[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/23/2011 12:05:54 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1205 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-230700-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
1205 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...SNOW AND SOME SLEET WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
POCONOS AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY FROM THE WEST...

LOW PRESSURE WELL TO OUR WEST WAS SENDING A WARM FRONT TO THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION. PRECIPITATION WAS BEING GENERATED TO THE NORTH OF
THE FRONT...BUT MUCH OF IT HAD NOT BEEN REACHING THE GROUND LATE
TUESDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...AS DEEPER LAYERED MOISTURE WAS
DEVELOPING INTO THE AREA...SNOW AND SOME SLEET WAS MOVING INTO
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND
LEHIGH VALLEY AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND WILL LIKELY HEAD INTO FAR
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY EARLY IN THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS WELL.
PORTIONS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY MAY SEE
MIXED RAIN AND SNOW OVERNIGHT.

AS SNOW AND SOME SLEET BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE OVERNIGHT ROADS WILL
BECOME SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED AND SECONDARY ROADS.
EXPECT AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION BY MORNING. A
WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT, WEDNESDAY, AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW
JERSEY...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEHIGH
VALLEY AND WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY.

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