934  
WWUS51 KPHI 172307  
SVSPHI  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ  
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
707 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026  
 
DEC003-PAC029-045-172330-  
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0309.000000T0000Z-260817T2330Z/  
NEW CASTLE DE-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-  
707 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT  
FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE...CENTRAL CHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN  
DELAWARE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 706 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MARSHALLTON, OR  
NEAR WEST CHESTER, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, TREES, AND POWER LINES IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WEST CHESTER, COATESVILLE, WESTTOWN, DOWNINGTOWN, KENNETT SQUARE,  
PARKESBURG, WEST GROVE, CHEYNEY, LANDENBERG, ELAM, LIONVILLE,  
MARSHALLTON, CONCORDVILLE, LIONVILLE-MARCHWOOD, NORTH STAR, WEST  
GOSHEN, SOUTH COATESVILLE, AVONDALE, MODENA, AND EXTON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE  
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.  
REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK  
BY LIGHTNING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3999 7594 4012 7568 4001 7558 3985 7546  
3983 7547 3984 7553 3984 7560 3983 7565  
3980 7571 3976 7575 3972 7578 3977 7581  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 324DEG 21KT 3994 7573  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
EST  
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