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WWUS81 KCTP 272213
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
613 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
PAZ059-066-272300-
LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-
613 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL LANCASTER AND
SOUTHEASTERN LEBANON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...
AT 613 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EPHRATA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
EPHRATA, DENVER, REAMSTOWN, ROTHSVILLE, NEWMANSTOWN, ADAMSTOWN,
RICHLAND, BRICKERVILLE, SCHAEFFERSTOWN, KLEINFELTERSVILLE, REINHOLDS,
SCHOENECK, AND PENRYN.
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 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4015 7625 4021 7637 4039 7628 4039 7627
4036 7623 4036 7620 4031 7614 4028 7608
4025 7605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 217DEG 11KT 4023 7626
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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