[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/6/2011 3:10:57 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
310 PM EST TUE DEC 6 2011
 
NJZ001-PAZ054-055-071030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0009.111208T0300Z-111208T1200Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
310 PM EST TUE DEC 6 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS...CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN POCONOS
  AND SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS IN
  THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* TIMING...THE RAIN SHOULD START CHANGING TO SNOW OVER THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN IN THE POCONOS DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CHANGE OVER
  IN ALL AREAS BY VERY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD END
  AROUND THE START OF THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE GREATEST COMMUTING IMPACT SHOULD OCCUR THURSDAY
  MORNING. BUT ANYONE DRIVING WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT COULD
  FACE DIFFICULT TRAVEL. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR
  ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. THE SNOW
  IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE WETTER SIDE, SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
  SHOULD BE LESS THAN AVERAGE. 

* TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND BY THURSDAY MORNING
  WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE
  FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON HIGHER TERRAIN ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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/GIGI