Winter Storm Watch for Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties for 6-10 Inches of Snow on Saturday

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING...

.AN EARLY SEASON COASTAL STORM WILL CAUSE POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS.

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-281600-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.A.0008.111029T1200Z-111030T0400Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
345 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS...THE LEHIGH VALLEY...BERKS
COUNTY...AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...IMPAIRED TRAVEL. TREES WHICH STILL HAVE LEAVES ON THEM
WILL BECOME LOADED WITH WET SNOW AND HAVE LIMBS BREAK OFF THEM.
POWER OUTAGES WILL RESULT. PREPARE FOR LOSS OF POWER.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...1/2 TO 1 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.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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