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WWUS51 KPHI 050007
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
807 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
PAC011-029-050045-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-260705T0045Z/
BERKS PA-CHESTER PA-
807 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN BERKS AND CHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 805 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ELVERSON, OR 13
MILES SOUTH OF READING, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, TREES, AND POWER LINES IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
READING, WEST CHESTER, POTTSTOWN, COATESVILLE, WYOMISSING,
DOWNINGTOWN, KENNETT SQUARE, BIRDSBORO, SINKING SPRING, LAURELDALE,
PARKESBURG, WEST GROVE, WOMELSDORF, WERNERSVILLE, ROBESONIA, HONEY
BROOK, ELVERSON, NEW MORGAN, PUGHTOWN, AND MARSHALLTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 296 AND 314.
INTERSTATE 176 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 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 4047 7565 4031 7564 4024 7569 4024 7563
3984 7560 3981 7603 3987 7601 3987 7599
3997 7599 4004 7593 4011 7594 4014 7588
4038 7625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 263DEG 34KT 4016 7585
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
GORSE
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