* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHEASTERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHEASTERN MONTOUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 255 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NUMIDIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MOUNT CARMEL...WILBURTON NUMBER ONE AND WILBURTON NUMBER TWO AROUND 300 PM EDT. SHENANDOAH...FRACKVILLE...ASHLAND...GIRARDVILLE...LAVELLE... ALTAMONT...ENGLEWOOD...ARISTES...FOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND LOCUSTDALE AROUND 310 PM EDT. MINERSVILLE...MARLIN...FORRESTVILLE...BRANCHDALE...SELTZER... HECKSCHERVILLE...BUCK RUN AND NEW BOSTON-MOREA AROUND 320 PM EDT. POTTSVILLE...SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...ST. CLAIR...ORWIGSBURG...PORT CARBON...NEW PHILADELPHIA...FRIEDENSBURG...RENNINGERS AND MECHANICSVILLE AROUND 330 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 223 AND 236. INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 131.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM JUST TOTHE EAST OF KNOEBELS GROVE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELYLIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OFSAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIORROOM.
THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESESTORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLYINTO A BASEMENT...OR AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
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