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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 315 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK DELAWARE IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA LACKAWANNA LUZERNE SUSQUEHANNA WAYNE WYOMING THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DELHI, HALLSTEAD, HAWLEY, HAZLETON, HONESDALE, MONTROSE, SCRANTON, TUNKHANNOCK, WALTON, AND WILKES-BARRE.

At 905 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Roscoe to Fosterdale to near Hawley to Lehigh to Albrightsville, moving southeast at 25 mph.
Hazard: 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
Source: Radar indicated.
Impact: Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include Rockland, Scranton, Dunmore, Fallsburg, Old Forge, Bushkill, Archbald, Monticello, Blakely, and Taylor.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Heavy rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.