[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/2/2006 4:45:48 AM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
445 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
445 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW DURING MID TO
LATE MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO RAIN AND PERHAPS STILL SOME
FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES AT AND NEAR
THE GROUND COOL DOWN AGAIN TONIGHT, THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO CHANGE BACK TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN SLEET AND SNOW.
THEN, AS THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRECIPITATION MOVES
OFFSHORE AND DRAWS COLDER AIR SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION,
PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING TUESDAY.
SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY EVENING SHOULD TAPER OFF DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MONDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST
TO BE ONE OR TWO INCHES, BUT THERE COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OF ICE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TUESDAY
COULD REACH 6 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS HAS PROMPTED THE WINTER STORM WATCH
FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO
TRAVEL.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS IMPENDING STORM.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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