Active Weather Alerts
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 4:50 AM Sep. 3, 2026 – National Weather Service
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN YORK... SOUTHEASTERN LEBANON...LANCASTER AND SOUTHEASTERN DAUPHIN COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM EDT... At 1250 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms over East Petersburg, moving southeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lancaster, York, Ephrata, Elizabethtown, Columbia, Lititz, Middletown, Millersville, Willow Street, Mount Joy, Red Lion, New Holland, Spry, Manheim, East Petersburg, Dallastown, Akron, Shiloh, East York and Leola. This includes the following highways... Interstate 83 between mile markers 1 and 36. The Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 249 and 253...and between mile markers 268 and 295. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Seek shelter inside a building. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN; MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Heat Advisory
Issued: 7:26 PM Sep. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Heat index values up to 100 expected. * WHERE...A portion of south central Pennsylvania. * WHEN...From 11 AM to 8 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Review heat safety and preparedness information at weather.gov/safety/heat. &&
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