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WWUS41 KPHI 210800
WSWPHI
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
300 AM EST THU NOV 21 2024
PAZ054-055-212100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.241121T2100Z-241122T2100Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF STROUDSBURG AND JIM THORPE
300 AM EST THU NOV 21 2024
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY WET SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH
WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH, WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS AND
STRONGEST WINDS AT AND ABOVE 1500 FEET IN NORTHERN CARBON AND
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL RECEIVE
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SNOW AND WIND.
* WHERE...CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND WEIGHT OF SNOW ON TREE LIMBS MAY
DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL
COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THIS
EVENING'S AND FRIDAY MORNING'S COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
DO NOT TOUCH DOWNED LINES AND REPORT ANY POWER OUTAGES TO YOUR
ELECTRIC COMPANY. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO SLICK ROADWAYS
AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
RCM
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