[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Severe Thunderstorm Warning : PHI@ 8/16/2010 4:05:08 PM

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WUUS51 KPHI 162004
SVRPHI
PAC011-162100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0129.100816T2004Z-100816T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
404 PM EDT MON AUG 16 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF STRAUSSTOWN TO
  26 MILES WEST OF WOMELSDORF...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26
  MILES NORTHWEST OF READING TO 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANCASTER...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  STRAUSSTOWN AROUND 420 PM EDT...
  BERNVILLE AND WOMELSDORF AROUND 435 PM EDT...
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEESPORT AROUND 445 PM EDT...
  WERNERSVILLE AROUND 450 PM EDT...
  SINKING SPRING AROUND 455 PM EDT...
  WYOMISSING...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF READING AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LAURELDALE AROUND 500 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4052 7637 4054 7618 4057 7612 4025 7570
      4014 7590 4036 7621 4036 7624 4047 7640
      4050 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 315DEG 20KT 4052 7632 4029 7665

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