[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Severe Thunderstorm Warning : PHI@ 9/8/2012 2:53:05 PM

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WUUS51 KPHI 081852
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-081945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0213.120908T1852Z-120908T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
252 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

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...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SKYTOP TO NEW MAHONING...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF SCRANTON TO 8 MILES WEST OF
  LEHIGHTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE HARMONY AND ALBRIGHTSVILLE AROUND 300 PM EDT...
  TOBYHANNA...CHRISTMANS...ALBRIGHTSVILLE AND LEHIGHTON AROUND 305 PM
  EDT...
  MECKESVILLE AND POCONO PINES AROUND 310 PM EDT...
  PALMERTON AND POCONO RACEWAY AROUND 315 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7514 4115 7508 4109 7503 4110 7499
      4104 7503 4099 7513 4095 7514 4093 7521
      4087 7528 4084 7535 4078 7568 4073 7576
      4080 7587 4124 7551 4126 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 249DEG 26KT 4135 7535 4083 7586

$$

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