[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/12/2008 3:13:10 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 120812
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
312 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-121500-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081212T1500Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
312 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

IN THE SOUTHERN POCONOS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW
JERSEY...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL BE RETURNING THROUGH THIS
MORNING. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES HOVERED AROUND FREEZING AT THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS BUT WERE IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S ELSEWHERE. THIS
MEANT THAT MOSTLY RAIN FELL. HOWEVER, COLDER AIR WILL BE SPREADING
IN FROM THE NORTH AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SLOWLY THROUGH THIS
MORNING. 

AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED
FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS DURING
THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES AND FREEZING
RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE UP TO 1/4 INCH.

AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS, RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW AND
SNOW SHOWERS AND A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS
MORNING THAT COULD LEAVE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE.

BY THIS AFTERNOON, THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE OVER,
BUT THERE STILL MIGHT BE SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS.

TRAVELING WILL BECOME MORE HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES
FALL BELOW FREEZING AND ROADWAYS GET SLIPPERY. ALSO THE ICE COULD
BRING SMALL TREES...TREE LIMBS...AND WIRES DOWN WITH POWER
INTERRUPTIONS POSSIBLE.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS
AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS TO 25 OR 30 MPH.

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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RNS