[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Severe Thunderstorm Warning : PHI@ 5/23/2011 7:25:11 PM

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WUUS51 KPHI 232322
SVRPHI
PAC025-077-089-095-240000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0064.110523T2322Z-110524T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
722 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEHIGHTON...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  JORDAN VALLEY...OR NEAR LEHIGHTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WALNUTPORT AROUND 730 PM EDT...
  BEERSVILLE AROUND 735 PM EDT...
  BATH AROUND 740 PM EDT...
  NAZARETH AROUND 745 PM EDT...
  BELFAST...WIND GAP...TATAMY AND PEN ARGYL AROUND 750 PM EDT...
  BANGOR AROUND 755 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4107 7510 4101 7509 4099 7514 4096 7514
      4091 7508 4085 7506 4084 7510 4079 7510
      4076 7518 4072 7520 4067 7578 4073 7581
      4074 7578 4076 7581 4088 7588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 265DEG 40KT 4077 7568

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