[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 3/4/2003 4:12:02 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
425 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT...
.MOISTURE OVERRIDING A WARM FRONT WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION 
OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE RISING OVERNIGHT...BUT COLD AIR WILL 
REMAIN TRAPPED IN SOME OF THE SHELTERED LOCATIONS IN THE LEHIGH 
VALLEY...THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-050400-
CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-

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

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. WHILE IT 
WILL BE WARM ENOUGH ALOFT FOR PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN... 
TEMPERATURES AT THE GROUND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WILL BE HOVERING AROUND 
THE FREEZING MARK AS IT MOVES IN. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR 
ACROSS THE REGION.

AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN NEAR THE GROUND TOWARD SUNRISE...THE AREAS
OF FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ERODE AWAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE 
FREEZING. NO FREEZING RAIN PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME 
HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION ON 
WEDNESDAY MORNING. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY. PLEASE 
TEST YOUR BRAKING ABILITY AND GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF DISTANCE 
BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE VEHICLES AROUND YOU.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS 
EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR 
DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD...PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE 
SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD 
THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

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.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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KRAUS/GIGI




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