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Ice Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
249 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011

...ICE STORM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND
A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WEST AND NORTH OF
PHILADELPHIA...

.LOW PRESSURE IN THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT WILL REFORM IN
THE WATERS EAST OF NEW JERSEY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN QUICKLY
DEPART FOR THE MARITIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING.

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HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...READING...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN
249 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
...THIS REPLACES WINTER STORM WARNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* AREAS AFFECTED: WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA JUST TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA.

* PRECIPITATION TYPES: FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS: GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SEVEN TENTHS OF
AN INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THIS AREA BY 10 AM WEDNESDAY.
ALREADY AT 2 PM... THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT OF ONE TENTH INCH OF
GLAZE FROM THIS MORNINGS FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE.

* TIMING: SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BECOME A STEADY FREEZING
RAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN OCCASIONALLY HEAVY FREEZING RAIN
BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9AM WEDNESDAY BEFORE IT ENDS AS DRIZZLE DURING
MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE FREEZING RAIN WILL
BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
MID MORNING WEDNESDAY ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES. POWER OUTAGES
ARE EXPECTED FROM BREAKING TREE LIMBS AND WIRES WEDNESDAY
MORNING. IF GLAZE WERE TO EXCEED THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...THIS
WOULD RAISE THE POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES. THE WEDNESDAY COMMUTE WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.

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