NWS Mount Holly NJSV.W 0342September 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Berks, PA
The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Berks in Pennsylvania, which was in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on September 1. It was the 342nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Mount Holly issued in 2026. Pennsylvania had 159 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 30 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Pennsylvania's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 39 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mount Holly NJ
- Area
- Berks
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:21 p.m. EDT, September 1, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 p.m. EDT, September 1, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPHI SV.W 0342
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania since 2008Every warning type in Pennsylvania
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The notice as issued
SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania... * Until 700 PM EDT. * At 621 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pine Grove, or 8 miles north of Myerstown, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. * Locations impacted include... Sinking Spring, Womelsdorf, Wernersville, Robesonia, Bernville, and Strausstown. This includes Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 10 and 21.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania since 2008523 a year
- Every warning type in Pennsylvania
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels