[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/10/2008 1:21:34 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
117 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-102100-
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
117 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008

...SNOW SQUALLS TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE, AN INTENSE BAND OF
SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

THE SNOW SQUALLS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS FOR A BRIEF TIME FROM THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY FALLING
SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. THESE SQUALLS WILL BE FAST
MOVING, PROBABLY NOT LASTING IN ANY ONE LOCATION FOR MORE THAN 15
MINUTES, HOWEVER A QUICK COATING TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. A
FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW
SQUALLS WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY. CONSIDER DELAYING
TRAVEL UNTIL THE SQUALLS PASS YOUR LOCATION.

$$

NJZ007-PAZ060>062-102100-
WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON
117 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008

...SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS TO AFFECT THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

THE ARRIVAL OF A SECONDARY FRONT WILL PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS AND
LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS THIS AFTERNOON. AT 115 PM, A LINE OF
SNOW SQUALLS WAS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND TRACKING
TO THE EAST.

THE LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE THE
VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE. THE LOCALIZED SQUALLS
WILL BE FAST MOVING, PROBABLY NOT LASTING IN ANY ONE LOCATION FOR
MORE THAN 15 MINUTES, HOWEVER PRODUCE A QUICK COATING OF SNOW IN
SOME LOCATIONS. THE SNOW WILL FALL ONTO RELATIVELY WARMER, AND IN
SOME CASES WET ROAD SURFACES, WHICH MAY CAUSE IT TO QUICKLY
REFREEZE AS TEMPERATURES DROP. THIS COULD CREATE ICY CONDITIONS
IF THE ROAD SURFACE IS UNTREATED.

USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

GORSE



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