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WWUS51 KPHI 302348
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
748 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024

NJC041-PAC017-025-077-089-095-010030-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-240501T0030Z/
Warren NJ-Lehigh PA-Carbon PA-Bucks PA-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
748 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WARREN...LEHIGH...SOUTHEASTERN CARBON...NORTHWESTERN
BUCKS...SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

At 747 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Beersville to Coffeetown, moving east at 25 mph.
Quarter sized hail was recently reported in Slatington.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Public.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Forks, Emmaus, Northampton, Quakertown,
Wilson, Hellertown, Nazareth, Palmerton, Bangor, Slatington, Pen
Argyl, Wind Gap, Bath, Belvidere, Harmony, Alpha, and Walnutport.

This includes the following highways...
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 48 and 69.
 Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 49 and 76.
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 2.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should seek shelter inside a well-built structure and away from
windows.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
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 4089 7503 4040 7529 4062 7575 4087 7556
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 290DEG 22KT 4078 7548 4063 7556

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

Staarmann