[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Severe Thunderstorm Warning : PHI@ 8/19/2009 5:08:40 PM

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WUUS51 KPHI 192108
SVRPHI
PAC025-192215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0210.090819T2108Z-090819T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
508 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEHIGHTON...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEATHERLY...OR 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LEHIGHTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHRISTMANS...JIM THORPE AND 7 MILES NORTH OF LEHIGHTON AROUND 515
  PM EDT...
  BELTZVILLE STATE PARK AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALBRIGHTSVILLE AROUND
  520 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES GREATEST KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4103 7557 4083 7559 4077 7574 4084 7594
      4089 7599 4093 7597 4095 7588 4098 7584
      4100 7575 4103 7575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 273DEG 60KT 4094 7585

$$

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