[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Severe Weather Statement : PHI@ 9/8/2012 3:14:25 PM

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WWUS51 KPHI 081913
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
313 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

PAC011-017-029-077-091-095-081945-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0212.000000T0000Z-120908T1945Z/
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-LEHIGH PA-MONTGOMERY PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-CHESTER PA-
313 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR CHESTER...NORTHAMPTON...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...
NORTHWESTERN BUCKS AND BERKS COUNTIES...

AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEW TRIPOLI TO ELVERSON TO 18 MILES WEST OF GLEN
ROY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF LEHIGHTON TO 13
MILES SOUTHEAST OF READING TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF LANCASTER...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

READING AIRPORT REPORTED WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 55 MPH AT 300 PM 
WITH THE LINE OF STORMS. 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PUGHTOWN...NEFFS...GLENMOORE AND COFFEETOWN BY 320 PM EDT...
  ZIONSVILLE...MOUNT VERNON...HOMEVILLE AND NORTHAMPTON BY 325 PM
  EDT...
  GLEN ROY AND GERYVILLE BY 330 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.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! 
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3988 7600 4011 7595 4014 7589 4024 7605
      4045 7610 4063 7600 4092 7511 4078 7515
      4075 7519 4068 7518 4032 7529 3976 7592
      3972 7613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 248DEG 41KT 4073 7571 4019 7574
          3970 7629

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