Overview
- The National Weather Service in State College issued consecutive, county-specific Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Friday for central and south‑central Pennsylvania as a linear band of storms moved east‑northeast.
- Warnings were based on radar that indicated straight‑line winds up to 60 mph and hail as large as 1.00 inch in some sectors, with hail damage to vehicles specifically flagged in the Cumberland/Franklin/Fulton bulletin.
- Storms were reported as a line moving between about 10 and 35 mph, producing very heavy short‑duration rainfall that the NWS said could cause flash flooding and localized roadway inundation.
- Officials named towns and stretches of major interstates at risk, including Chambersburg, Pottsville, Bloomsburg and segments of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I‑81, I‑78 and I‑80, and advised people to shelter indoors and avoid flooded roads.
- The NWS asked residents to report severe weather through local law enforcement so offices can collect verified ground reports, noting that the warnings were radar‑based and that follow‑up damage assessments had not yet been released.