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WWUS81 KCTP 181129
SPSCTP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
729 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
PAZ024-033-181200-
SOMERSET PA-CAMBRIA PA-
729 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET AND
SOUTHWESTERN CAMBRIA COUNTIES THROUGH 800 AM EDT...
AT 728 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR NANTY-GLO TO NEAR WESTMONT TO NEAR
LATROBE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
JOHNSTOWN, WESTMONT, WINDBER, EBENSBURG, BELMONT, NANTY-GLO, PORTAGE,
GEISTOWN, SOUTHMONT, CRESSON, VINCO, BOSWELL, DALE, EAST CONEMAUGH,
SALIX-BEAUTY LINE PARK, DAVIDSVILLE, BEAVERDALE-LLOYDELL, PAINT,
JEROME, AND LILLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 4036 7900 4050 7891 4047 7854 4045 7856
4037 7856 4035 7861 4031 7864 4028 7865
4026 7864 4018 7869 4014 7890 4018 7913
4020 7913
TIME...MOT...LOC 1128Z 282DEG 24KT 4044 7894 4029 7910 4025 7933
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
LAMBERT
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