[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 3/17/2013 3:46:09 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
344 PM EDT SUN MAR 17 2013

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-180900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.130318T1800Z-130319T1200Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
344 PM EDT SUN MAR 17 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.1 TO 0.2 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA AROUND MIDDAY
  MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL THEN MIX WITH SLEET DURING MONDAY EVENING
  BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH
  MONDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF TUESDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW THEN SLEET AND ICE WILL LEAD
  TO TRAVEL BECOMING HAZARDOUS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES COULD
  BREAK SOME WEAKER TREE LIMBS, RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES.

* VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO AROUND ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES.

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. IF TRAVELING, PARTICULARLY USE EXTRA CAUTION ON BRIDGES,
OVERPASSES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES AS THEY TEND TO BECOME
SLIPPERY FIRST.

&&

$$

NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-180900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.130318T1800Z-130319T1200Z/
WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
344 PM EDT SUN MAR 17 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST
  TO NORTHEAST AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET
  AND RAIN TOWARD MONDAY EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO RAIN
  AND AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING MONDAY NIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET THEN SOME ICE WILL
  LEAD TO AREAS OF HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO AROUND ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES.

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 ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS THESE TEND TO TURN
SLIPPERY FIRST.

&&

$$

GORSE