National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Schuylkill County until 6:45 p.m. on May 19.
According to a weather alert, a slow moving thunderstorm over Pine Grove is touching off plenty of lightning, strong winds, and hail.
NWS reports wind gusts up to 70 mph with this storm.
Some communities in the path of this storm include
- Pottsville
- Tamaqua
- Schuylkill Haven
- Shenandoah
- Minersville
- Mahanoy City
- Frackville
- St. Clair
- Ashland
- Orwigsburg
- McAdoo
- Pine Grove
- Port Carbon
- Tremont
- Girardville
- Hometown
- Tower City
- Tuscarora
- New Philadelphia
- Oneida
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