[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 3/6/2011 3:37:39 AM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
337 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

 
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CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
337 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS.

* HAZARD TYPES...RAIN SHOULD TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN
  SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE ENDING. IN THE VALLEYS WHERE THIS
  TRANSITION MAY BE BRIEF, A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE
  FREEZING OF STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN
  WITH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...THE TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX WILL START IN THE
  EVENING AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY. PLEASE BE
  WARY FOR CHANGES IN ROAD CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
 
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING FROM THE LOWER 30S INTO THE MID TO UPPER
  20S OVERNIGHT. 

* VISIBILITIES...MAY DROP TO BELOW ONE MILE IN 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.

PLEASE LOOK FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES AS CONFIDENCE ABOUT THE STARTING TIME
OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS LESS THAN AVERAGE. 

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TFG



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