Winter Storm Warning

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Winter Storm Warning in effect from 4am to 4pm Thursday.  Heavy snow expected.  Travel is strongly discouraged. #PHLsnow 

... Winter Storm Warning in effect from 4 am to 4 PM EST
Thursday... 

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a Winter
Storm Warning for snow... which is in effect from 4 am to 4 PM EST
Thursday. The Winter Storm Watch is no longer in effect.

* Locations... northeastern Maryland, northern Delaware, 
  southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.

* Accumulations... snow accumulation of 4 to 6 inches.

* Hazard types... heavy snow.

* Visibilities... one quarter mile or less at times.

* Timing... rain will overspread the area between midnight and 3 am
  Thursday and change to sleet and then snow from northwest to
  southeast by dawn Thursday. The snow should be heavy at times
  Thursday morning before quickly tapering off from west to east
  during midday or the afternoon.

* Impacts... the heavy snow will make many roads briefly
  impassable and may produce widespread power outages due to the
  weight of the snow on tree limbs and power lines. 

* Winds... north 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* Temperatures... falling into the upper 20s to around 30 during
  the snow then a slight afternoon recovery. 

Precautionary/preparedness actions... 

A Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow means severe winter weather
conditions are expected or occurring.  Significant amounts of
snow are forecast that will make travel dangerous. Only travel in
an emergency. If you must travel... keep an extra flashlight... 
food... and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.

Report snow and ice accumulation to the National Weather Service 
by calling our trained spotter line... posting to the NWS Mount 
Holly facebook Page... or using twitter.

Snowfall and ice accumulation forecast maps in addition to
experimental probabilistic snowfall information for the latest
event are available online at www.Weather.Gov/phi/winter

For additional updates and weather information, visit www.weather.gov/phi  

For all current NWS Watches, Warnings, or Advisories, visit http://goo.gl/xfexUk

  

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