916
WWUS81 KCTP 181718
SPSCTP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
118 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
PAZ026-034>036-181800-
BEDFORD PA-FULTON PA-FRANKLIN PA-HUNTINGDON PA-
118 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD
SOUTHERN
HUNTINGDON...NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTIES
THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 117 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTH OF BREEZEWOOD, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
PART OF A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD, NEW ENTERPRISE, EVERETT, WATERFALL, ROCKHILL FURNACE, WELLS
TANNERY, FORT LITTLETON, DUDLEY, VALLEY-HI, WILLOW HILL,
FANNETTSBURG, ROXBURY, DOYLESBURG, UPPER STRASBURG, SIDELING HILL
REST AREA, SAXTON, BROAD TOP CITY, THREE SPRINGS, ORBISONIA, AND
SALTILLO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4001 7851 4026 7840 4027 7834 4025 7829
4027 7827 4031 7772 4027 7771 4029 7767
4027 7766 4026 7767 4026 7765 4023 7765
4022 7763 4005 7762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 268DEG 33KT 4018 7830
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MARTIN
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