[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/7/2011 3:12:29 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 072012
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
312 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

PAZ054-055-080900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0011.111208T0100Z-111208T0900Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
312 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

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

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS.

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

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.

* 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 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

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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NJZ001-007-PAZ060>062-080900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.111208T0300Z-111208T0900Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
312 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

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

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

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES.

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

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

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* 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.

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