Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Winter Storm Warning Expanded to Warren and Morris Counties

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
502 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

NJZ007-008-PAZ062-231700-
/O.UPG.KPHI.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110324T1000Z/
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WARREN-MORRIS-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
502 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WARREN AND
MORRIS COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET...PERHAPS SOME RAIN MIXING IN AT
TIMES.

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

* TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DEGRADED BY SNOW AND SOME
SLEET. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. SOME RAIN MAY
MIX AT TIMES WITH THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE MORNING
AND AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE IN THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS...AS WELL AS ON UNTREATED AND SECONDARY ROADS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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