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WWUS81 KCTP 182150
SPSCTP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
550 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
PAZ019-049-052-182245-
UNION PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
550 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN NORTHUMBERLAND
EASTERN CENTRE AND CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 550 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MIFFLINBURG, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...
MILTON, LEWISBURG, NORTHUMBERLAND, MIFFLINBURG, WINFIELD, LINNTOWN,
NEW COLUMBIA, MONTANDON, VICKSBURG, R.B. WINTER STATE PARK, SPRUCE
RUN RESERVOIR, FOREST HILL, SAND BRIDGE STATE PARK, WEST MILTON, NEW
BERLIN, MCCALL DAM STATE PARK, AND BUCKNELL.
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.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4096 7679 4095 7679 4095 7678 4089 7680
4089 7694 4088 7699 4098 7728 4101 7726
4104 7715 4106 7714 4105 7676
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 289DEG 26KT 4099 7712
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
LAMBERT
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