SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1110 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CAMERON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
NORTHERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
SOUTHEASTERN MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1104 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
EAST BRANCH DAM TO RIDGWAY TO BROCKWAY…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
ELK RIVER AND ROCKTON AROUND 1115 PM EDT…
TRUMAN AND PENFIELD AROUND 1120 PM EDT…
FORCE AND S.B. ELLIOT STATE PARK AROUND 1125 PM EDT…
SIZERVILLE AND MEDIX RUN AROUND 1130 PM EDT…
BENEZETTE AND HICKS RUN AROUND 1135 PM EDT…
CAMERON AROUND 1140 PM EDT…

THIS WILL IMPACT I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 116.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM
JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF BROCKWAY. 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 ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGE. 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 BY CALLING TOLL FREE…1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.