[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Winter Weather Message 04:07:58.8475

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
407 AM EST WED DEC 28 2016


PAZ054-055-282115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.161229T1000Z-161229T2100Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
407 AM EST WED DEC 28 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 5 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES OF THE POCONOS

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN SOMETIME AROUND 5 AM THURSDAY OR
  SHORTLY AFTER AND BECOME MODERATE FOR A TIME DURING MID MORNING
  WITH MOST OF THE FORECAST SNOWFALL OCCURING BY NOON. THERE IS A
  SMALL CHANCE OF A CHANGE TO RAIN AS IT WINDS DOWN EARLY IN THE
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED ROADS. THERE IS A
  SMALL CHANCE OF ISOLATED AMOUNTS A BIT MORE THAN 4 INCHES WHICH
  IF OCCURRED MIGHT PRODUCE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL RISE TO NEAR FREEZING DURING MIDDAY THEN
  DOWN INTO THE 20S THURSDAY NIGHT AND PROBABLY NOT BACK UP ABOVE
  FREEZING UNTIL SUNDAY.

* WINDS...LIGHT THURSDAY. THE, GUSTY WEST WINDS PAST 25 MPH WILL
  CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
  NIGHT ON THE RIDGES WHERE AMOUNTS ARE AROUND 4 INCHES.

* VISIBILITIES...NEAR ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING OUR TRAINED SPOTTER LINE...POSTING TO THE NWS MOUNT
HOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSMOUNTHOLLY.

SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS IN ADDITION TO
EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILISTIC SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST
EVENT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER

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