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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
159 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
PAZ026>028-281830-
JUNIATA PA-HUNTINGDON PA-MIFFLIN PA-
159 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HUNTINGDON
SOUTHWESTERN
MIFFLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN JUNIATA COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 158 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWISTOWN TO 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HUNTINGDON TO 16 MILES EAST OF HOLLIDAYSBURG. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 25 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...
MOUNT UNION, HONEY GROVE, SPRUCE HILL, STRODES MILLS, MEXICO,
ROCKHILL FURNACE, EAST WATERFORD, RAYSTOWN DAM, ENTRIKEN, BLACKLOG,
PERULACK, WALNUT, TROUGH CREEK STATE PARK, MCCONNELLSTOWN, PORT
ROYAL, MAPLETON, ORBISONIA, 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
SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4034 7823 4046 7814 4047 7792 4055 7774
4053 7729 4040 7754 4038 7753 4035 7760
4029 7767 4021 7784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 277DEG 23KT 4047 7768 4037 7791 4035 7809
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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