[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 3/17/2013 8:43:34 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 180041
WSWPHI

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

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

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 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...NORTHEAST TO EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 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.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.130318T1800Z-130319T1200Z/
WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
841 PM EDT SUN MAR 17 2013

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 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