THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN ICESTORM WARNING.WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN ICESTORM WARNING.WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THEWINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.* AREAS AFFECTED: NE PA & NW NEW JERSEY.* PRECIPITATION TYPES: HEAVY FREEZING RAIN. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SLEET OCCURS OVERNIGHT.ESPECIALLY IN THE POCONOS AND SUSSEX COUNTY NJ.* ACCUMULATIONS: GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY. IF SLEET OCCURS. GLAZE ACCUMULATION WOULD BE LESS BUT SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ONE HALF INCH.* TEMPS WILL BE IN THE UPPER TEENS & 20S THROUGHOUT THIS STORM.* TIMING: SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE IN PROGRESS WILL INTENSIFY TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 8 PM & MIDNIGHT. THE WORST OF THE GLAZING SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AM & 9 AM WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION TAPERS TO DRIZZLE EARLY WED AFTERNOON.* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING WED ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES. POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED FROM BREAKING TREE LIMBS & WIRES WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF GLAZE EXCEEDS THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.THIS WOULD RAISE THE POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE WED COMMUTE WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS AREEXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONSWILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLYDISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOUMUST TRAVEL.KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT.FOOD.& WATER IN YOURVEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS & WINDS WILLLIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES & FALLING TREE BRANCHES THATADD TO THE DANGER.
Address/Location
Catasauqua, PA Emergency Management Agency
118 Bridge St
Catasauqua, PA 18032
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 610-437-5252
Joseph M. Carl
Catasauqua Emergency Management Agency
[email protected]
610-264-0571