[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Winter Weather Message 15:36:02.9375

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 PM EST WED DEC 28 2016

PAZ054-055-291000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.161229T1000Z-161229T2100Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
335 PM EST WED DEC 28 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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 THEREAFTER AND WILL BECOME MODERATE FOR A TIME DURING
  THE MID MORNING. MOST OF THE FORECAST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR BY
  NOON. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF A CHANGE TO RAIN AS IT WINDS
  DOWN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
  PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
  RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT
  THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE RIDGES WHERE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF
  SNOW WILL FALL.

* 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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MPS


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