[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/8/2014 4:22:33 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 080921
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
421 AM EST MON DEC 8 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT SNOW STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...

.A NOR'EASTER WILL FORCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND POTENTIAL POWER
OUTAGES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT FROM HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS THE POCONOS AND OTHER PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO
NEW YORK STATE.


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CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
421 AM EST MON DEC 8 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM
TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...MONROE AND CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. 

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW AND MAYBE A BIT OF SLEET OR FREEZING
  RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG
  WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR
  IN THE WESTERN PORTION AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF BOTH MONROE AND
  CARBON COUNTIES.

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AM AND 5 AM
  TUESDAY AND BECOME HEAVY WET SNOW AROUND SUNRISE. ITS POSSIBLE
  SNOW COULD CHANGE TO RAIN FOR A WHILE DURING MIDDAY TUESDAY BUT
  THIS CHANCE APPEARS TO BE LESSENING. BANDS OF ACCUMULATIVE SNOW
  WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
  TUESDAY MORNING. IF A HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES MORE THAN 5
  INCHES...POWER OUTAGES WOULD DEVELOP AND POSSIBLY BECOME
  EXTENSIVE BY TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE DAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THOSE WITH
A KNOWN HEART CONDITION SHOULD CONSIDER CONTACTING SOMEONE ELSE TO
SHOVEL AND REMOVE HEAVY WET SNOW.

$$

DRAG






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