[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/11/2008 10:01:32 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 111500
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1000 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-112300-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081212T1100Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
1000 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

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

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. 

RAIN WITH SOME SLEET AND HIGHER ELEVATION FREEZING RAIN IS
OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW
JERSEY. THIS TYPE OF WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THIS
EVENING.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK UP THE EAST COAST TONIGHT AND IT
WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER WITH IT. THE LIKELIHOOD
EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BEFORE ANY
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OCCURS.

THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE RAIN AND SLEET WITH SOME POSSIBLE FREEZING
RAIN. OVERNIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE AREA AND THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY OVER
THE HIGHEST LOCATIONS. 

ANY PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN COULD ACCRUE TO AROUND HALF
AN INCH ON EXPOSED SURFACES. IF THAT IS THE CASE... TRAVELING
WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ALSO THE ICE WILL BRING SMALL
TREES...TREE LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN WITH POWER INTERRUPTIONS LIKELY.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL END BY FRIDAY MORNING... BUT
TEMPERATURES WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH...LEADING TO VERY LITTLE
MELTING DURING THE DAY. 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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TFG