The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...

Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...

Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania...

Southeastern Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

Southwestern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 500 PM EDT

At 408 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wernersville,

or 8 miles west of Reading, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...

Allentown, Reading, Easton, Lehighton, Bethlehem, Emmaus,

Wyomissing, Northampton, Wilson, Hellertown, Nazareth, Palmerton,

Kutztown, Jim Thorpe, Hamburg, Slatington, Fleetwood, Sinking

Spring, Laureldale and Womelsdorf.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

building.