[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 3/18/2013 1:46:28 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 181746
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
146 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-190215-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.130318T1800Z-130319T1200Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
146 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES.

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

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET LATER
  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 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO 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.

&&

$$

NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-190215-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.130318T1800Z-130319T1200Z/
WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
146 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND
  RAIN LATER IN THE 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 LOW TO 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.

&&

$$