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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
945 AM EST TUE DEC 10 2002


NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-102200-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

RAIN IS FORECAST TO SPREAD UP FROM THE SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE BELOW FREEZING AT THAT TIME.  AS A 
RESULT, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER STORM 
WATCH FOR FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SUSSEX, WARREN AND MORRIS IN NEW 
JERSEY.  THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MONROE, CARBON, 
BERKS, LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  SOME SLEET IS 
ALSO POSSIBLE.  A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS MAY RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING 
MARK FOR A TIME.

ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS 
AND WALKWAYS.  A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ENOUGH 
ICE BUILDUP TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT IS FORECAST TO BRING THE FREEZING RAIN 
TO OUR REGION WAS CENTERED NEAR FLORIDA THIS MORNING.  THE LOW WILL 
MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND IT SHOULD PASS TO THE EAST OF DELAWARE AND 
NEW JERSEY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT THE 
FOLLOWING ADDRESS, WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

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