Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 1 at 4:27PM EDT until July 1 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

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The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...
South central Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania...
Northwestern Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
North central Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 427 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Shoemakersville to near Laureldale to near
Adamstown, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.

* Locations impacted include...
Allentown, Reading, Pottstown, Emmaus, Wyomissing, Birdsboro,
Kutztown, Hamburg, Fleetwood, Sinking Spring, Laureldale, East
Greenville, Topton, Leesport, Shoemakersville, Bally,
Bechtelsville, Lyons, New Morgan, and Pughtown.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

In addition to large hail and damaging winds, frequent cloud to
ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors
immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough
to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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