Tuesday, May 28, 2019

WEATHER ALERT: Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Schuylkill County; 2nd Storm

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Schuylkill County.  This will be a warning for a second storm that will roll through in the last hour.


Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Schuylkill County in central Pennsylvania...
  Northumberland County in central Pennsylvania...
  Northeastern Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania...
  Northeastern Snyder County in central Pennsylvania...
  South central Columbia County in central Pennsylvania...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 454 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hummels
  Wharf, moving southeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
           wind damage to trees, roofs, and siding.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sunbury, Shamokin, Milton, Mount Carmel, Lewisburg, Selinsgrove,
  Northumberland, Kulpmont, Ashland, Elysburg, Fairview-Ferndale,
  Riverside, Trevorton, Shamokin Dam, Girardville, Marshallton,
  Williamstown, Hummels Wharf, Tower City and Montandon.

This includes Interstate 81 from mile markers 115 to 117.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central and
south central Pennsylvania.