The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Schuylkill County.* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 423 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
TUSCARORA TO NEAR FRIEDENSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRACKVILLE...MAHANOY CITY...MINERSVILLE...POTTSVILLE...SCHUYLKILL
HAVEN...SHENANDOAH...ST. CLAIR...TAMAQUA...ALTAMONT...BRANCHDALE...
BRANDONVILLE...BUCK RUN...COALDALE...DELANO...ENGLEWOOD...
FORRESTVILLE...FRIEDENSBURG...GRIER CITY-PARK CREST...
HECKSCHERVILLE AND HOMETOWN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 105...AND
FROM MILE MARKERS 118 TO 139.
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 THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.