[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/29/2012 9:55:57 PM

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WSWPHI

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

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

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

* ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 PM AND 6 AM...AROUND A
  TENTH OF AN INCH.

* 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...INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS
  FORECAST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVERNIGHT...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 NOW AND 3 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 5 TO 15 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN FOG IN
  THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

* TEMPERATURES...WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF 30 THROUGH 8 AM.

* OUTLOOK...AFTER 6 AM SOME MINOR ICING MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 8 AM
  IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AND ESPECIALLY NORTH PARTS OF MONROE
  COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AS SLIGHTLY COLDER AIR TRIES TO ARRIVE FROM
  THE NORTHEAST.

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

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

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH INCH ADDITIONAL BETWEEN 10
  PM AND 6AM...MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FT ELEVATION.

* 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 INTERMITTENT 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 TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN THE
  HIGHEST ELEVATIONS DUE TO FOG.

* TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM NEAR 30 ABOVE 1000 FT TO JUST ABOVE
  FREEZING IN THE VALLEYS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

* OUTLOOK...AFTER 6 AM SOME MINOR ICING MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 8 AM
  IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AND ESPECIALLY NORTH PARTS OF SUSSEX
  COUNTY AS SLIGHTLY COLDER AIR TRIES TO ARRIVE FROM THE NORTHEAST.


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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DRAG