[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Special Weather Statement 06:18:17.0426

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
617 AM EST MON FEB 29 2016

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-291315-
SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
617 AM EST MON FEB 29 2016

...PATCHY FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE COLDEST VALLEYS
OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...

AT 6 AM...TEMPERATURES IN SOME OF THE SHELTERED VALLEYS ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY WERE ABLE TO
FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE, AN
AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WILL START TO MOVE
INTO THE POCONOS AFTER 7 AM AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN
NEW JERSEY AROUND 8 AM. A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE IN THE COLDEST SPOTS AT THE ONSET. HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES
WILL QUICKLY RISE AFTER SUNRISE AT NEARLY THE SAME TIME THE
PRECIPITATION ARRIVES. THE THREAT OF ICE WILL QUICKLY END WITH
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 30S AND 40S BY MID
MORNING.

BE PREPARED FOR PATCHY FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING IF
TRAVELING THROUGH THESE COLDER VALLEYS IN NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, PARTICULARLY AT THE
ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION. REMEMBER, BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED
SURFACES TEND TO ICE UP FIRST.

$$
JRK


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