Issued by The National Weather Service
Philadelphia, PA
3:57 pm EST, Mon., Jan. 10, 2011
… WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING: THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY EVENING… THEN BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL STICK TO ROADWAYS… ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY UNTREATED ONES. SNOWFALL RATES WILL CAUSE THE VISIBILITY TO DROP TO OR BELOW ONE-HALF MILE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. THE TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTES EACH MAY BE HAZARDOUS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER THE SNOWFALL… AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED LATER ON WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED… AND THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

