Weather Advisory: Strong thunderstorms moving through area

June 30, 2009 10:21 am

— The National Weather Service has issued the following weather statement this morning:

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL NORTHUMBERLAND... NORTHERN SNYDER... UNION AND WESTERN MONTOUR COUNTIES THROUGH 11 AM EDT...

AT 1003 AM EDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIFFLINBURG... MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A 15 MINUTE PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM... AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SOME SMALL STREAMS.

ALSO... EXPECT OCCASIONAL... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS... MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR HARTLETON AROUND 1010 AM... PENNS CREEK AROUND 1015 AM... MIFFLINBURG... AND SAND BRIDGE STATE PARK AROUND 1020 AM... NEW BERLIN AROUND 1025 AM... VICKSBURG... FOREST HILL... SPRUCE RUN RESERVOIR... AND KRATZERVILLE AROUND 1030 AM AND LINNTOWN AROUND 1040 AM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES... I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 222... I-180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS... STATE HIGHWAY 147... ROUTE 11... ROUTE 11/15... ROUTE 15... STATE ROAD 45.