[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/1/2003 11:23:17 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1120 AM EST WED JAN 1 2003

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
AND TONIGHT FOR SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND CARBON AND MONROE 
COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR BERKS 
COUNTY - THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES IN 
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING 
WILL MOVE EASTNORTHEAST PASSING ACROSS DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW 
JERSEY THIS EVENING. EXTREMELY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL BE BUILDING OVER 
NEARBY CANADA TONIGHT AND WILL BE INGESTED INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS 
WILL CAUSE A TRANSITION IN PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE REGION. ON 
THE POSITIVE SIDE THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN SEEMS LESS 
LIKELY WITH MORE PRECIPITATION FALLING AS SLEET AND SNOW IN THE 
POCONOS AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY. THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN... 
SLEET AND THEN SNOW SHOULD TAKE LONGER TO OCCUR IN BERKS 
COUNTY...THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES IN NEW 
JERSEY AND SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL TONIGHT.




NJZ001-PAZ054-055-012300-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-SUSSEX NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 
FOR LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
 
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SUSSEX COUNTY NEW 
JERSEY AND IN MONROE AND CARBON COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET 
TOWARD SUNSET TODAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL THEN CHANGE TO 
SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS. UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS WILL 
BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AS THEY WILL HAVE AN ICE COATING TOPPED WITH 
SLEET AND SNOW. ABOUT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS 
EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS TOWARD MORNING.
THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 

PERSONS WITH TRAVELING PLANS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE 
ADVISED TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION...GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO 
REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND HAVE ADEQUATE GAS AND BLANKETS IN YOUR 
VEHICLES. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW...A COMBINATION OF SNOW
AND ICE...OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE
DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED 
ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT 
AND MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND 
OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. 

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.


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NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-012300-
BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-WARREN NJ-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 
FOR TONIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BERKS...LEHIGH AND 
NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES 
IN NEW JERSEY. 

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH 
TO NORTH DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD 
THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW OVERNIGHT BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS 
TOWARD MORNING. UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS WILL BECOME VERY 
HAZARDOUS AS THEY WILL HAVE AN ICE COATING TOPPED WITH SLEET AND 
SNOW. ABOUT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO 
ACCUMULATE BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS TOWARD MORNING. THE HEAVIEST 
PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 

PERSONS WITH TRAVELING PLANS FOR TONIGHT ARE ADVISED TO PROCEED WITH 
CAUTION...GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND 
HAVE ADEQUATE GAS AND BLANKETS IN YOUR VEHICLES. CONDITIONS WILL BE 
WORSE FARTHER NORTH IN THE REST OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND IN THE 
POCONOS. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW...A COMBINATION OF SNOW
AND ICE...OR ICE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE
DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATED 
ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT 
AND MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND 
OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.

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.


$$

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