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WSWPHI

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

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DOWNGRADED THE WINTER STORM 
WARNING FOR TONIGHT TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND 
WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-121000-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DOWNGRADED THE WINTER STORM 
WARNING FOR TONIGHT TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE MODERATE TO 
HEAVY PRECIPITATION THAT AFFECTED THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON HAS 
BEGUN TO DISSIPATE. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET OR 
SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED FOR THE OVERNIGHT...BUT INTENSITIES WILL BE 
LIGHT. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER 
INCH. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO EXPERIENCE SNOWFALL...UP TO TWO INCHES 
ARE POSSIBLE. WITH THE LIGHTER INTENSITIES AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL 
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DOWNGRADED 
THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AS FOR 
TEMPERATURES...THEY ARE EXPECTED FALL BACK INTO THE UPPER 20S OR 
REMAIN NEAR FREEZING. THUS...UNTREATED ROAD AND WALKING SURFACES 
WILL REMAIN SLICK.

ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS REMAIN 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>069-121000-
BUCKS PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-SOMERSET NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT...

OCCASIONAL LIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN 
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. WHILE TEMPERATURES 
HAD RISEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE 32 DEGREE MARK THIS AFTERNOON...THEY 
WILL LIKELY FALL BACK TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING 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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