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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
400 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

PAZ044-047-048-072-162030-
Southern Wayne PA-Luzerne PA-Lackawanna PA-Pike PA-
400 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LACKAWANNA...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE...EAST CENTRAL LUZERNE AND WEST CENTRAL PIKE
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

At 400 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Glendale, or 7 miles southeast of Pittston, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Bear Creek, Moscow, Laflin, Sterling,
Elmhurst, Laurel Run, Lehigh, and Penn Lake Park.

This includes the following highway exits...
 Pennsylvania Interstate 81 between 168 and 170A and B.
 Interstate 84 between 8 and 20.
 Interstate 380 between 20 and 24.
 Interstate 476 near 105.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
northeastern Pennsylvania.

&&

LAT...LON 4108 7588 4116 7593 4128 7581 4147 7538
      4125 7525 4124 7529 4123 7551 4122 7552
      4122 7554 4116 7560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 249DEG 35KT 4126 7568

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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