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WWUS51 KPHI 061826
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
226 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
PAC011-077-061900-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-250506T1900Z/
BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-
226 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BERKS AND WEST CENTRAL LEHIGH COUNTIES...
AT 226 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAURELDALE, OR
NEAR READING, MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS POSSIBLE. WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS,
SIDING, TREES, AND POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYONS, WEST LAWN, WEST READING, SPRING RIDGE, HAMBURG, CENTERPORT,
LEESPORT, TOPTON, WYOMISSING HILLS, FAIRVIEW HGTS, SHOEMAKERSVILLE,
LENHARTSVILLE, FLEETWOOD, MOUNT PENN, LAURELDALE, REIFFTON, READING,
KUTZTOWN, WHITFIELD, AND WYOMISSING.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 78 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 51.
INTERSTATE 176 IN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR MILE MARKER 11.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4059 7561 4029 7585 4033 7603 4064 7599
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 192DEG 28KT 4041 7588
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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