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WWUS51 KPHI 061716
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
116 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
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BERKS PA-
116 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BERKS COUNTY...
AT 115 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STRAUSSTOWN, OR
NEAR MYERSTOWN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...BROADCAST MEDIA. AT 113 PM EDT, QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND
MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES WAS REPORTED IN MOUNT AETNA.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS POSSIBLE. WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS,
SIDING, TREES, AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STRAUSSTOWN AND WOMELSDORF.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 78 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10
AND 24.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4052 7634 4052 7625 4056 7613 4056 7609
4058 7606 4036 7620 4037 7623 4049 7643
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 203DEG 30KT 4046 7629
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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