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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
722 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
PAZ026-028-036-056-272345-
PERRY PA-FRANKLIN PA-JUNIATA PA-HUNTINGDON PA-
722 PM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGDON
NORTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHWESTERN JUNIATA AND WEST CENTRAL PERRY
COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...
AT 721 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17
MILES SOUTH OF HUNTINGDON, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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...
ROCKHILL FURNACE, PERULACK, BIG SPRING STATE PARK, DOYLESBURG,
ORBISONIA, SHIRLEYSBURG, AND NEW GERMANTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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 AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4022 7794 4029 7795 4037 7780 4036 7751
4021 7768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 251DEG 17KT 4026 7790
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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