BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
545 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL LACKAWANNA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA...
LUZERNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NANTICOKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SUGAR NOTCH BY 552 PM EDT...
PRESTON BY 554 PM EDT...
FAIRVIEW HGTS...MOUNTAIN TOP AND PENOBSCOT BY 558 PM EDT...
WHITE HAVEN BY 616 PM EDT...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT HAIL...OR DAMAGING WINDS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT
1-877-633-6772...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IS IMMINENT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER OR LARGER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL
LIKELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM MOVE TO SAFE
SHELTER NOW.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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LAT...LON 4100 7617 4105 7624 4113 7624 4114 7629
4121 7633 4130 7592 4121 7556 4112 7563
4113 7568 4109 7576 4105 7576 4103 7573
4100 7574 4092 7596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 296DEG 25KT 4117 7602
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