NWS State College PASV.W 0287August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Dauphin, Juniata, Northumberland and 3 more, PA
The National Weather Service office in State College issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Dauphin, Juniata, Northumberland and 3 more in Pennsylvania, which was in force until 8:15 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 287th 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 28 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, Juniata, Northumberland and 3 more
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:47 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 8:15 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCTP SV.W 0287
- 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... Northwestern Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania... Northeastern Juniata County in central Pennsylvania... Southwestern Northumberland County in central Pennsylvania... Northeastern Perry County in south central Pennsylvania... West central Schuylkill County in central Pennsylvania... Southeastern Snyder County in central Pennsylvania... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 746 PM EDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms were located near Millersburg, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Millersburg, Lykens, Newport, Duncannon, Elizabethville, New Bloomfield, Mcalisterville, Port Trevorton, Richfield, Mexico, Mount Pleasant Mills, and Paxtonville.
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, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels