Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011

Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 7, 2011Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this winter storm warning at Dec 7, 2011, 4:12 AM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 7, 2011, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2011, 4:12 AM EST (09:12 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2011, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 8, 2011, 2:53 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

511 
WWUS41 KPHI 070912
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
412 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

PAZ054-055-071715-
/O.UPG.KPHI.WS.A.0009.111208T0300Z-111208T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.W.0011.111208T0100Z-111208T0900Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
412 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...HEAVIEST IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WET SNOW BETWEEN
  9 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND END BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM. 

* IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL SHOULD DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE
  POCONOS AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE INTO THE 28 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE
  SHORTLY AFTER THE CHANGE TO SNOW. WET SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME TREE
  LIMBS TO BREAK IF ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED 4 INCHES. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES BETWEEN 10 PM
  AND 1 AM WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR AN
  HOUR OR 2 LATE THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NJZ001-071715-
/O.UPG.KPHI.WS.A.0009.111208T0300Z-111208T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.111208T0300Z-111208T0900Z/
SUSSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWTON
412 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY INCLUDING WANTAGE...VERNON
  AND NEWTON.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW....HEAVIEST IN HIGHER 
  ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE COUNTY
  BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND THEN ENDS BY 4 AM.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL SHOULD BECOME TREACHEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS
  AROUND MIDNIGHT. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH....BUT
  GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR HIGH POINT. 

* TEMPERATURES...DROP SUDDENLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...
  WITHIN AN HOUR OE 2 OF THE CHANGE TO SNOW.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES WITH
  ACCUMULATION RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FOR AN HOUR OR 2.

* VARIABILITY...AMOUNTS MAY BE HIGHLY VARIABLE AND ARE ELEVATION
  DEPENDENT. FINAL STORM TOTALS IN THE COUNTY MAY RANGE BETWEEN 1
  AND 6 INCHES. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION
  STILL FALLING ONCE IT IS COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

NJZ007-PAZ060>062-071715-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.111208T0300Z-111208T0900Z/
WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON
412 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...FROM NEAR READING THROUGH THE LEHIGH VALLEY
  INCLUDING ALLENTOWN INTO WARREN COUNTY OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...MOST LIKELY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. HEAVIEST
  AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  

* TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW BETWEEN 10
  PM AND MIDNIGHT AND ENDS BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM.
 

* IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL SHOULD DEVELOP FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS
  TEMPERATURES PLUNGE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES IN THE SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AS SNOW
  ACCUMULATES AT THE RATE OF AN INCH OR 2 PER HOUR FOR AN HOUR OR
  TWO NEAR MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
222 
WWUS41 KPHI 071619
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1119 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

PAZ054-055-080030-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0011.111208T0100Z-111208T0900Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
1119 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...HEAVIEST IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WET SNOW 
  BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND END BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM. 

* IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL SHOULD DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN 
  THE POCONOS AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE INTO THE 28 TO 32 DEGREE 
  RANGE SHORTLY AFTER THE CHANGE TO SNOW. WET SNOW MAY CAUSE 
  SOME TREE LIMBS TO BREAK IF ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED 4 INCHES. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NJZ001-007-PAZ060>062-080030-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.111208T0300Z-111208T0900Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
1119 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY INCLUDING WANTAGE...
  VERNON AND NEWTON. 

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE COUNTY 
  BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND THEN ENDS BY 4 AM. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL SHOULD BECOME TREACHEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS 
  AROUND MIDNIGHT. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* VARIABILITY...AMOUNTS MAY BE HIGHLY VARIABLE AND ARE ELEVATION 
  DEPENDENT. FINAL STORM TOTALS IN THE COUNTY MAY RANGE BETWEEN 
  1 AND 6 INCHES. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF 
  PRECIPITATION STILL FALLING ONCE IT IS COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

HEAVENER
360 
WWUS41 KPHI 072012
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
312 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

PAZ054-055-080900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0011.111208T0100Z-111208T0900Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
312 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...HEAVIEST IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WET SNOW 
  BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND END BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM. 

* IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL SHOULD DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN 
  THE POCONOS AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE INTO THE 28 TO 32 DEGREE 
  RANGE SHORTLY AFTER THE CHANGE TO SNOW. WET SNOW MAY CAUSE 
  SOME TREE LIMBS TO BREAK IF ACCUMULATIONS EXCEED 4 INCHES. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NJZ001-007-PAZ060>062-080900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.111208T0300Z-111208T0900Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
312 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY INCLUDING WANTAGE... 
  VERNON AND NEWTON. 

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE
  COUNTY BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT AND THEN END BY 4 AM.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL SHOULD BECOME TREACHEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS 
  AROUND MIDNIGHT. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* VARIABILITY...AMOUNTS MAY BE HIGHLY VARIABLE AND ARE ELEVATION 
  DEPENDENT. FINAL STORM TOTALS IN THE COUNTY MAY RANGE BETWEEN 
  1 AND 6 INCHES. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF 
  PRECIPITATION STILL FALLING ONCE IT IS COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
008 
WWUS41 KPHI 080153
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
853 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

PAZ054-055-080900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111208T0900Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
853 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
  IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* TIMING...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE 1000 PM...AND FALL
  HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH ABOUT 200 AM. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
  LATE TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AREA EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...AS
  TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. THE HEAVY WET SNOW
  COULD RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS...ESPECIALLY IN THE
  HIGHER TERRAIN.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NJZ001-007-PAZ060>062-080900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.111208T0300Z-111208T0900Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
853 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY INCLUDING WANTAGE... 
  VERNON AND NEWTON. 

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 10
  PM AND MIDNIGHT...THEN END BY ABOUT 4 AM.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME TREACHEROUS FOR SEVERAL
  HOURS AROUND MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
121 
WWUS41 KPHI 080609
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
109 AM EST THU DEC 8 2011

PAZ054-055-080900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111208T0900Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
109 AM EST THU DEC 8 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY
THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. FOUR INCHES HAS ALREADY
  OCCURRED AT TOBYHANNA. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BE ENDING BETWEEN 130 AM AND 230 AM.

* IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES WITH
  TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NJZ001-007-PAZ060>062-080900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-111208T0900Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
109 AM EST THU DEC 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY
THIS MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW LOWER ELEVATIONS AND
  POSSIBLY 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

* TIMING...SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE WESTERN PART OF BERKS COUNTY... WEST
  OF READING PENNSYLVANIA AND WILL BE ENDING RAPIDLY ELSEWHERE IN
  EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 130 AM AND 230 AM.
  PRECIPITATION IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY WILL END BETWEEN 2 AM
  AND 3 AM.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE TREACHEROUS FOR A TIME IN
  THE ELEVATED REGIONS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE BETWEEN 30 AND 32
  DEGREES.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$


DRAG
210 
WWUS41 KPHI 080753
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
253 AM EST THU DEC 8 2011

PAZ054-055-080900-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111208T0900Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
253 AM EST THU DEC 8 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE POCONOS. 

THE OVERNIGHT SNOW EVENT HAS ENDED ALTHOUGH ALL UNTREATED SURFACES
WILL BE SLIPPERY THROUGH MID MORNING BECAUSE OF BELOW FREEZING
TEMPERATURES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTING TO 35 MPH AND
THERE MAY BE A FEW FLURRIES UNTIL DAYBREAK.

$$

NJZ001-007-PAZ060>062-080900-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-111208T0900Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
253 AM EST THU DEC 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

THE SNOW THAT FELL LATE LAST NIGHT MAY STILL CAUSE STRETCHES OF
SLIPPERY TRAVEL THIS MORNING ON UNTREATED SURFACES. THIS WOULD
TEND TO BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGH 8 AM.



$$

DRAG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 4:12 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton23 hr
Dec 7, 6:51 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more4 hr
Dec 7, 10:53 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton3 hr
Dec 7, 4:37 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Dec 7, 6:25 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton8 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.