[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/23/2012 3:30:13 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
329 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012


NJZ001-PAZ054-055-240900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0002.120224T0500Z-120224T1400Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
329 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INTO SUSSEX
  COUNTY OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG
  WITH UP TO 1 TENTH INCH OF GLAZE...ESPECIALLY HIGHER TERRAIN.

* TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM
  AND QUICKLY CHANGES TO A BURST OF SNOW THAT MAY DUMP AN INCH IN
  A 90 MINUTE PERIOD BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY
  5 AM. VALLEYS SHOULD BE HOVERING CLOSE TO OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING
  WITH LESS CERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXTENT OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
  THERE.

* IMPACTS...HIGH CONFIDENCE OF HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN ELEVATED
  AREAS.

* WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 30S BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON
  ALONG WITH DIMINISHING PRECIPITATION SHOULD LIMIT THE RISK OF
  CONTINUING THE ADVISORY MUCH BEYOND MID MORNING.

* VISIBILITIES...BRIEFLY ONE HALF MILE IN SNOW SOMETIME BETWEEN
  MIDNIGHT AND 5 AM.

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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