[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/29/2011 11:17:42 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1117 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

NJZ001-007>009-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-291715-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
1117 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE AREA...

A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH
RATES REACHING 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS MANY AREAS THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. THE TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED CLOSE TO FREEZING
IN MANY AREAS WHICH WILL HELP THE WET SNOW STICK TO MANY SURFACES.
THE COMBINATION OF THE HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES AND AIR TEMPERATURES
NOT TO FAR FROM FREEZING WILL INCREASE THE ACCUMULATION EFFICIENCY
OF THE SNOW. THEREFORE, UNTREATED ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY SECONDARY
ONES AND BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY.

IF DRIVING, BE PREPARED FOR QUICKLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS AND
GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THE HEAVY
WET SNOW WILL ALSO STICK TO TREES AND POWER LINES, WHICH MAY CAUSE
SOME POWER OUTAGES TO START OCCURRING AS WE GO THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

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