[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/31/2002 3:37:40 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS41 KPHI 312035
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 PM EST TUE DEC 31 2002

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-020200-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-SUSSEX NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN 
POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

THIS WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...

CARBON...MONROE.

IN NEW JERSEY...

SUSSEX.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF COAST STATES THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON IS 
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST TO WEST VIRGINIA BY WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON...THEN TO THE NEW JERSEY COAST BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 

PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD 
THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE FORM OF RAIN. HOWEVER...AS 
THIS LOW MOVES EAST...COLD AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE SYSTEM 
CHANGING THE RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS LATE 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN TO SLEET AND SNOW OVERNIGHT ON 
WEDNESDAY. SOME BUILDUP OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ON TREES AND 
POWERLINES...AND ICY ROADS WOULD MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS LATE NEW 
YEAR/S DAY AND EVENING.  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS 
ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THIS EVENT BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING...BE 
SURE TO CHECK THE FORECAST EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE FOR ANY UPDATED 
INFORMATION. ONCE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW DEVELOP...TRAVEL 
WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS 
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS 
MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS NOW 
AND MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET 
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

$$
JJM/TFG








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