URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
401 AM EST Wed Feb 8 2017
Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Mercer-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Morristown, Flemington, Somerville, New Brunswick, Freehold, Trenton, Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester, Kennett Square, Collegeville, Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale, Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville, and Doylestown
401 AM EST Wed Feb 8 2017
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a Winter Storm Warning for snow...which is in effect from midnight tonight to 4 PM EST Thursday. The Winter Storm Watch is no longer in effect.
* ACCUMULATIONS...Snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches.
* LOCATIONS...Eastern Pennsylvania and central and northern New Jersey.
* HAZARD TYPES...Heavy snow.
* VISIBILITIES...One quarter mile or less at times..
* TIMING...A wintry mix will overspread the area from the west near midnight reaching the northern New Jersey coast by 4 am.
The event will likely begin as snow north of the I-78 corridor.
Elsewhere, rain will change over to snow from northwest to southeast into early Thursday morning.
Sleet may mix in briefly during the transition from rain to snow.
The snow likely will be heavy for a time Thursday morning before tapering off quickly from west to east during midday or the afternoon.
* IMPACTS...The heavy snow will make many roads potentially impassable for several hours during the worst part of the storm which should be 5 am to 10 am.
There may be widespread power outages due to the weight of the snow on tree limbs and power lines.
The threat for power outages will be less where temperatures are mostly below 30 degrees during the snow.
* WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* TEMPERATURES...falling into the 20s over most of this area during the snow before a slight recovery in the afternoon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring.
Significant amounts of snow are forecast that will make travel dangerous.
Only travel in an emergency.
If you must travel...keep an extra flashlight... food...and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.
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