New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a second state of emergency in a week. It will start at 10 pm. Thursday.
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New Jersey - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency Thursday, with up to 6 inches of snow expected in New Jersey. The state of emergency begins at 10 pm. Thursday.
Murphy recommended that anyone who can work remotely or start later in the day should do so. Forecasters expect the brunt of the storm to occur between 1 and 7 a.m. Friday, with the highest rates of snow expected in parts of southern and central Jersey.
"This would be a good time to stay home," Murphy said of the storm's harshest hours.
Murphy plans to advocate for a delay in the opening of state offices. He said the commercial vehicle ban will also take effect on some major interstate roads in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Murphy said some facility crews may be shorted due to COVID-19.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for eight counties — all in southern or central Jersey: Monmouth, Salem, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, Ocean, Cumberland and Atlantic.
The agency expects 3 to 6 inches of snow to fall in this area from 10 p.m. Thursday to 10 am Friday. Snowfall in the area can exceed an inch an hour late at night, with snow expected from west to east as the sun rises Friday, which is scheduled for 7:21 a.m.
Forecasters expect 3 to 5 inches of snow for much of North Jersey from midnight through noon Friday.
The next snowstorm continues a chaotic week of winter weather across New Jersey. Authorities reported hundreds of accidents Wednesday morning amid icy road conditions. Over the course of the day, two crashes killed two people, injured dozens, and caused a backlog of 65 cars. Read more: 2 dead, dozens injured and hundreds crashed on icy roads in New Jersey.
Murphy did not call for a state of emergency due to the dangerous Wednesday weather. But on Sunday he called five counties in South Jersey in anticipation of snow the next day. The region experienced the largest snow storm since January 2018, with several regions seeing more than a foot of snow. This came one day after temperatures rose in the fifties and sixties of the last century.
