[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/7/2009 3:38:57 PM

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WWUS81 KPHI 072038
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
338 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-080300-
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
338 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...A TRANSITION TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THIS
EVENING...

WHILE THE ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE NIGHT. AS COLDER AIR
MOVES IN ALOFT, ANY RAIN SHOWERS OR FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS WILL
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE
AN INCH OR LESS.

TEMPERATURES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ARE RIGHT AROUND THE FREEZING
MARK AND WILL BE FALLING BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES
IN ALL AREAS SHOULD BE BELOW FREEZING BY MORNING. MOST ROADWAYS
HAVE BEEN TREATED AND ARE REPORTED TO BE WET...BUT ICY SPOTS
COULD DEVELOP ON LESS TRAVELED THOROUGHFARES AS THE NIGHT
PROGRESSES.

IN ADDITION WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND MIGHT TEAR DOWN MORE
TREE LIMBS THAT ARE WEIGHED WITH ICE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THE REGION SHOULD PROCEED WITH
CAUTION. GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE
VEHICLES AROUND YOU. PLEASE BE WARY OF CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES, OVERPASSES AND TERTIARY ROADS.


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RPW/TFG


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