[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/28/2012 3:47:53 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
347 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE
MIDWEST TONIGHT, THEN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION DURING
WEDNESDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH,
HOWEVER A SECONDARY LOW SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT NEAR THE
DELMARVA LATE WEDNESDAY.

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/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0003.120229T1200Z-120301T1100Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
347 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET OF 1 TO 3 INCHES, WITH UP TO TWO
  TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION. THERE COULD BE A BURST OF
  SNOW AT THE START BEFORE SLEET MIXES IN.

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET IS ANTICIPATED TO START AROUND MID
  MORNING WEDNESDAY, THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN
  DURING THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO
  CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW
  AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THERE COULD BE ENOUGH SNOW AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES TO CAUSE SOME TREE LIMBS
  TO FALL AND SOME POWER OUTAGES TO OCCUR. 

* TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY BETWEEN 30 AND 35 DEGREES.

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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GORSE