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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
340 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026
PAZ066-202015-
LANCASTER PA-
340 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY THROUGH
415 PM EDT...
AT 340 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EAST PETERSBURG, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANCASTER, EPHRATA, COLUMBIA, LITITZ, MILLERSVILLE, MOUNT JOY, EAST
PETERSBURG, AKRON, LEOLA, PARADISE, SALUNGA-LANDISVILLE, ROTHSVILLE,
MOUNTVILLE, MARIETTA, WRIGHTSVILLE, LEACOCK, BAREVILLE, FARMERSVILLE,
GORDONVILLE, AND BIRD-IN-HAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4001 7651 4002 7653 4012 7653 4021 7614
4001 7614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 264DEG 26KT 4007 7641
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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