[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/6/2005 11:48:47 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS41 KPHI 061636
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1126 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-062100-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-SUSSEX NJ-
1126 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE WINTER STORM WARNING 
INTO THIS AFTERNOON.  THE WARNING INCLUDES THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES 
OF CARBON AND MONROE, AS WELL AS SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

RAIN AND SLEET WERE FALLING IN THE POCONOS AND IN EXTREME NORTHERN 
NEW JERSEY LATE THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 20S 
IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND AROUND 30 IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. RAIN
WAS FREEZING UPON CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND OTHER OBJECTS.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON
EVEN AS MORE PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SURFACE
REACH 32 DEGREES. THIS WARM UP IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS WARMING FASTER THAN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

ICE WILL BUILD UP ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS.  IF YOU WILL BE 
VENTURING OUT TODAY USE EXTRA CARE.

THE ICE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND UTILITY WIRES.  
UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE SOME TREE LIMBS AND UTILITY WIRES MAY 
FALL, CREATING ANOTHER HAZARD FOR MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, AND 
POSSIBLY RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.

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JJM


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