PAZ004005006010011012017018019024025026027028033034035036037041042045046049050051052053056057058 059063064065066215 SPSCTP PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-280150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 402 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 1998 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... WARREN... MCKEAN... POTTER... ELK... CAMERON... CLINTON... CLEARFIELD... CENTRE... CAMBRIA... BLAIR... HUNTINGDON... MIFFLIN... JUNIATA... SOMERSET... BEDFORD... FULTON... FRANKLIN... TIOGA... SULLIVAN... LYCOMING... UNION... SNYDER... NORTHUMBERLAND... MONTOUR... COLUMBIA... SCHUYLKILL... PERRY... DAUPHIN... LEBANON... CUMBERLAND... ADAMS... YORK... LANCASTER... ...FORECAST DETAILS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING AND INTERACT WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE STATE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME LOCALLY SEVERE...WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY... NOT A CERTAINTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER. WINTHER NNNN
