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Municipal Building and Senior
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433 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
INCLUDING CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND
OTHER SOUTH JERSEY COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC
CITY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A COASTAL STORM DEVELOPING OFF THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC COAST BEFORE
SUNRISE WILL INTENSIFY EXPLOSIVELY TODAY. SNOW...AS WELL AS SLEET AND
EVEN SOME FREEZING RAIN NEAR...SOUTH...AND EAST OF
PHILADELPHIA WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THIS MORNING AS THE STORM
MOVES NORTHWARD. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BACK TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
AND BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO
DECREASE VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MILES AN
HOUR THIS AFTERNOON...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT
TIMES MAINLY FROM ABOUT MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY PERSISTING INTO EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF.
HOWEVER...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THIS EVENING SO THERE WILL BE
PLENTY OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL TONIGHT.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES INTO
EARLY TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AWAY FROM THE COAST.
NEAR-BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE RARE FOR OUR AREA...SO IT
IS LIKELY THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT REALIZE THE PERIL THAT EXISTS IN
VENTURING OUT IN SUCH STORMS. LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE...AND DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT BEST DURING THIS WINTER
STORM TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT TRAVEL BE
CURTAILED DUE TO THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS...AND ONLY DRIVE IF IT
IS TRULY AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
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LEGISLATORS ASK GOVERNOR TO SEEK FEDERAL AID
FOR HARD-HIT SOUTH JERSEY TOWNS AND COUNTIES
TRENTON
– Assembly members Nelson Albano, John Burzichelli, Matt Milam, Paul
Moriarty and Celeste Riley today asked Gov. Chris Christie to request
emergency help from the federal government to help pay for costs rung up
during the ongoing snowstorm and to ease the burden on property
taxpayers. They say the storm comes at a time when taxpayers can least
afford to get hit with expensive cleanup costs.
“Taxpayers already have had a difficult enough time making ends meet
during these tough economic times,” said Albano, D-1. “The last thing we
need is to see our residents to take a big property tax hit when cleanup
help may be out there.” Federal funding is available to State and
eligible local governments on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work
and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by snowstorms.
Also assistance is available to state and local governments on a
cost-sharing basis for emergency measures, including snow removal
assistance, for a continuous 48-hour period.
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MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF WET HEAVY SNOW COVERS
THE AREA
"THANKS TO ROAD CREWS AND OTHERS PUBLIC
SAFETY PERSONNEL
Township Committee and Borough Council members express thanks to the
Public Works departments of the municipalities, the County and NJ Dept.
of Transportation for their hard work in doing their best to keep roads
open during and after the historic snowstorm that hit the area Feb. 5
and 6.
Thanks
also go to the NJ State Police, local an County EMS and Emergency
Management personnel and volunteers for providing outstanding public
service during and after the storm.
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GOVERNOR LIKELY TO SEEK FEDERAL AID
Gov.
Chris Christie said he will likely seek federal funds to help cover
cleanup costs from this weekend's monster storm that dumped more than
two feet of snow in places. As he toured southern New Jersey coastal
areas today that were hit hard by blizzard conditions, Christie said he
was still a few days away from declaring a state of emergency.
That
would start the process of applying for federal aid that would help
reimburse state, county and local officials for costs incurred from the
storm.
Christie said he first must make sure that the state's costs exceeded
$10.6 million and that snow totals were more than 90 percent of the
previous record.
He also
urged residents to check on relatives who live in the barrier islands
that have lost power. This morning, Atlantic City Electric reported more
than 41,000 customers still without power, officials said. Hardest hit
was Cape May County, where 38,892 people remain without power, said
Sandra May, a spokeswoman there
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WEATHER FORECASTERS START TALKING ABOUT MORE
SNOW ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FEB. 9 and 10
Forecasters are watching computer models predictions of the track and
development of a storm that affected California this weekend as it looks
like it may head for the east coast and develop into a nor'easter for
our area and areas north of us on Tues. and Wed., Feb. 9 and 10.
Stay tuned.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1206 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH
BEACH...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA LATE
THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME
LOCATIONS WILL SEE THE SNOW FALLING HEAVILY AT TIMES WITH RATES
UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND COASTAL DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN
COASTAL NEW JERSEY.
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 17 TO 27 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE BULK OF THE AREA. AN INCREASING NORTHEAST TO NORTH
WIND WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL
CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL CREATE
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS INCLUDING GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO PERHAPS IMPOSSIBLE. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE
OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
918 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EAST OF THE DELMARVA WILL
GRADUALLY MOVE OUT TO SEA DURING TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM
WILL PRODUCE A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW TODAY.
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
AN ONSHORE FLOW AND WAVE ACTION WILL CAUSE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING
WITH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE MOST
WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE
THIS AFTERNOON. WAVE ACTION WILL EXACERBATE THE TIDAL FLOODING AND
ALSO CAUSE MORE BEACH EROSION.
HIGH TIDES OCCUR BETWEEN 1:30 PM AND 3:30 PM TODAY. HIGH TIDES ON
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2:00 AM AND 4:00 AM. HIGH
TIDES OCCUR LATER ON THE BACK BAYS AND ALSO ON DELAWARE BAY.
CURRENT EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR THE TIDAL FLOODING TO PEAK IN THE
MINOR RANGE. HOWEVER, SOME LOCAL MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING CANNOT
BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
DO NOT PARK YOUR VEHICLE IN AREAS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING OR TAKE
ROADWAYS THAT ARE PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1226 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...
ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
...INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW CONTINUE TO POUND THE REGION...
AT 12:25 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALONG WITH
SURFACE REPORTS CONTINUE TO TRACK AN INTENSE SNOW BAND. THIS BAND
WAS LOCATED FROM ABOUT MONMOUTH COUNTY NEW JERSEY TO PHILADELPHIA
THEN TO NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. THIS SINGLE ENHANCED SNOW BAND IS
GRADUALLY SETTLING SOUTHEASTWARD.
SNOWFALL RATES OF AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITHIN THIS
BAND AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY
SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. IN ADDITION, BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IT IS ADVISED THAT YOU DO NOT
TRAVEL TODAY AS THE ROAD CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS ALONG WITH
GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
OTHER AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUES
TO POUND THE DELMARVA REGION THROUGH COASTAL NEW JERSEY. POWER
OUTAGES CONTINUE AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
..A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT MOST OF THE
REGION OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT NEAR THE COAST OF
NORTH CAROLINA. THIS POTENT STORM WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD DURING
SATURDAY...GRADUALLY MOVING AWAY FROM OUR AREA. GIVEN THE TRACK
OF THE STORM...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT A GOOD
PART OF OUR AREA OVERNIGHT THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY.
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