The National Weather Service Has Issued a Sever Thunderstorm Warning & Tornado Watch

Sever Thunderstorm Warning & Tornado Watch

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
206 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
NORTHERN ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT

* AT 202 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM ELGIN TO GRAND VALLEY TO FRYBURG…AND WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR… YOUNGSVILLE AND LOTTSVILLE AROUND 215 AM… CHAPMAN STATE PARK AROUND 220 AM… WARREN AND SHEFFIELD AROUND 225 AM… PORTLAND MILLS AND KINZUA DAM AROUND 230 AM… RIDGWAY AND JAMES CITY AROUND 235 AM… WILCOX AND JOHNSONBURG AROUND 240 AM…

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS…ROUTE 6…ROUTE 62… ROUTE 219…STATE ROAD 46…STATE ROAD 59…STATE ROAD 66…STATE ROAD 120…STATE ROAD 255…STATE ROAD 446. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS LINE OF STORMS. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.