Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Warren County in northwestern New Jersey... Central Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania... Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania... Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania... Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 738 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near White Haven to Coffeetown, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Law enforcement. Several reports of trees and wires down have been received from this line of storms. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include... Allentown, Easton, Lehighton, Mount Pocono, Bethlehem, Forks, Emmaus, Northampton, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Wilson, Nazareth, Palmerton, Bangor, Jim Thorpe, Slatington, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, Bath and Belvidere. This includes the following highways... Northeast Extension between mile markers 53 and 97. Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 51 and 60. Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 277 and 314. Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 10. Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 13.

* AFFECTED AREAS: WARREN, NJ ... CARBON, PA ... LEHIGH, PA ... MONROE, PA ... NORTHAMPTON, PA

Instructions:

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.