Winter Storm WarningThe National Weather Ser­vice has issued a Win­ter Storm Warn­ing for the Bor­ough and coastal Cape May County for a win­ter storm that is fore­casted for our area.  There is a chance of a snow­fall of three to five inches as a result of the storm.  A win­ter storm will bring heav­ier snow, sleet, ice, and freez­ing rain to the south.  The storm is expected to brush by the Jer­sey Shore and bring snow­fall to our region.  The Win­ter Storm Warn­ing is in effect from Tues­day, Jan­u­ary 28th through Wednes­day, Jan­u­ary 29th, at 6:00am.  Snow is expected to develop over our region this evening.  It will remain cold enough for an all snow event.

Please exer­cise cau­tion while dri­ving this evening and dur­ing the early morn­ing hours on Wednes­day.  If you have any emer­gency, please dial 9–1-1.

Here is the text of the Win­ter Storm Warn­ing issued by the National Weather Ser­vice for our community:

Win­ter Storm Warn­ing in effect until 6 am EST Wednesday…

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a Win­ter Storm Warn­ing for heavy snow… which is in effect until 6 am EST Wednes­day. The Win­ter Weather Advi­sory is no longer in effect.

* Loca­tions… Sus­sex County Delaware and Cape May County New Jersey.

* Snow accu­mu­la­tions… 3 to 5 inches.

* Tim­ing… snow will over­spread Delaware late this after­noon and reach into New Jer­sey early this evening. The heav­i­est snow is expected to occur between 9 PM and 3 am tonight. The snow should end by the start of the morn­ing com­mute on Wednesday.

* Impacts… roads will become snow cov­ered and slip­pery due to tem­per­a­tures well below freez­ing and accu­mu­lat­ing snow. Travel con­di­tions will become haz­ardous. Snow cov­ered road­ways will con­sid­er­ably slow the Wednes­day morn­ing commute.

* Winds… north 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* Tem­per­a­tures… mainly 10 to 15 degrees while it is snowing.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

A Win­ter Storm Warn­ing means sig­nif­i­cant amounts of snow are expected. This will make travel very haz­ardous or impos­si­ble. Please make sure you have blan­kets in your vehi­cle and a charged cell phone if trav­el­ing overnight. Bet­ter yet, please avoid any unnec­es­sary trav­el­ing. Give your­self extra time to reach your des­ti­na­tion Wednes­day morning.