[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/7/2011 4:12:58 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 070912
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
412 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

PAZ054-055-071715-
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/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.W.0011.111208T0100Z-111208T0900Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
412 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...HEAVIEST IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WET SNOW BETWEEN
  9 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND END BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM. 

* IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL SHOULD DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE
  POCONOS AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE INTO THE 28 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE
  SHORTLY AFTER THE CHANGE TO SNOW. WET SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME TREE
  LIMBS TO BREAK IF ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED 4 INCHES. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES BETWEEN 10 PM
  AND 1 AM WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR AN
  HOUR OR 2 LATE THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

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NJZ001-071715-
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/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.111208T0300Z-111208T0900Z/
SUSSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWTON
412 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY INCLUDING WANTAGE...VERNON
  AND NEWTON.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW....HEAVIEST IN HIGHER 
  ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE COUNTY
  BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND THEN ENDS BY 4 AM.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL SHOULD BECOME TREACHEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS
  AROUND MIDNIGHT. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH....BUT
  GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR HIGH POINT. 

* TEMPERATURES...DROP SUDDENLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...
  WITHIN AN HOUR OE 2 OF THE CHANGE TO SNOW.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES WITH
  ACCUMULATION RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR AN HOUR OR 2.

* VARIABILITY...AMOUNTS MAY BE HIGHLY VARIABLE AND ARE ELEVATION
  DEPENDENT. FINAL STORM TOTALS IN THE COUNTY MAY RANGE BETWEEN 1
  AND 6 INCHES. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION
  STILL FALLING ONCE IT IS COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

NJZ007-PAZ060>062-071715-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.111208T0300Z-111208T0900Z/
WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON
412 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...FROM NEAR READING THROUGH THE LEHIGH VALLEY
  INCLUDING ALLENTOWN INTO WARREN COUNTY OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...MOST LIKELY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. HEAVIEST
  AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  

* TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW BETWEEN 10
  PM AND MIDNIGHT AND ENDS BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM.
 

* IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL SHOULD DEVELOP FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS
  TEMPERATURES PLUNGE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES IN THE SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES AT THE RATE OF AN INCH OR 2 PER HOUR FOR AN HOUR OR
  TWO NEAR MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

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