NWS State College PASV.W 0281August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cumberland, Franklin and Fulton, PA
The National Weather Service office in State College issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cumberland, Franklin and Fulton in Pennsylvania, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 281st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in State College issued in 2026. Pennsylvania had 157 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 89 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Pennsylvania's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 49 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, State College PA
- Area
- Cumberland, Franklin and Fulton
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:56 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCTP SV.W 0281
- 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
SVRCTP The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Cumberland County in south central Pennsylvania... Central Franklin County in south central Pennsylvania... East central Fulton County in south central Pennsylvania... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 556 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fort Littleton to Fort Loudon, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Chambersburg, Shippensburg, Guilford, St. Thomas, Fayetteville, Mont Alto, Scotland, McConnellsburg, Marion, Fort Loudon, Roxbury, and Upper Strasburg. This includes the following Interstates... The Pennsylvania Turnpike near mile marker 179, near mile marker 184, and from mile markers 187 to 208. Interstate 81 from mile markers 9 to 24.
What the agency told people to do
Stay inside a well built structure and keep away from windows.
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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, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels