SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING (McKean, Warren)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
852 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 847 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR CORRY…MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
SPRING CREEK AROUND 900 PM EDT…
LOTTSVILLE AROUND 905 PM EDT…
YOUNGSVILLE AROUND 915 PM EDT…
RUSSELL AROUND 925 PM EDT…
WARREN AROUND 930 PM EDT…
SCANDIA AROUND 935 PM EDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
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.