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WWUS81 KCTP 272254
SPSCTP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
654 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
PAZ036-056-063-272345-
PERRY PA-FRANKLIN PA-CUMBERLAND PA-
654 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN
SOUTHERN
PERRY AND NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 653 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHIPPENSBURG TO NEAR CARLISLE. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...
CARLISLE, ENOLA, PLAINFIELD, SCHLUSSER, MARYSVILLE, DUNCANNON,
NEWVILLE, NEW KINGSTOWN, BLOSERVILLE, WERTZVILLE, LOYSVILLE, CARLISLE
SPRINGS, COLONEL DENNING STATE PARK, SHERMANSDALE, LANDISBURG, AND
PENN STATE DICKINSON SCHOOL OF LAW.
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 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4018 7773 4041 7733 4039 7703 4036 7701
4036 7694 4032 7691 4030 7692 4013 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 239DEG 22KT 4017 7758 4019 7739
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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