[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/26/2008 2:47:27 PM

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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
247 PM EST FRI DEC 26 2008

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-270500-
/O.CON.KPHI.ZR.Y.0002.081226T2200Z-081227T1300Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
247 PM EST FRI DEC 26 2008

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST
SATURDAY...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST
SATURDAY. 

A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. MOISTURE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAS ALREADY BROUGHT PRECIPITATION INTO WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA. AS THE PRECIPITATION SPREADS INTO THE AREA...
TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE BELOW FREEZING ESPECIALLY IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS FREEZING RAIN,
ALTHOUGH SOME SLEET MIGHT MIX IN DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE
EVENING. AS SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AT THE SURFACE AND
ALOFT...THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY MORNING.
THIS WILL OCCUR LAST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ICE ACCRETIONS
SHOULD AVERAGE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL. ONLY A SMALL
AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN IS NEEDED TO CAUSE BLACK ICE AND HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF EXTRA
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE WARY WHILE TRAVELING OVER
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. 

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SZATKOWSKI/GIGI


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