A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Schuylkill County.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONTOUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHEASTERN SNYDER COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHWESTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 510 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR NORTHUMBERLAND TO NEAR TREVORTON TO NEAR KLINGERSTOWN... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLOOMSBURG... BERWICK... SUNBURY... SHAMOKIN... MILTON... MOUNT CARMEL... LEWISBURG... SELINSGROVE... SHENANDOAH... DANVILLE... NORTHUMBERLAND... KULPMONT... ASHLAND... WINFIELD... ELYSBURG... FAIRVIEW-FERNDALE... RIVERSIDE... TREVORTON... SHAMOKIN DAM AND CATAWISSA.
FOR THOSE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80... THIS INCLUDES AREAS BETWEEN THE LIMESTONEVILLE AND NESCOPEK EXITS... SPECIFICALLY FROM MILE MARKERS 216 TO 247.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.