[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/25/2011 4:57:09 AM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
456 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-251300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.ZR.Y.0002.110225T0956Z-110225T1300Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
456 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CARBON, MONROE AND
SUSSEX COUNTIES, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST TODAY.

LOCAL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL REPORTED LIGHT ICING OF ROADWAYS OVER THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN POCONOS EARLY THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURE SENSORS OVER SUSSEX COUNTY IN FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
INDICATED THAT FREEZING RAIN WAS OCCURRING THERE ALSO.

FREEZING RAIN OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IS EXPECTED TO LINGER
THROUGH DAYBREAK. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE DRIVING IN THE ADVISORY
AREA THIS MORNING, PLEASE DRIVE VERY CAREFULLY. ALLOW EXTRA TIME
TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION; REDUCE YOUR SPEED AND LEAVE AS MUCH
ROOM AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND OTHERS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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MPD/ROBERTSON