870
WWUS81 KCTP 281727
SPSCTP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
127 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
PAZ025>028-281800-
BLAIR PA-JUNIATA PA-HUNTINGDON PA-MIFFLIN PA-
127 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HUNTINGDON
SOUTHERN
MIFFLIN...NORTHWESTERN JUNIATA AND EAST CENTRAL BLAIR COUNTIES
THROUGH 200 PM EDT...
AT 127 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTH OF STATE COLLEGE TO HUNTINGDON
TO 15 MILES EAST OF HOLLIDAYSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 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...
LEWISTOWN, HUNTINGDON, MOUNT UNION, BURNHAM, BELLEVILLE, HIGHLAND
PARK, WILLIAMSBURG, YEAGERTOWN, STRODES MILLS, JUNIATA TERRACE,
ALLENSVILLE, MCALEVYS FORT, RAYSTOWN DAM, BLACKLOG, MCCONNELLSTOWN,
MAPLETON, MAITLAND, MCVEYTOWN, MILL CREEK, AND KISTLER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THESE STORMS 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 4065 7732 4044 7763 4032 7784 4043 7827
4052 7806 4064 7789
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 280DEG 30KT 4058 7788 4047 7797 4044 7811
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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