[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/11/2012 3:44:56 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 110844
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
344 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING...

.A WARM FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION...STARTING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY. 

THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND
SLEET THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES ALOFT RISE...THE SNOW AND
SLEET WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME...BEFORE FINALLY
CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. 

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND AN INCH. AS THE PRECIPITATION
CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN...EXPECT AS MUCH AS ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH
OF ICE. NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS MAY SEE TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO
RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.

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/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0001.120112T0100Z-120112T1000Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
344 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND SUSSEX
  COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW...AND AS MUCH AS ONE-TENTH
  OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION.

* TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET
  THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS
  EVENING...AND TO PLAIN RAIN WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT

* IMPACTS....TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON
  SECONDARY ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DROP CLOSE TO FREEZING. IN
  ADDITION...A LIGHT COAT OF ICE IS POSSIBLE.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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