Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Dauphin and Lebanon counties

WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR FIFA WORLD CUP GUIDE. WOW, WHAT A DAY FOR ALL THOSE FANS. ABSOLUTELY. AND A LITTLE BIT STEAMY THERE IN PHILADELPHIA. THAT’S RIGHT. INCREDIBLY HOT AND HUMID. AND NOW WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS EVENING. SO BE ON ALERT FOR THE THREAT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WORKING THEIR WAY IN FROM THE WEST. AND THEY REALLY COULD PACK A PUNCH. SO WE DO HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR ARE STORMS THAT PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THAT’S THE MAIN THREAT. LARGE HAIL AND ALSO THE THREAT FOR SOME FLASH FLOODING. IT’S FIRST FOR OUR WESTERN COMMUNITIES WHERE WE’RE NOW GETTING A NUMBER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ENTIRE LINE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH FROM STATE COLLEGE ALL THE WAY DOWN TOWARDS THE MARYLAND LINE NOW HAS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO HERE’S WARNING NUMBER ONE. YOU CAN SEE THAT’S FROM LEWISTOWN DOWN TOWARDS BLAINE AND POINTS OFF TO THE EAST. THAT INCLUDES MOST OF JUNIATA COUNTY, MOST OF PERRY COUNTY. AND THERE IT IS WIND GUSTS, POSSIBLY UPWARDS OF 60MPH, AND PENNY SIZED HAIL. THAT’S IN EFFECT UNTIL 715. SO IT’S THE LEADING EDGE OF THAT LINE NOW JUST OUTSIDE LEWISTOWN, WORKING ITS WAY TO THE EAST, A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE SOUTH. SAME STORY, SAME TYPE OF WARNING. NOW WORKING ITS WAY TOWARDS MCCONNELLSBURG IN FULTON COUNTY. THAT’S GOING TO CROSS OVER ALL OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. AND THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715. BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF ADAMS COUNTY, UNTIL 715. SO SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR VERY CLOSELY. SO IT’S THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR VERY CLOSELY, AS IT’S WORKING ITS WAY TO THE EAST. AND I DO BELIEVE THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THIS IN TERMS OF THE TIMING. SO NOTICE THAT LINE WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS OUR WESTERN COMMUNITIES BY 9:00 HERE ON THE PREDICTOR THAT’S NOW AFFECTING MOST OF YORK COUNTY INTO LANCASTER COUNTY AND INTO LEBANON COUNTY. AND BY 11:00, THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXITING THE VALLEY AND HEADING OVER TOWARDS PHILADELPHIA. SO ON THAT 12 HOUR FORECAST, BE ON ALERT FOR STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL ROUGHLY 10:00. AND THEN WE’RE DRYING BACK OUT. BUT IT STAYS STEAMY THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT WITH LOWS ONLY IN THE MID 70S. AND WE COULD DO THIS ALL AGAIN TOMORROW. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S, CHALLENGING THE RECORD HIGH OF 92. WHERE AT TIMES IT’S GOING TO FEEL LIKE IT’S WELL OVER 100 DEGREES FOR TOMORROW. WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN. LOOKS TO BE BETWEEN 3:00 AND 10:00. AND THE SAME THREATS AS TODAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, HAIL, HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THESE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THE VALLEY. BUT NOTICE THE HEAT INDICES FOR TOMORROW ONCE AGAIN, POSSIBLY OVER 100 DEGREES. THE RECORD HIGH TOMORROW IS 92. AND THAT IS WHAT WE’RE FORECASTING. AND BECAUSE OF THE INTENSE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY, THAT’S WHY WE HAVE THAT HEAT ADVISORY ACROSS THE HEART OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. TODAY’S HIGH 92 DEGREES, NOT FAR OFF FROM THE RECORD OF 96. AFTER WE STARTED THE DAY OFF AT 71. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW MOST OF THE VALLEY IS DRY. BUT OUR WESTERN COMMUNITIES, THAT’S WHO’S DEALING WITH THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AND THE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE VALLEY, VERY HIGH, SITTING IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION HERE, THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW SITTING IN THE LOW TO MID 90S, A LITTLE BIT COOLER. BUT WE’VE HAD THESE PASSING THUNDERSTORMS OUT TOWARDS PITTSBURGH. BUT YOU CAN SEE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER PLAINS. SO HERE’S THIS EVENING’S THREAT. HERE’S TOMORROW’S THREAT. AND THEN EVENTUALLY COOLER, DRIER AIR WILL MOVE ON IN AS WE HEAD ON INTO OUR SATURDAY. SO WE’RE FAST FORWARDING HERE. THIS IS FOR FRIDAY. NOTICE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUBBLING UP. FINALLY, THAT FRONT WILL MOVE ON BY AND WILL LOSE THE RAIN CHANCES HEADING ON INTO SATURDAY. SO ONCE WE GET INTO SATURDAY, CALMER WEATHER WILL BE AROUND. BUT NOTICE MORE PASSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OUT THERE FOR SUNDAY EVENING. SOME OF THOSE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. THAT’S WHY SUNDAY IS AN IMPACT DAY. MORE COMFORTABLE, SEASONABLE WEATHER WILL BE AROUND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS CLOSER TO AVERAGE. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S COULD SEE SOME THUNDER SHOWERS FOR YOUR THURSDAY AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND NEXT

The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm warnings at 7:30 p.m. for Columbia County, Lebanon County, Northumberland County, Schuylkill County, and southeastern Sullivan County. According to the weather service, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Lairdsville to Stonington to Leck Kill to Lykens and were moving east at 35 mph. Forecasters said the storms could produce wind gusts up to 60 mph. The threat was radar indicated, and officials warned residents to expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Communities expected to be impacted include Lebanon, Bloomsburg, Pottsville, Berwick, Sunbury, Shamokin, Palmyra, Tamaqua, Linglestown, Mount Carmel, Schuylkill Haven, and Shenandoah. For motorists, the warning includes the stretch of Interstate 80 between the Milton-Williamsport and Nescopek exits, from mile markers 214 to 247. It also includes Interstate 78 from mile markers 0 to 8, Interstate 81 from mile markers 81 to 139, and Interstate 180 from mile markers 11 to 12. Residents were urged to stay inside a well-built structure and away from windows. The weather service also warned of continuous cloud-to-ground lightning, reminding people that if they can hear thunder, they are close enough to be struck. The storms also carry a radar-indicated hail threat, though maximum hail size is expected to remain under three-quarters of an inch.

The National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm warnings at 7:30 p.m. for Columbia County, Lebanon County, Northumberland County, Schuylkill County, and southeastern Sullivan County.

According to the weather service, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Lairdsville to Stonington to Leck Kill to Lykens and were moving east at 35 mph.

Forecasters said the storms could produce wind gusts up to 60 mph. The threat was radar indicated, and officials warned residents to expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Communities expected to be impacted include Lebanon, Bloomsburg, Pottsville, Berwick, Sunbury, Shamokin, Palmyra, Tamaqua, Linglestown, Mount Carmel, Schuylkill Haven, and Shenandoah.

For motorists, the warning includes the stretch of Interstate 80 between the Milton-Williamsport and Nescopek exits, from mile markers 214 to 247. It also includes Interstate 78 from mile markers 0 to 8, Interstate 81 from mile markers 81 to 139, and Interstate 180 from mile markers 11 to 12.

Residents were urged to stay inside a well-built structure and away from windows. The weather service also warned of continuous cloud-to-ground lightning, reminding people that if they can hear thunder, they are close enough to be struck.

The storms also carry a radar-indicated hail threat, though maximum hail size is expected to remain under three-quarters of an inch.