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Gettysburg National Military Park
Wednesday August 18th, 2021 :: 06:48 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:30PM

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania... Southeastern Adams County in south central Pennsylvania... Southwestern Schuylkill County in central Pennsylvania... York County in south central Pennsylvania... Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania... Lebanon County in south central Pennsylvania...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 646 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near New Buffalo to near Dehart Dam to Linglestown to Highspire to near Emigsville to Spring Grove to Hanover to near Taneytown, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Middletown, York, Hummelstown, Linglestown, Weigelstown, Colonial Park, Steelton, Progress, Emigsville and Skyline View around 650 PM EDT. Spry, Hershey, Elizabethtown, Tyler Run-Queens Gate, Valley View, Fort Indiantown Gap, Penn National Race Course, East York, Grantley and Bainbridge around 700 PM EDT. Mount Joy, Palmyra, Yorkana, Lickdale, Maytown, Jacobus, Rheems, Yorklyn, Harper Tavern and Marietta around 710 PM EDT. Dallastown, Cornwall, Lebanon, Red Lion, Columbia, Annville, Lebanon South, Salunga-Landisville, Yoe and Quentin around 720 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include York Haven, Ravine, Three Mile Island, East Prospect, Mount Gretna, Glenville, Newtown, Ono, Schoeneck and Loganville. This includes the following Interstates... The Pennsylvania Turnpike from mile markers 243 to 281. Interstate 78 from mile markers 0 to 8. Interstate 81 from mile markers 69 to 113. Interstate 83 between mile markers 2 and 37...and from mile markers 44 to 50. Interstate 283 from mile markers 0 to 2.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAMS, PA ... DAUPHIN, PA ... LANCASTER, PA ... LEBANON, PA ... SCHUYLKILL, PA ... YORK, PA

Instructions:

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for south central and central Pennsylvania. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Very heavy rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Address/Location
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg, PA 17325

Contact
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Non-emergencies: 717-334-1124

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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