[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/10/2013 3:14:40 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
314 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2013
 
NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-101-103-105-111000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.ZR.Y.0002.130211T0800Z-130211T1500Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT...PERKASIE
314 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2013

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE PHILADELPHIA FAR NORTHWEST SUBURBS AND BERKS
  COUNTY NORTH THROUGH THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND SOUTHERN POCONOS IN
  PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL OF NORTHWEST AND THE WESTERN RARITAN RIVER
  BASIN IN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ICE ACCUMULATION
  LIKELY ON EXPOSED SURFACES. 

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO
  EAST BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. AS WARMER AIR MOVES
  IN AT THE SURFACE, THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN IN
  MOST AREAS BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 AM MONDAY MORNING. THE CHANGE TO
  PLAIN RAIN WILL TAKE THE LONGEST IN THE POCONOS AND FAR
  NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
  WILL BECOME EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. EXPECT LONGER COMMUTING TIMES
  DURING THE MORNING RUSH.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. 

* TEMPERATURES...STARTING AROUND 30 DEGREES AND RISING TO THE MID
  30S AROUND THE MIDDLE OF MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA BRAKING
DISTANCE WHILE TRAVELING.

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