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Posted on: August 18, 2021

[ARCHIVED] Severe Thunderstorm Warning . . .

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
336 PM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania...
Northwestern York County in south central Pennsylvania...
Southeastern Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania...
East central Cumberland County in south central Pennsylvania...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 336 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Siddonsburg to 6 miles northwest of Weigelstown to
near Dover to East Berlin, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Harrisburg, York, Lower Allen, Hershey, Colonial Park, Weigelstown,
Elizabethtown, Progress, Mechanicsburg, Middletown, Camp Hill,
Palmyra, New Cumberland, Steelton, Lemoyne, Hummelstown, Shiloh,
East York, Stonybrook-Wilshire and West York.

This includes the following Interstates...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike from mile markers 234 to 259.
Interstate 83 from mile markers 18 to 48.
Interstate 283 from mile markers 0 to 2.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for south central
Pennsylvania.

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

Very heavy rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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LAT...LON 3990 7698 3992 7697 3994 7697 3997 7699
4001 7700 4016 7712 4036 7663 4014 7654
4005 7653 3998 7659 3989 7698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 249DEG 35KT 4012 7699 4004 7693 3997 7692 3993
7698

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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