UPDATED: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
700 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

WARREN, POTTER, TIOGA, MCKEAN, ELK, CLINTON AND CAMERON COUNTIES

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 654 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR SMETHPORT…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… SHINGLEHOUSE AROUND 720 PM EDT… GENESEE AROUND 730 PM EDT…

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

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 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.