[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/6/2005 1:53:43 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS41 KPHI 061841
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
126 PM EST THU JAN 6 2005

NJZ007-062100-
WARREN NJ-
126 PM EST THU JAN 6 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL
LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WARREN COUNTY IN
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. 

RAIN AND SLEET WERE FALLING THROUGHOUT EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WERE
ALREADY ABOVE FREEZING IN SOME LOWER ELEVATION LOCATIONS...BUT ONLY
AROUND 30 IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. RAIN IN THESE COLDER LOCATIONS
WAS FREEZING ON CONTACT AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE FALLING BRANCHES
AND TREES WHERE ICE WAS ACCUMULATING. FOG HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED
ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WAS REDUCING VISIBILITY AND MAKING DRIVING EVEN
MORE DIFFICULT.  

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE VERY SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON. 
MEANWHILE, ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION 
FROM THE WEST.  AS A RESULT, FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE LATTER HALF OF THE AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 
AROUND A HALF INCH ARE ANTICIPATED.

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. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO MINDFUL OF POSSIBLE ICY CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS...INCLUDING
INTERSTATE 80...DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. FOG WILL ALSO HAMPER
TRAVEL BY REDUCING VISIBILITY.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE COURSE OF THE 
AFTERNOON AND THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO SHOWERS LATE IN THE 
DAY.

$$

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-062100-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-SUSSEX NJ-
126 PM EST THU JAN 6 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING 
UNTIL LATE THIS.  THE WARNING INCLUDES THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES 
OF CARBON AND MONROE, AS WELL AS SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

RAIN AND SLEET WERE FALLING THROUGHOUT EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WERE
ALREADY ABOVE FREEZING IN SOME LOWER ELEVATION LOCATIONS...BUT ONLY
AROUND 30 IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. RAIN IN THESE COLDER LOCATIONS
WAS FREEZING ON CONTACT AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE FALLING BRANCHES
AND TREES WHERE ICE WAS ACCUMULATING. FOG HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED
ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WAS REDUCING VISIBILITY AND MAKING DRIVING EVEN
MORE DIFFICULT.  

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE VERY SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON. 
MEANWHILE, ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION 
FROM THE WEST.  AS A RESULT, FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE LATTER HALF OF THE AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 
AROUND A HALF INCH ARE ANTICIPATED.

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. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO MINDFUL OF POSSIBLE ICY CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS...INCLUDING
INTERSTATE 80...DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. FOG WILL ALSO HAMPER
TRAVEL BY REDUCING VISIBILITY.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE COURSE OF THE 
AFTERNOON AND THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO SHOWERS LATE IN THE 
DAY.

$$
JJM


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