[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 2/18/2014 2:53:41 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 181952
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
252 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2014
 
NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-190400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.ZR.Y.0005.140219T1200Z-140219T1700Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
252 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY, THE POCONOS, BERKS COUNTY AND
  THE LEHIGH VALLEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. 

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO START TOWARD DURING THE
  MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AS THE
  MORNING PROGRESSES AND START DECREASING THE GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT
  OF THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ANY UNTREATED ROADWAYS OR ROADWAYS WHERE THE SALT HAS
  WASHED AWAY WILL BE SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED WALKWAYS
  WILL ALSO BE SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.
 
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 WHEN PRECIPITATION
  ARRIVES...RISING INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S DURING WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHILE
TRAVELING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND EXTRA DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE
VEHICLES AROUND YOU.

&&

$$

NJZ009-010-015-PAZ101>106-190400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.ZR.Y.0005.140219T1200Z-140219T1500Z/
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MERCER-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...TRENTON...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...
PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
252 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND THE PHILADELPHIA
  NORTHWEST SUBURBS.

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. 

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.
 
* TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ARRIVING DURING THE MORNING
  COMMUTE. THERE IS LIKELY TO BE AN OVERLAP PERIOD WITH SURFACE
  TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING AS THE RAIN IS FALLING MAKING
  IT FREEZE ON CONTACT. THE CHANCES FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL
  DECREASE AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES AND END BY LATE MORNING.
 
* IMPACTS...ANY UNTREATED ROADWAYS OR ROADWAYS IN WHICH THE SALT
  HAS RUN OFF TODAY WILL BE SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED
  WALKWAYS WILL ALSO BE SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.
  
* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES WHEN THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES
  AND RISING INTO THE LOWER 40S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW
DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

GIGI/ROBERTSON