NWS State College PASV.W 0318September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Dauphin and Perry, PA
The National Weather Service office in State College issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Dauphin and Perry in Pennsylvania, which was in force until 12:00 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 318th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in State College 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 51 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
- Dauphin and Perry
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:09 a.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 12:00 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCTP SV.W 0318
- 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... Central Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania... Northeastern Perry County in south central Pennsylvania... * Until noon EDT. * At 1108 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Newport, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Newport, New Bloomfield, and Duncannon around 1110 AM EDT. New Buffalo and Marysville around 1120 AM EDT. Progress, Linglestown, and Harrisburg around 1130 AM EDT. Hummelstown, Hershey, and Rutherford around 1140 AM EDT. Palmyra around 1150 AM EDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Enders, Millerstown, Dauphin, Halifax, and Hershey Park. Radar has indicated rotation within this severe thunderstorm. Although a tornado is not immediately likely, tornadoes can develop quickly during severe thunderstorms. This includes the following Interstates... The Pennsylvania Turnpike from mile markers 255 to 258. Interstate 81 from mile markers 66 to 81. Interstate 83 from mile markers 47 to 50.
What the agency told people to do
Stay inside a well built structure and keep away from windows. Very heavy rainfall is occurring with this severe thunderstorm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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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