[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/22/2006 9:45:45 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 221445
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
945 AM EST FRI DEC 22 2006

...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...

NJZ007-PAZ062-221545-
/O.CAN.KPHI.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061222T1600Z/
WARREN-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
945 AM EST FRI DEC 22 2006

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELED THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED POCKETS OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL 11 AM, MOST LOCATIONS HAVE RISEN
ABOVE FREEZING. 

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NJZ001-PAZ054-055-221600-
/O.CON.KPHI.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061222T1600Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
945 AM EST FRI DEC 22 2006

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES AROUND THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY WERE NEAR FREEZING AT 930 AM, WITH SOME LOCATIONS JUST ABOVE
AND OTHER LOCATIONS JUST BELOW FREEZING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
RADAR INDICATED LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER THE AREA. 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHERN POCONOS REPORTED ACCIDENTS
DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS OCCURRED AROUND 7 AM OVER NORTHERN
CARBON COUNTY AND AROUND 830 AM OVER NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY.
ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE 830 AM,
THE COMBINATION OF THE TEMPERATURES AND THE PRECIPITATION STILL
COULD CAUSE AREAS OF ICING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CARBON,
MONROE AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MPD