SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT (Potter)

… A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MCKEAN… NORTHERN ELK… NORTHWESTERN CAMERON… POTTER AND SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES…

AT 330 AM EDT… A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM OLEAN TO KINZUA BRIDGE STATE PARK TO MARSHBURG TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARIENVILLE… MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS… MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS… AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT KINZUA BRIDGE STATE PARK… KANE… MOUNT JEWETT… KINZUA BRIDGE STATE PARK… COUDERSPORT AND EAST BRANCH DAM.

OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE… SKI DENTON SKI AREA.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS… ROUTE 6… ROUTE 219… STATE ROAD 46… STATE ROAD 59… STATE ROAD 66… STATE ROAD 120… STATE ROAD 255… STATE ROAD 446… STATE ROAD 449.