[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/11/2008 3:30:37 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 110830
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-111700-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WS.W.0004.081211T0900Z-081212T1100Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
330 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. 

RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION FREEZING RAIN IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN POCONOS AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK UP THE EAST COAST TODAY
AND TONIGHT AND IT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER WITH
IT. 

THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH TODAY
FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO OCCUR.
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE RAIN WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN,
BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR ICING EXISTS THERE TOO. TONIGHT, COLDER AIR
WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE AREA AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHEST LOCATIONS.

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

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL END FRIDAY MORNING, BUT TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL, CAUSING ADDITIONAL FREEZING. IN ADDITION,
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS COULD BRING DOWN POWER LINES AND TREES.

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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PO