[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/29/2012 3:48:25 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 290848
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
348 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-292100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0003.120229T1200Z-120301T1100Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
348 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE FROM
  1 TO 3 INCHES DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS,
  MAINLY IN THE ELEVATED TERRAIN. AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF AROUND A
  TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT,
  AGAIN MAINLY IN THE ELEVATED TERRAIN.

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON, THE
  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN. SOME FREEZING RAIN
  IS ANTICIPATED IN THE ELEVATED TERRAIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW
  AND ICE. THERE COULD BE ENOUGH SNOW AND ICE 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 IN THE
  ELEVATED TERRAIN. READINGS SHOULD RISE INTO THE 35 TO 40 DEGREE
  RANGE IN THE VALLEYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN
DRIVING.

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