OUT...USE EXTRA CARE. ROADS AND WALKWAYS MAY STILL BE VERY SLIPPERY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 3:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | 28 hr | |
| Dec 18, 4:35 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 72 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in New Jersey, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.