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WWUS81 KCTP 181503
SPSCTP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1103 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
PAZ056>059-063-181600-
PERRY PA-CUMBERLAND PA-LEBANON PA-DAUPHIN PA-SCHUYLKILL PA-
1103 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SCHUYLKILL
DAUPHIN...NORTHEASTERN PERRY...NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHERN
LEBANON COUNTIES THROUGH NOON EDT...
AT 1102 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTH OF SELINSGROVE TO NEAR
LINGLESTOWN TO ENOLA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
HARRISBURG, POTTSVILLE, COLONIAL PARK, PROGRESS, LINGLESTOWN, ENOLA,
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, MINERSVILLE, MYERSTOWN, ST. CLAIR, PAXTONIA,
SKYLINE VIEW, ORWIGSBURG, VALLEY VIEW, MILLERSBURG, MARYSVILLE, SAND
HILL, PINE GROVE, PORT CARBON, AND LYKENS.
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 4056 7612 4052 7626 4052 7634 4049 7644
4038 7627 4026 7708 4036 7707 4044 7703
4059 7707 4060 7692 4062 7690 4061 7689
4062 7689 4073 7613 4059 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1502Z 254DEG 43KT 4061 7696 4047 7686 4037 7690 4030
7698
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
LAMBERT
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