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Winter Weather Advisory 16, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 16, 2013Sussex County, New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 16, 2013, 1:52 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 16, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2013, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2013, 6:06 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Mar 16, 12:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 12:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 4:17 AM EDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
417 AM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-101-103-105-170830-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
417 AM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LIGHT SNOW OCCURRING LATER THIS MORNING AND ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON
MAY CAUSE A FEW SLIPPERY STRETCHES OF UNTREATED PAVEMENTS ACROSS
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AS
WELL AS ELEVATED TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY...CHANGING TO RAIN FROM SOUTH
TO NORTH LATE IN THE DAY OR AT NIGHT. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN....ESPECIALLY THE POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY MONDAY NIGHT.
PLOWABLE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE POCONOS WITH SLIPPERY
PAVEMENTS POSSIBLE IN OTHER HILLY AREAS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012>027-PAZ070-071-102-104-106-
170830-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS-
417 AM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WHILE A BIT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING...
MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE SNOW WILL MELT ON PAVEMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY TUESDAY, BRINGING A PERIOD OF POSSIBLE HEAVY PRECIPITATION.
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS SNOW AND THERE MIGHT BE A SLIGHT ACCUMULATION
BEFORE HEAVIER RAIN MONDAY NIGHT WASHES IT AWAY. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION
DEPENDS ON TIMING... DURATION AND INTENSITY. ITS POSSIBLE THAT A
BIT OF SNOW COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE OUT OF THE
HILLY TERRAIN WEST OF PHILADELPHIA AND WILMINGTON. ANY WINTRY
PRECIPITATION SHOULD TURN TO ALL RAIN BY MONDAY EVENING.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ430-431-450>455-170830-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
417 AM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WESTERLY WINDS IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.