Severe Thunderstorm Warning Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania

Posted on 03/31/2022 by Lancaster NUZ Team

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
720 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Adams County in south central Pennsylvania...
  Southeastern Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania...
  Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania...
  Lebanon County in south central Pennsylvania...
  Southeastern Schuylkill County in central Pennsylvania...
  York County in south central Pennsylvania...

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 720 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Fredericksburg to Littlestown, moving northeast at
  65 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, York, Lebanon, Hanover, Hershey, Ephrata, Weigelstown,
  Elizabethtown, Columbia, Lititz, Middletown and Millersville.

This includes the following Interstates...
 The Pennsylvania Turnpike from mile markers 249 to 291.
 Interstate 78 from mile markers 0 to 8.
 Interstate 81 from mile markers 84 to 90.
 Interstate 83 from mile markers 0 to 33.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Very heavy rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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LAT...LON 3972 7715 4043 7659 4049 7643 4041 7631
      4051 7629 4050 7642 4075 7578 4073 7576
      4064 7598 4057 7602 4058 7607 4053 7617
      4050 7629 4041 7630 4038 7625 4020 7598
      3995 7618 3972 7659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 243DEG 55KT 4040 7648 3971 7703

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH