THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MIFFLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SNYDER COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... WEST CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHEASTERN JUNIATA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHWESTERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 559 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCLURE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUNBURY...SELINSGROVE...NORTHUMBERLAND...WINFIELD...ELYSBURG... FAIRVIEW-FERNDALE...TREVORTON...LYKENS...SHAMOKIN DAM...TYRONE... ELIZABETHVILLE...WILLIAMSTOWN...HUMMELS WHARF...MIDDLEBURG... MCALISTERVILLE...MCCLURE...KREAMER...PORT TREVORTON...PENNS CREEK AND BEAVER SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
IN ADDITION TO OTHER THREATS...CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.