[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 2/25/2013 3:10:50 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 252010
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
310 PM EST MON FEB 25 2013

PAZ054-055-261000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0003.130226T2100Z-130227T1400Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
310 PM EST MON FEB 25 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

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

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH...ESPECIALLY
  ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...2 TO 5
  INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN OR SNOW LATE TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON, BEFORE CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN, SNOW, AND SLEET
  OVERNIGHT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD
  WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
  CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS
  TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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