Winter Storm Warning Just Issued for 6-10 Inches for Northwest New Jersey

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
235 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA LATER THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS
COLD...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE COAST OF VIRGINIA
THURSDAY, THEN STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD AND
AWAY FROM OUR AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS THIS OCCURS, SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ESPECIALLY THURSDAY
NIGHT THEN TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. A DANGEROUSLY COLD AIRMASS WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM
INTENSIFIES OUT TO SEA.

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SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
235 PM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 10 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
1 PM THURSDAY TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING...SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
  AFTERNOON, HOWEVER THE SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE BY LATER THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND
  FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE THURSDAY AS SNOW
  INCREASES. THIS WILL BE AN INCREASINGLY FLUFFY SNOW AND AS
  WINDS INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT, BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
  MAKE TRAVEL EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. ROAD PLOWING OPERATIONS WILL BE
  GREATLY AFFECTED, ESPECIALLY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  AND ALSO SNOWFALL RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES DURING
  THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM THURSDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH,
  THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST DURING FRIDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S THURSDAY, THEN DROPPING
  INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

* WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND
  GUSTY WINDS LATER THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND
  CHILLS RANGING FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS SHOULD HAVE THE MOST DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.
  THEREFORE, OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE MINIMIZED IF POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW, BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND
CHILLS ARE FORECAST. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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