000 WWUS84 KEWX 020320 SPSSAT TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-021030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 915 PM CST WED JAN 1 2003 ...FAST MOVING COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIR. INITIALLY WINDS WILL PICKUP WITH THE COLD FRONT...AND SOME DUST MAY BE NOTICED FOR A SHORT TIME IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 TO NEAR 25 MPH AND GUSTY ARE EXPECTED INITIALLY WITH THE COLD FRONT...AND AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY TOWARD THE PRE DAWN HOURS. ON THURSDAY...A MOSTLY SUNNY...WINDY AND COOL DAY IS EXPECTED... WITH NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 TO NEAR 25 MPH AND GUSTY...DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON TO 5 TO 15 MPH BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 15 DEGREES COOLER THURSDAY...IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. A FREEZE IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 20S OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TO AROUND 30 TO 32 OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  093 WWUS35 KISN 020320 SPSISN NDZ001-009-017-020515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 915 PM CST (815 PM MST) WED JAN 1 2003 DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED IN MUCH OF DIVIDE...WILLIAMS...AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES. VISIBILITY AT SLOULIN AIRPORT HAS DECREASED TO NEARLY 1 MILE. ROADWAYS HAVE BECOME SLICK. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELLING. REDUCE SPEEDS...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ KROLAK  731 WWUS35 KSEW 020333 SPSSEW WAZ016-021300- URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 730 PM PST WED JAN 1 2003 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY... MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR OCEAN CITY. HEAVY RAIN FELL ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON TONIGHT. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN A THREAT TONIGHT. TWO OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN FELL TODAY OVER WESTERN GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY WEDNESDAY. A SPOTTER REPORTED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN OCEAN CITY AND MINOR FLOODING HIGHWAY 109. $$ GS  010 WWUS84 KEWX 020449 SPSSAT TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-021030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1045 PM CST WED JAN 1 2003 ...FAST MOVING COLD FRONT CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE TO BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR. INITIALLY WINDS WILL PICKUP QUICKLY WITH THE COLD FRONT...AND SOME DUST MAY BE NOTICED FOR A SHORT TIME IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 TO NEAR 25 MPH AND GUSTY ARE EXPECTED INITIALLY WITH THE COLD FRONT...AND AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY TOWARD THE PRE DAWN HOURS. ON THURSDAY...A MOSTLY SUNNY...WINDY AND COOL DAY IS EXPECTED...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 TO NEAR 25 MPH AND GUSTY...15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY NOON TO EARLY AFTERNOON...AND DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 MPH BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 15 DEGREES COOLER THURSDAY THAN EARLIER TODAY...IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. AFTERNOON HIGHS ON NEW YEARS DAY 2003 WERE AROUND 70 TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S. THEY VARIED FROM 70 AT BURNET AND AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO 77 AT DEL RIO. A FREEZE IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 20S OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TO AROUND 30 TO 32 OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  156 WWUS35 KISN 020516 SPSISN NDZ001-009-017-020715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1115 PM CST (1015 PM MST) WED JAN 1 2003 DENSE FOG HAS PERSISTS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF DIVIDE...WILLIAMS...AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES. VISIBILITY AT SLOULIN AIRPORT HAS DECREASED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE. ROADWAYS ARE SLICK. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE SPEEDS...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ KROLAK  000 WWUS35 KISN 020519 SPSISN NDZ001-009-017-020715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 1115 PM CST (1015 PM MST) WED JAN 1 2003 DENSE FOG PERSISTS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF DIVIDE...WILLIAMS...AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES. VISIBILITY AT SLOULIN AIRPORT HAS DECREASED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE. ROADWAYS ARE SLICK. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE SPEEDS...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ KROLAK  000 WWUS35 KISN 020728 SPSISN NDZ001-009-017-021115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND 127 AM CST (1227 AM MST) THU JAN 2 2003 DENSE FOG PERSISTS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF DIVIDE...WILLIAMS...AND MCKENZIE COUNTIES. VISIBILITY HAS REMAINED NEAR A QUARTER OF A MILE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT SLOULIN AIRPORT IN WILLISTON. VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE DENSE FOG IS DEPOSITING SIGNIFIGANT AMOUNTS OF RIME ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. MANY ROADWAYS ARE SLICK...AND VERY POOR VISIBILITY IS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE...OTHERWISE DRIVE AT REDUCE SPEEDS...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ BURKE  430 WWUS84 KCRP 021022 SPSCRP TXZ231>234-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 430 AM CST THU JAN 2 2003 ...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN AREAS TONIGHT... THE COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA LAST NIGHT WILL BRING COLDER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION TODAY. CLEAR SKIES AND DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE COMBINED WITH DIMINISHING WINDS WILL RESULT IN GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING BELOW FREEZING FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. BRIEF FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED JUST BEFORE SUNRISE ON FRIDAY MORNING FOR POINTS ALONG AND NORTH OF A NURSERY TO GOLIAD TO BEEVILLE TO THREE RIVERS LINE. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ TR  511 WWUS81 KBOX 021035 SPSBOX MAZ007-015-016-019-022-021615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 530 AM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...COASTAL FLOODING FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THIS MORNING... MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING ALONG THE EAST COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS...TO INCLUDE NORTH FACING LOCATIONS OF CAPE COD BAY. SOME AREAS DIRECTLY AFFECTED WILL BE GLOUCESTER...SCITUATE... PROVINCETOWN...RACE POINT...CHATHAM...AND SANDWICH. A STIFF NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND BLOWING 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. ONSHORE WINDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NEW MOON...WILL CAUSE TIDES TO BE HIGHER THAN NORMAL DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. AS LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE PULLS AWAY THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL TAPER OFF AND THE THREAT FOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DIMINISH. $$ KAB  659 WWUS81 KLWX 021034 SPSLWX DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-VAZ021-025>031-038>042-051>054- WVZ048>055-022140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 532 AM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM APPROACHING THE MID ATLANTIC... A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY TO OFF THE COAST OF DELAWARE FRIDAY EVENING. COLDER AIR WILL BECOME ENTRENCHED NEAR THE GROUND AS SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR STREAMS NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW FROM THIS STORM. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS...WHERE SNOW WILL MIX IN WITH THE RAINFALL. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE IN THE FORM OF RAIN THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE TO WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE...AND POINTS TO THE SOUTHEAST. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT ACROSS THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS...AND CONTINUE AS SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY. IN THIS AREA...A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. FOR THE AREA IN BETWEEN...FROM STAUNTON TO LEESBURG AND FREDERICK TO NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...THERE WILL BE A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN. TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING COMBINED WITH THE RAIN WILL KEEP SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON THE LIGHT SIDE. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH COLD AIR TO LEAVE AN INCH OR SO OF SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN MARYLAND. AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE ATLANTIC FRIDAY NIGHT... COLD AIR WILL BE PULLED SOUTHWARD. THUS...THE RAIN IN WASHINGTON... BALTIMORE...AND CHARLOTTESVILLE...AND THE RAIN/SNOW MIX IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW. THESE SNOW FORECASTS ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. $$ HTS  601 WWUS81 KBOX 021049 SPSBOX CTZ002>004-MAZ002>016-NHZ011-012-RIZ001-021635- WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 545 AM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...A WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FOR WEEKS END... THERE EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. A SIGNIFICANT NOREASTER IS TAKING SHAPE AND IS POISED TO HEAD TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NATIONS SOUTHEAST WILL HEAD OFF THE CAROLINA COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THEN TRACK SOUTHEAST OF NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS THE STORM APPROACHES...PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE INTERIOR DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...THEN BECOME HEAVY FRIDAY NIGHT. CLOSER TO THE COAST...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...BUT SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX LATER IN THE DAY. ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE AMOUNTS OF SNOW AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KAB  912 WWUS81 KCLE 021103 SPSCLE OHZ011>014-020>023-031>033-038-089-PAZ001>003-021400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 558 AM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ALTHOUGH THE FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS PRETTY MUCH ENDED OVER NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA SOME ROADS REMAIN VERY SLIPPERY AND TREACHEROUS. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY EXIST ON UNTREATED BRIDGE, OVERPASSES, SECONDARY ROADS AND RESIDENTIAL ROADS. THOSE ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN TREATED WILL NOT LIKELY CAUSE PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CARE. ALLOW A GOOD AMOUNT EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION. PEDESTRIANS ARE ALSO URGED TO BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL THIS MORNING. MANY SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED AND WILL BE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ VRCEK  333 WWUS81 KOKX 021112 SPSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-021745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 615 AM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...MORE WINTRY WEATHER ON THE WAY... STRONG LOW PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTHEAST WILL HEAD RAPIDLY OUT TO SEA TODAY. HOWEVER...ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT BRINGING THE TRI-STATE AREA ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE REGION-WIDE LATE TONIGHT AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES. ON FRIDAY...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST...BUT INLAND AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF NEW YORK CITY MAY STAY AS SNOW WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO PASS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR THE MOST PART...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE AS PLAIN RAIN ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND WESTERN INTERIOR CONNECTICUT...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM AS A CHANGE IN THE TRACK WILL AFFECT WHERE THE RAIN-SNOW LINE SETS UP. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV $$ EKH  196 WWUS81 KBOX 021642 SPSBOX CTZ002>004-MAZ002>016-NHZ011-012-RIZ001-022126- WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1140 AM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE LIKELY TO BE ISSUED LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR A LARGE PORTION OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM THE MASS TURNPIKE NORTH AND THEN THE REGION OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 84. THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS BOSTONS WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBS...THE MERRIMACK VALLEY...WORCESTER AND SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS... MANCHESTER AND NASHUA NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS HARTFORDS WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBS. A POTENTIALLY MAJOR AND CERTAINLY LONG DURATION WINTER STORM IS OUTLOOKED FOR INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. IT WILL LIKELY BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW OVER THE INTERIOR... WHILE A MIXED BAG OF SNOW AND RAIN OCCURS IN THE BOSTON PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR AND MOSTLY RAIN ON THE CAPE. STRONG WIND WILL AGAIN POUND THE COAST FOR A FEW HOURS FRIDAY NIGHT. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW FOR THE MIDDAY SATURDAY HIGH TIDE ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST. BACKLASH SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING...ROTATING DOWN ONTO THE CAPE...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS THERE SHOULD BE SMALL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PROBABLY OCCUR IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FAR NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS. MORE DETAILS WILL BE ISSUED AT ABOUT 3 OR 4 THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ DRAG  527 WWUS84 KHUN 021713 SPSHUN ALZ001>010-016-021720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1112 AM CST THU JAN 2 2003 TEST...TEST...TEST $$  629 WWUS81 KBTV 021737 SPSBTV NYZ026>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-032315- WINTER STORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1235 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF STORMS WILL BE IMPACTING NEW ENGLAND... A STORM SYSTEM IN THE GULF STATES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL REORGANIZE IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. IT WILL MOST LIKELY TRACK SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND DURING SATURDAY. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM...AND THAT WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS IN ANY PARTICULAR AREA. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF VERMONT LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ACROSS NORTHERN VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK...LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY. A WINTER STORM WATCH COULD BE ISSUED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT...FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF VERMONT...SO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SUGGESTS THAT YOU PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER FORECASTS THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY. REMEMBER...AT THIS TIME THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF VERMONT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATED FORECASTS. $$ SFH  448 WWUS81 KOKX 021744 SPSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1245 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...BRIEF BREAK THAN ANOTHER COASTAL STORM... JUST AS ONE COASTAL STORM EXITS THE REGION...ANOTHER ONE IS TAKING AIM ON THE LOCAL AREA FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL HAVE A BIT MORE COLD AIR TO WORK WITH...RESULTING IN SOME SNOW FOR EVERYONE. THE DEPARTING STORM WHICH GAVE THE LOCAL AREA ANYWHERE FROM THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO NEARLY TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE. THE HIGH WILL RIDGE SOUTH FROM EASTERN CANADA. FROM THIS POSITION...IT WILL FUNNEL COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. THIS COLD AIR WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BECOME ENTRENCHED BY THE TIME LIGHT PRECIPITATION ARRIVES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE LIGHT SNOW QUICKLY SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND MOVING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BEFORE SUNRISE. SINCE THIS LEADING PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT...ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH...WILL RESULT BY EARLY MORNING. AS THE STORM GETS BETTER ORGANIZED OVER SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA DURING THE MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER. IT MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...FAR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT. IN THE METRO AREA OF NEW YORK...NEW JERSEY...LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY NOON. IN AREAS WHERE THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN IS DELAYED OR DOES NOT OCCUR AT ALL...THERE COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ONCE AGAIN. AMOUNTS IN THESE AREAS COULD EXCEED 6 INCHES BY SATURDAY MORNING. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...THE ANTICIPATED CHANGE TO RAIN WILL LIKELY HOLD SNOWFALL TO EITHER NOTHING TO A SLUSHY INCH. ONCE AGAIN WITH YET ANOTHER COMPLEX NOREASTER...THERE MAY BE WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY SATURDAY. COLD AIR WILL SWEEP BACK INTO THE REGION EARLY IN THE DAY AND THE RAIN COULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FOR AWHILE. THIS WRAP AROUND MOISTURE COULD PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE METRO AREAS AND THE COAST. THIS IS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION THAT COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WINTRY WEATHER IN PARTS OF THE REGION. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THIS ACTIVE WINTER PATTERN SPINS UP ANOTHER WINTER STORM. $$ TM/GC  775 WWUS81 KPBZ 021918 SPSPBZ OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-013-014-020>022-029-031- WVZ001>004-012-021-022-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 220 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH SAYS BEWARE OF SLIPPERY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES SLIP BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING, LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN TO FREEZE ON UNTREATED SURFACES. THIS CAN BE FOLLOWED BY 1 INCH OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 OR 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN FALL FRIDAY. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.  484 WWUS84 KMRX 021923 SPSMRX NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 230 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EAST TENNESSEE...INCLUDING THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU... A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF TENNESSEE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS OVERNIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN UNDER THE RAIN SHIELD RESULTING IN A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SOIL AND NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING MOST AREAS UNTIL DAYBREAK...SO LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW EARLY IN THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON FRIDAY AS THE FREEZING LEVEL LOWERS TO NEAR 2000 FEET. HIGHER ELEVATIONS FROM THE SMOKYS NORTHWARD...WILL RECEIVE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW FOR MOST OF THE MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BEFORE THE LOWER ELEVATIONS COOL TO BELOW FREEZING SO LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEYS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE 20S IN THE EVENING HOURS ON FRIDAY RESULTING IN FREEZING CONDITIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ SON  000 WWUS82 KGSP 022011 SPSGSP NCZ033-048>053-058-059-062>065-030400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 311 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN TONIGHT OVER THE REGION BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS OVERNIGHT. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE ON FRIDAY. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE WINDS OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS WILL STRENGTHEN FROM THE NORTHWEST TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CARRY COOL AND MOIST AIR OVER THE MOUNTAINS RESULTING IN SNOWFALL OVER THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MADISON...YANCEY...MITCHELL ...AND AVERY COUNTIES BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...NIGHTTIME WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AT TIMES AS WINDS COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S. LISTEN TO WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS...AND POSSIBLY ADVISORIES WHICH MAY BECOME NECESSARY. $$ NED  195 WWUS84 KCRP 022026 SPSCRP TXZ229>234-239>247-031400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 226 PM CST THU JAN 2 2003 ...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN LIGHT WIND. FURTHER...EXTREMELY DRY ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT WIND AND DRY AIR WILL RESULT IN STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS...EXCEPT FOR NEAR 40 DEGREES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 33 AND 35 INCLUSIVE OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS... GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ARTESIA WELLS...DINERO...VICTORIA LINE. RESIDENTS OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS ARE URGED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ WC  254 WWUS81 KPHI 022109 SPSPHI NJZ009-010-012-PAZ067>069-031000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 410 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003 HIGH PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO CANADA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AND BECOME STATIONARY OVER EASTERN CANADA THROUGH SATURDAY. MEANWHILE THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING ...REACHING THE VIRGINIA CAPES FRIDAY AND THEN HEAD NORTHEAST UP THE COAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS SOME LIGHT SNOW...BUT WILL TURN INTO A WINTRY MIX FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH MOST OF THE AREA SEEING LESS THAN ONE INCH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. YOU CAN ALSO KEEP UP WITH THE DEVELOPING WEATHER ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS, WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE). $$ WOODWORTH/GIORDANO  543 WWUS81 KCTP 022213 SPSCTP PAZ005-006-010>012-017>019-024>027-033-034-037-041-042-045-046-049- 050-030315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 511 PM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING... AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. HOWEVER...FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. $$ KF