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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHEASTERN DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 414 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE GROVE FURNACE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CARLISLE...DALLASTOWN...GETTYSBURG...HANOVER...MECHANICSBURG... MIDDLETOWN...PARKVILLE...RED LION...SHIPPENSBURG...SPRY... WEIGELSTOWN...YORK...ASPERS...BOILING SPRINGS...BONNEAUVILLE... BROGUE...CASHTOWN...CODORUS...CROSS ROADS AND DELTA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 210 AND 221...BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 233 AND 240...AND FROM MILE MARKERS 244 TO 245. INTERSTATE 81 FROM MILE MARKERS 19 TO 49. INTERSTATE 83 FROM MILE MARKERS 3 TO 38.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAMS ... CUMBERLAND ... DAUPHIN ... FRANKLIN ... YORK

Instructions:

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL. STAY SAFE INDOORS. CONSIDER MOVING AUTOMOBILES INTO A GARAGE. IN ADDITION TO OTHER THREATS...CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.