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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
405 PM EST WED DEC 11 2002

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF 
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME 
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN DELAWARE...THE UPPER EASTERN 
SHORE OF MARYLAND...AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-015-NJZ012-013-016>019-PAZ070-071-112200-
CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-KENT MD-MIDDLESEX NJ-
NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
QUEEN ANNE'S MD-SALEM NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED. TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA...AND 
SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION ENDS LATER TONIGHT. 
THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. BE AWARE 
OF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN UNDERPASSES. OCCASIONAL LIGHT 
RAIN AND DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

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NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-120400-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER STORM 
WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...

FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE 
INTENSITY WILL WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING EITHER NEARLY STEADY IN 
THE UPPER 20S OR FALLING BACK INTO THE UPPER 20S. 

ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS 
THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...WITH ONE 
QUARTER INCH ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE REST OF EAST CENTRAL 
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. 

SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS ARE POSSIBLE. IN CASE 
OF A POWER OUTAGE...HAVE AN ALTERNATE HEAT SOURCE READY THAT CAN BE 
SAFELY USED INDOORS. BUT REMEMBER TO KEEP ALTERNATE HEAT SOURCES 
AWAY FROM FURNISHINGS...DRAPES...AND FLAMMABLE OBJECTS...AND PROVIDE 
ADEQUATE VENTILATION. 

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED...AS UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL 
LIKELY BE SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT...ALLOW 
YOURSELF EXTRA TIME FOR DELAYS. TEST ROAD SURFACES CAREFULLY BY 
GENTLY APPLYING THE BRAKES TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE EXTENT 
OF ICY CONDITIONS. MANUALLY PUMP BRAKES OR ALLOW THE VEHICLES 
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM TO WORK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT THIS ADDRESS...
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI.

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NJZ009-010-015-PAZ067>069-120400-
BUCKS PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-SOMERSET NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL KEEP A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 
IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. WHILE 
TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE 32 DEGREE MARK THIS 
AFTERNOON...THEY WILL LIKELY FALL BACK JUST BELOW FREEZING AFTER 
DARK TONIGHT IN MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER HUNTERDON...SOMERSET 
AND NORTHERN MERCER COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY...AND UPPER BUCKS... 
MONTGOMERY AND CHESTER COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. ROADWAYS AND 
WALKWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE UNTREATED...MAY BECOME 
SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.

IF TRAVELING...ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME FOR DELAYS. TEST ROAD 
SURFACES CAREFULLY BY GENTLY APPLYING THE BRAKES TO FAMILIARIZE 
YOURSELF WITH THE EXTENT OF ICY CONDITIONS. MANUALLY PUMP BRAKES OR 
ALLOW THE VEHICLES ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM TO WORK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT THIS ADDRESS...
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI.


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