* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... EAST CENTRAL NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 641 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARSHALLTON... AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHAMOKIN... MOUNT CARMEL... KULPMONT... ASHLAND... ELYSBURG... FAIRVIEW-FERNDALE... GIRARDVILLE... MARSHALLTON... LAVELLE... ENGLEWOOD... FORRESTVILLE... BRANCHDALE... ARISTES... FOUNTAIN SPRINGS... NUMIDIA... HECKSCHERVILLE... WILBURTON NUMBER ONE... LOCUSTDALE... BUCK RUN AND BEURYS LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 122.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL. STAY SAFE INDOORS. CONSIDER MOVING AUTOMOBILES INTO A GARAGE.