[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/6/2005 4:12:08 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
353 PM EST THU JAN 6 2005

...ICE ACCUMULATION RESULTS IN SERIOUS CONDITIONS...


NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-071100-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
353 PM EST THU JAN 6 2005

THE ICE ACCUMULATION OVER CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA HAS CAUSED SERIOUS PROBLEMS TODAY. AND SUSSEX COUNTY
NEW JERSEY WHICH RECEIVED SIX INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS THIS
MORNING EXPERIENCED THE ICE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FAR NORTHWEST PART OF
WARREN COUNTY ALSO EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT ICING. FREEZING RAIN WILL
BE ENDING BY AROUND 500 PM EST IN THOSE COUNTIES. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE
BEEN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES, DOWNED TREES AND WIRES. MOREOVER, SOME
OF THE SHELTERS IN PENNSYLVANIA ARE WITHOUT POWER, AND TRAVEL HAS
BECOME DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE ICE AND POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG.

TEMPERATURES ARE STILL IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK
AND WILL STAY BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST AND MAY GUST UP TO 20 AND 25 MPH BRIEFLY. THIS SPEED AND
THE ADDED WEIGHT OF THE ICE WILL BRING MORE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.   

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD NIGHT TO TRAVEL IN THESE LOCATION,
BUT IF YOU DO, IT'S GOING TO BE RISKY.

THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL CREATE WIND
CHILLS OF 5 TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. 
 
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