[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 3/18/2013 3:39:23 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 180737
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
337 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-181800-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.130318T1800Z-130319T1200Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
337 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA AROUND MIDDAY.
  THE SNOW WILL THEN MIX WITH SLEET THIS EVENING BEFORE
  TRANSITIONING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT. 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 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

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.

&&

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NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-181800-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.130318T1800Z-130319T1200Z/
WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
337 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST
  TO NORTHEAST AROUND MIDDAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND
  RAIN TOWARD EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO RAIN AND AREAS
  OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT. 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 MID 30S.

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.

&&

$$