[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/29/2012 10:12:26 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 291511
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1011 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-292315-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T1100Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
1011 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
THURSDAY...

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE
  HIGHER TERRAIN...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET HAS DEVELOPED THIS MORNING AND WILL
  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. THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN
  LOCATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...RISING NO HIGHER THAN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.

* A POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING CENTERED FOR THE 
  HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS OF THE POCONOS.

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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