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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 4:47PM EDT until October 16 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS State College PA

Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Dauphin, PA; Lebanon, PA; Schuylkill, PA. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

Bulletin issued
16 October 2026 at 20:47 UTC
First saved by us
16 October 2026 at 20:32 UTC
Last included in a daily record
16 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS State College PA · Dauphin, PA; Lebanon, PA; Schuylkill, PA
Certainty / urgency
Observed / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end)
16 October 2026 at 21:15 UTC
Forecast onset / end
16 October 2026 at 20:47 UTC / 16 October 2026 at 21:15 UTC

Archived official description

At 447 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from near Orwigsburg to over Lebanon, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees, roofs, and siding. Locations impacted include... Lebanon, Schuylkill Haven, Annville, Myerstown, Paxtonia, Skyline View, Orwigsburg, Pleasant Hill, Sand Hill, Pine Grove, Cleona, Avon, Richland, Fredericksburg, Friedensburg, Renningers, McKeansburg and Lickdale. This includes the following highways... Interstate 81 between mile markers 73 and 101. Interstate 78 between mile markers 0 and 8.

Instructions in this archived message

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds.

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    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 4:25PM EDT until October 16 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS State College PA

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 4:47PM EDT until October 16 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS State College PA

    Source updated
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    16 October 2026 at 20:25 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 20:47 UTC

    Effective from
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    16 October 2026 at 20:25 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 20:47 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 20:25 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 20:47 UTC

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    Official description
    Before

    SVRCTP The National Weather Service in State College has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Schuylkill County in central Pennsylvania... Northeastern Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania... Lebanon County in south central Pennsylvania... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 425 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from over Forrestville to over Skyline View, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees, roofs, and siding. * Locations impacted include... Lebanon, Pottsville, Colonial Park, Linglestown, Schuylkill Haven, Annville, Minersville, Myerstown, St. Clair, Paxtonia, Skyline View, Orwigsburg, Pleasant Hill, Sand Hill, Pine Grove and Cleona. This includes the following highways... Interstate 83 near mile marker 50. Interstate 81 between mile markers 69 and 111. Interstate 78 between mile markers 0 and 8.

    After

    At 447 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from near Orwigsburg to over Lebanon, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees, roofs, and siding. Locations impacted include... Lebanon, Schuylkill Haven, Annville, Myerstown, Paxtonia, Skyline View, Orwigsburg, Pleasant Hill, Sand Hill, Pine Grove, Cleona, Avon, Richland, Fredericksburg, Friedensburg, Renningers, McKeansburg and Lickdale. This includes the following highways... Interstate 81 between mile markers 73 and 101. Interstate 78 between mile markers 0 and 8.

    External source link
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    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.914e488e04f378887a43c2cc9f530fdf371638a9.001.1

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    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ce478fee1efec8146741fb131013efbce46b14f0.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 20:47 UTC

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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 20:32 UTC
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    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 4:25PM EDT until October 16 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS State College PA. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 20:25 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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