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WWUS81 KCTP 281659
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1259 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
PAZ025-026-281730-
BLAIR PA-HUNTINGDON PA-
1259 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN HUNTINGDON AND EAST
CENTRAL BLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...
AT 1259 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HUNTINGDON, MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
HUNTINGDON, SPRUCE CREEK, FRANKLINVILLE, MCALEVYS FORT,
MCCONNELLSTOWN, PETERSBURG, ALEXANDRIA, AND JUNIATA COLLEGE.
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.
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
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4047 7814 4050 7820 4063 7819 4065 7810
4067 7777 4061 7779 4055 7784 4050 7782
4044 7788
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 275DEG 19KT 4054 7811
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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