[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/10/2008 3:37:38 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
337 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-111100-
/O.UPG.KPHI.WS.A.0005.081211T1200Z-081212T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.W.0004.081211T1100Z-081212T1100Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
337 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND
SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ICE 
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY AND HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM
WATCH.

WARM AIR HAS PILED UP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT WILL
SLOWLY MOVE EAST BUT REMAIN ALONG THE COAST OVERNIGHT. LOW
PRESSURE WILL FORM ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS FRONT ALONG THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS ON THURSDAY, AND MOVE NORTHEAST. BEFORE THE
ONSET OF MUCH HEAVIER PRECIPITATION THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY, A
PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN, SLEET, SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE
BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IF THAT IS THE CASE, PLEASE DRIVE WITH CARE
OVERNIGHT.

MEANWHILE, THE NEXT LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY REACHING
THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL PLENTY OF
MOISTURE MOVING ALONG WITH THE LOW, AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN FALLING
OVER THE WARNING AREA. AS A RESULT, SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL BE FALLING THURSDAY INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE MAY BE A
PERIOD WHEN A CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN OCCURS, BUT IT WILL CHANGE
BACK TO A MIXED EVENT WITH FREEZING RAIN BECOMING THE BIGGEST
THREAT AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE ONE QUARTER
TO ONE HALF INCH ON SURFACES BEFORE ENDING. IF THAT IS THE CASE,
TRAVELING WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS, BRINGING SMALL TREES AND
WIRES DOWN WITH POWER INTERRUPTIONS.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING, BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL, CAUSING ADDITIONAL FREEZING.
IN ADDITION, NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST TO 25 OR 30 MPH FURTHER
BRINING DOWN POWER LINES AND TREES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
POTENTIAL WINTER STORM SITUATION AND MAKE FURTHER REFINEMENTS TO
THE FORECAST AS NEEDED. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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