[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/29/2012 7:46:58 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 010046
WSWPHI

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

PAZ054-055-010900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T1100Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
746 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

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

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH BY DAYBREAK. AS
  OF 6 PM...ISOLATED ONE QUARTER INCH GLAZE HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR
  TOBYHANNA PENNSYLVANIA. 

* ELEVATION DEPENDENT...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FT...ESPECIALLY EAST
  FACING SLOPES WILL BE PRONE TO NEARLY CONSTANT ICING THROUGH THE
  NIGHT. IN THE VALLEYS... MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED... ALTHOUGH
  SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000
  FEET. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME PLAIN RAIN MIGHT OCCUR. THERE
  IS ALSO A CHANCE OF A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION
  BETWEEN 9 PM AND 1 AM.
 

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO ICE. THERE
  COULD BE ENOUGH ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES TO CAUSE SOME TREE
  LIMBS TO FALL AND POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR. THE GREATEST IMPACT
  WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS...ABOVE 1000 FT ELEVATION.
  TRAVEL OVER UNTREATED HIGHER TERRAIN ROADWAYS WILL BECOME
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT.

* WINDS...EAST NORTHEAST UP 5 TO 15 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN FOG AND '
  PRECIPITATION.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S EXCEPT AROUND 30 AT ELEVATIONS
  NEAR 2000 FT.

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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NJZ001-010900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T1100Z/
SUSSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWTON
746 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

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

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ABOVE 1000 FT NEARLY ONE QUARTER INCH
  POSSIBLE WITH SCATTERED TRACE ICING AMOUNTS IN THE VALLEYS.

* ELEVATION DEPENDENT...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FT...ESPECIALLY EAST
  FACING SLOPES WILL BE PRONE TO NEARLY CONSTANT ICING THROUGH THE
  NIGHT. IN THE VALLEYS... MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED... ALTHOUGH
  SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...WHILE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE
  WESTERN AND NORTHERN HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME PLAIN
  RAIN MIGHT OCCUR. IN THE REST OF THE COUNTY... MAINLY RAIN IS
  EXPECTED... ALTHOUGH SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME ICY. THERE COULD BE
  ENOUGH ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES TO CAUSE WEAK TREE LIMBS TO
  FALL AND POSSIBLY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL
  BE IN THE WESTERN HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS. TRAVEL OVER
  UNTREATED HIGHER TERRAIN ROADWAYS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT.

* WINDS...EAST NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN FOG OVER
  THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S EXCEPT AROUND 30 ON ROUTE 23
  NEAR HIGH POINT.


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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