WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 315 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
AN HOUR POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE 14 TO 21
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, POSSIBLY REACHING TWO FEET. THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND
WILL TAPER OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE DELMARVA REGION.
HOWEVER...ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS OF DELAWARE AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TO FALL FOR A FEW MORE
HOURS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS ALONG THE COAST ARE FORECASTED TO BE SLIGHTLY LESS
THAN INTERIOR SECTIONS.
THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST TO NORTH
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD
OCCUR.
WINDS ALONG THE COAST COULD GUST UP TO 50 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT
OF THE STORM AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1040 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY.
AS THE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND PROGRESSES TO THE
NORTHEAST IT WILL PASS ALONG THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS...
STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AROUND 45
MPH. AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM THIS EVENING... SOME WINDS MAY GUST TO
50 MPH ALONG THE COAST.
THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
$$
RNS/HEAVENER
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 255 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 AM EST SUNDAY.
STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE
STRONG ONSHORE FLOW HAS CAUSED TIDAL DEPARTURES TO INCREASE. MINOR
TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS
EVENING.
HIGH TIDE ALONG THE OCEANFRONT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM.
HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS AND ALONG DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER
THAN IT DOES ON THE OCEANFRONT.
ROADWAY FLOODING AND SOME PROPERTY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT PARK YOUR VEHICLE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
$$
RPW
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