[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/7/2009 9:59:58 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 071459
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
959 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

NJZ007-008-PAZ061-062-071600-
/O.EXP.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1500Z/
WARREN-MORRIS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON
959 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

CALLS TO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES CONFIRM THAT ICING ON
ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM. SOME RESIDUAL
ICING OF METAL OBJECTS MAY OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT THE
THREAT DUE TO ICING HAS ENDED. 

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NJZ001-PAZ054-055-072200-
/O.EXT.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T2200Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
959 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON MAINLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...

THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON MAINLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 

COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT ICING CONTINUED
TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CARBON...MONROE AND
SUSSEX COUNTIES. ICING WAS LESS OF A PROBLEM OVER THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS. GIVEN THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE TRENDS...THE ICING
PROBLEM MAY WELL LINGER WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON. 

BY THE TIME THE FREEZING RAIN ENDS... SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...COULD PICK UP A QUARTER TO A HALF
INCH ICE ACCUMULATION.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS. ICE WILL REMAIN
ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE
THE FREEZING MARK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

THE ICE MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...POSSIBLY
CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

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