[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/7/2009 11:30:17 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1130 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-081000-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN
1130 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...WIND GUSTS TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE ICY DRIVING CONDITIONS...

WINDS WERE INCREASING BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT...AND WILL GUST
UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. SINCE TREES, TREE LIMBS, AND POWER LINES ARE STILL
WEIGHTED BY ICE WHICH FORMED A SIGNIFICANT COATING EARLIER
WEDNESDAY...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE SOME OF THESE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES TO FALL, CAUSING ADDITIONAL SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

AREA RESIDENTS ARE CAUTIONED TO BE ALERT TO FALLING LIMBS
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.

ALSO, FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE ICY SPOTS ON ROADS
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ROADS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
WHICH WERE UNTREATED...MAY BE SLIPPERY, SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO
USE EXTRA CARE WHILE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.

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