[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/11/2008 3:22:06 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 112021
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
321 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-121100-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081212T1500Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
321 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY.

RAIN WITH SOME SLEET, AND HIGHER ELEVATION FREEZING RAIN, CONTINUES 
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY. THIS IS 
EXPECTED TO PERSIST WELL INTO TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS UP THE 
EAST COAST. SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN 
BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT.

THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET, WHILE THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE MAINLY RAIN AND SLEET. OVERNIGHT, COLDER AIR
WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE AREA AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHEST LOCATIONS.

ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS OF MID AFTERNOON RANGED UP TO AROUND 1/4 INCH,
MAINLY ON OFF-ROAD SURFACES, ESPECIALLY TREES AND WIRES. THE ICE 
COULD ACCRUE TO AROUND 1/2 INCH ON EXPOSED SURFACES IN AREAS THAT
REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR ANY PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME.
TRAVELING COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN
TO FALL AND ROADWAYS BEGIN ICE OVER. ALSO THE ICE COULD BRING
SMALL TREES, TREE LIMBS, AND WIRES DOWN WITH POWER INTERRUPTIONS
POSSIBLE.

THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL END BY FRIDAY MORNING, BUT 
TEMPERATURES WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH DURING THE DAY FRIDAY, 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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RPW