[FONT="]Issued by the National Weather Service[/FONT] |
[FONT="]For Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania[/FONT] |
[FONT="]TORNADO WARNING FROM 3:58PM EDT TUE UNTIL 4:30PM EDT TUE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT. * AT 358 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REBUCK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...TREE DAMAGE WILL OCCUR. DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... REBUCK, URBAN AND TREVORTON AROUND 410 PM EDT. LECK KILL, KLINGERSTOWN AND FAIRVIEW-FERNDALE AROUND 420 PM EDT. TOWER CITY AROUND 430 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EDGEWOOD, SEVEN POINTS, MUIR, ORWIN, HEGINS, HERNDON, PITMAN, SCHUYKILL COUNTY AIRPORT AND PILLOW. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 FROM MILE MARKERS 108 TO 110. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...1.75IN [/FONT] |