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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 8:15 PM Jul. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania... Southeastern Lebanon County in south central Pennsylvania... * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 414 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Avon to Lititz to Millersville, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Lancaster, Lebanon, Ephrata, Columbia, Lititz, Millersville, Willow Street, Mount Joy, New Holland, Manheim, East Petersburg, and Cornwall. This includes The Pennsylvania Turnpike from mile markers 265 to 295. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay inside a well built structure and keep away from windows. Very heavy rainfall is occurring with these severe thunderstorms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 7:43 PM Jul. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania... Northwestern Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania... Southwestern Lebanon County in south central Pennsylvania... North central York County in south central Pennsylvania... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 342 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Hummelstown to Royalton to Manchester, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Lancaster, Lebanon, Hershey, Colonial Park, Elizabethtown, Columbia, Lititz, Middletown, Millersville, Mount Joy, Palmyra, and Steelton. This includes the following Interstates... The Pennsylvania Turnpike from mile markers 246 to 274. Interstate 83 from mile markers 25 to 33. Interstate 283 from mile markers 0 to 2. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay inside a well built structure and keep away from windows. Very heavy rainfall is occurring with these severe thunderstorms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 7:39 PM Jul. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in State College has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... East Central Cumberland County in south central Pennsylvania... Southeastern Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania... Northwestern Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania... Lebanon County in south central Pennsylvania... North Central York County in south central Pennsylvania... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 339 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen in some areas. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Harrisburg, Lebanon, Lower Allen, Hershey, Ephrata, Colonial Park, Elizabethtown, Progress, Lititz, Mechanicsburg, Middletown, Camp Hill, Palmyra, New Cumberland, Linglestown, Enola, Steelton, Manheim, Annville and Lemoyne. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. && FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 5:46 PM Jul. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 496 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN PENNSYLVANIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ADAMS CUMBERLAND DAUPHIN LANCASTER LEBANON PERRY SCHUYLKILL YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CARLISLE, GETTYSBURG, HARRISBURG, HERSHEY, LANCASTER, LEBANON, NEWPORT, POTTSVILLE, AND YORK.
Flood Watch
Issued: 6:18 AM Jul. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...A portion of central Pennsylvania, including the following counties, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Slow moving thunderstorms with rainfall rates above 2 inches per hour at times could produce scattered instances of flash flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. &&
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