Winter Storm Watch Issued for Warren, Morris, & Sussex Counties for 4-8 Inches of Snow

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
348 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-222100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0006.110323T0600Z-110324T0800Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
348 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND SOUTHERN POCONOS IN EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY SNOW. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN COULD
MIX WITH THE SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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

* TIMING...THE SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF
WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL FALL WITH VARYING INTENSITY DURING
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED AS SNOW
WILL BE FALLING AND UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW
COVERED. THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE COULD BE AFFECTED MORE
SIGNIFICANTLY AS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH NEAR 6 INCHES
IN PLACES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
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