[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/29/2012 12:19:57 PM

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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1219 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

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CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
1219 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN POCONOS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4
  INCHES...HIGHEST ON THE PLATEAU.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH MOST OF WHICH WILL
  OCCUR ON THE PLATEAU.
 
* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGER OVER TO RAIN AND FREEZING
  RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATER THIS AFTERNOON, BUT OVER TO FREEZING
  RAIN ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. FREEZING RAIN IS ANTICIPATED TO
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* 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 POWER OUTAGES WILL
  OCCUR. THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN
  LOCATIONS. TRAVEL OVER UNTREATED HIGHER TERRAIN ROADWAYS WILL
  BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.
 
* TEMPERATURES...NO HIGHER THAN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.
 

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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SUSSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWTON
1219 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

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

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. LOCALIZED ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE
  HIGHEST TERRAIN COULD REACH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
  SCATTERED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE 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
  MIGHT OCCUR. THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN
  LOCATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.
 
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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