[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/1/2014 3:53:53 AM

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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
353 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING WITH SNOW...COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS
WIND CHILL FACTORS...

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-062-012200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0001.140102T2300Z-140103T1500Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
353 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN POCONOS...PORTIONS OF THE LEHIGH
  VALLEY...AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY EVENING
  THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THURSDAY EVENING AS SNOW
  BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE. THIS WILL BE A DRY PUFFY SNOW, AND AS
  WINDS INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
  MAKE TRAVEL EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS. ROAD PLOWING OPERATIONS WILL
  ALSO BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES
  AND STRONG WINDS BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CREATE
  DANGEROUS WIND CHILL FACTORS SO OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE
  MINIMIZED IF POSSIBLE.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...5 TO 23 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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