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2/24/2010 - Winter Storm Warning - February 25-26, 2010

The National Weather Service has posted a Winter Storm Warning for our area from 12:00AM Thursday through 12:00PM Friday:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST FRIDAY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST WILL
INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD
THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REACHES ITS STRONGEST
POINT, IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WESTWARD AND BACK ONTO LAND NEAR LONG
ISLAND, NEW YORK ON THURSDAY, AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING, AND
COULD START OUT AS EITHER RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW.
HOWEVER, PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE STORM WILL BE AT ITS STRONGEST AS
WELL, WHICH WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE STRONG
WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AS WELL AS
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

THE SNOW COULD BE A HEAVY, WET SNOW, SIMILAR TO THE LAST STORM,
WHICH MAY HAVE AN EFFECT OF TREES AND BUILDING OVERHANGS. SHOVELING
SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH THIS STORM. ANYONE VENTURING OUT TO
SHOVEL SNOW IS ADVISED TO USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AND TAKE
FREQUENT BREAKS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS are REMINDED to KEEP CARS OFF SNOW COVERED STREETS in ACCORDANCE with TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE No. 0.1.01