965
WWUS51 KPHI 061838
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
238 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
PAC011-077-061900-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-250506T1900Z/
BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-
238 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BERKS AND WESTERN LEHIGH COUNTIES...
AT 238 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KUTZTOWN, OR 14
MILES NORTH OF READING, MOVING NORTH AT 35 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...
KUTZTOWN, SHOEMAKERSVILLE, LENHARTSVILLE, AND FLEETWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 78 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33
AND 46.
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 4060 7568 4044 7582 4047 7597 4064 7597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 193DEG 28KT 4054 7584
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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