It's Official - Bread and Milk Alert in Full Force

Go get your bread, milk, eggs and toilet paper folks - because it's coming. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for our area:

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOONEST FRIDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTERSTORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TONOON EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST WILLINTENSIFY TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARDTHROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REACHES ITS STRONGESTPOINT, IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WESTWARD AND BACK ONTO LAND NEAR LONGISLAND, NEW YORK ON THURSDAY, AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGHFRIDAY.PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING, ANDCOULD START OUT AS EITHER RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW.HOWEVER, PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHTTONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF FRIDAY. THE HEAVIESTSNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH TOTALSNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 12 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNEDAREA. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE STORM WILL BE AT ITS STRONGEST ASWELL, WHICH WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE STRONGWINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AS WELL ASSCATTERED 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. SHOVELINGSNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH THIS STORM. ANYONE VENTURING OUT TOSHOVEL SNOW IS ADVISED TO USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AND TAKEFREQUENT BREAKS.A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSOPOSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.