[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/25/2012 9:22:05 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
921 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

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SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
921 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR CARBON
  AND MONROE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW
  JERSEY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. 

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TENTHS TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON AND MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT
  TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX SHOULD THEN END LATER
  THURSDAY MORNING.
 
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME VERY
  HAZARDOUS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MIGHT ALSO CAUSE SOME ISOLATED POWER
  OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...SHOULD REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING
  THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

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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WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
921 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST
THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...BERKS COUNTY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND WARREN AND
  MORRIS COUNTIES IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...A MIXTURE OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES, HIGHEST TOWARD THE POCONOS
  AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO SNOW AS IT BECOMES HEAVIER.
  PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE
  IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND TO PLAIN RAIN OVERNIGHT
  WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MIGHT PERSIST
  DEEPER INTO THE NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS,
  ESPECIALLY WHEN FREEZING RAIN IS OCCURRING. EXERCISE EXTREME
  CAUTION ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S DURING PRECIPITATION, RISING SLOWLY
  OVERNIGHT ON WEDNESDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF A MILE AT TIMES 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.

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SZATKOWSKI/GIGI