NWS Binghamton NYSV.W 0186August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Luzerne, PA
The National Weather Service office in Binghamton issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Luzerne in Pennsylvania, which was in force until 8:30 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 186th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Binghamton 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 39 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Binghamton NY
- Area
- Luzerne
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:51 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 8:30 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBGM SV.W 0186
- 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
SVRBGM The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 751 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pond Hill, or 8 miles northeast of Berwick, moving east at 25 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... Hazleton, West Hazleton, Freeland, Dorrance, Slocum, White Haven, Shickshinny, Nuangola, Penn Lake Park, and Bear Creek Village.
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, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels