{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.e3fd0fe7b2ce392b4ef1933cb13242b896051735.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 6:59PM EDT until July 3 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-03","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.e3fd0fe7b2ce392b4ef1933cb13242b896051735.002.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Mount Holly NJ"},"word_count":195,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 6:59PM EDT until July 3 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Berks, PA; Lehigh, PA; Northampton, PA\n**Issued by:** NWS Mount Holly NJ\n**Sent:** 2026-07-03T18:59:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-03T18:59:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-03T19:30:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 658 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from near Northampton to near Lenhartsville to Hamburg,\nmoving southeast at 35 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. These storms have had a history of wind\ndamage in Carbon and Schuylkill counties.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is\npossible.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nAllentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Forks, Northampton, Wilson, Nazareth,\nKutztown, Hamburg, Slatington, Fleetwood, Bath, Walnutport, Topton,\nShoemakersville, Steuben, Lyons, Lenhartsville, Neffs, and\nCoffeetown.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nNortheast Extension between mile markers 54 and 70.\nInterstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 26 and 58.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nFrequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.\nMove indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading\nkillers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to\nbe struck by lightning."}