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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
758 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONTOUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  EASTERN SNYDER COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LYCOMING COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
  ALLENWOOD TO VICKSBURG TO FREMONT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE
  STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDED THE WARNING...
  LEWISBURG...MILTON...SELINSGROVE...NORTHUMBERLAND...SUNBURY...
  DANVILLE...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...ALLENWOOD...LINNTOWN...NEW
  COLUMBIA...WATSONTOWN...KRATZERVILLE...DELAWARE RUN...MONTANDON...
  WINFIELD...HUMMELS WHARF...SHAMOKIN DAM...RESLER AND MOORESBURG.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KNOEBELS...BUCKNELL AND
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 203 AND 247...I-180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1
AND 9.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...STATE HIGHWAY
147...ROUTE 11...ROUTE 11/15...ROUTE 15...ROUTE 522...STATE ROAD
45...STATE ROAD 61...STATE ROAD 118.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND
DAMAGE. DO NOT STAY OUTDOORS. MOVE INSIDE A PERMANENT BUILDING NOW
TO BE SAFE FROM STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE THROUGH TWITTER OR FACEBOOK.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 7628 4068 7718 4069 7720 4098 7706
      4105 7707 4129 7652 4128 7645 4131 7641
      4131 7631 4121 7632 4114 7627 4114 7622
      4103 7622 4095 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 260DEG 34KT 4109 7691 4095 7693
          4071 7701

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO