[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Winter Weather Message 04:19:52.0449

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
419 AM EST THU DEC 29 2016

PAZ054-055-292100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.161229T1000Z-161229T2100Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
419 AM EST THU DEC 29 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING BETWEEN 6 AM
  AND 8 AM. A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW COULD BEGIN TOWARD THE END
  OF THE MORNING RUSH AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER
  OFF BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3 PM. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF A
  CHANGEOVER TO RAIN OR EVEN PATCHY FREEZING RAIN AS IT WINDS
  DOWN THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND CREATE HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. CONDITIONS SHOULD
  IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO NEAR FREEZING AND
  THE SNOW TAPERS OFF.

* TEMPERATURES...MID 20S EARLY THIS MORNING, RISING INTO THE
  LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES.

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 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 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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