Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania... Southeastern Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania... East central Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania... Northwestern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania... Southern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania... Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 449 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Sun Valley to Topton, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Law enforcement. Several reports of wind damage have been received from these storms. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include... Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Forks, Emmaus, Northampton, East Stroudsburg, Wilson, Hellertown, Nazareth, Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, Bath, Belfast, West Easton, Tatamy, East Bangor, Steuben and Glendon. This includes the following highways... Northeast Extension between mile markers 47 and 57. Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 54 and 76. Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 300 and 314. Interstate 80 in New Jersey near mile marker 3.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BUCKS, PA ... NORTHAMPTON, PA ... CARBON, PA ... BERKS, PA ... LEHIGH, PA ... MONROE, PA

Instructions:

Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall take priority. Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be followed. 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.