National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Schuylkill County until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Earlier today, NWS in State College revised its forecast to indicate an increased confidence that strong to severe thunderstorms will impact these areas on Tuesday.
Storms will be moving north to south across Pennsylvania.
According to this tweet, the strong or severe storms could be over Schuylkill County around 5 p.m.
Thunderstorms will quickly move from north to south across central PA this afternoon. Some of the storms may create damaging winds, frequent lightning and localized heavy rain. Have a safe place to take shelter when storms develop and have multiple ways to receive warnings! #PAwx pic.twitter.com/i3txQy5Tzv
— NWS State College (@NWSStateCollege) August 25, 2020
These storms could contain damaging winds, frequent lightning, heavy rain, and small hail.
There is a chance of these storms popping up again on Wednesday.
Tuesday’s Severe Thunderstorm Watch includes the following Pennsylvania counties, in addition to Schuylkill:
- Adams
- Allegheny
- Armstrong
- Beaver
- Bedford
- Blair
- Bradford
- Butler
- Cambria
- Columbia
- Cumberland
- Dauphin
- Fayette
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Greene
- Huntingdon
- Indiana
- Juniata
- Lackawanna
- Lancaster
- Lawrence
- Lebanon
- Luzerne
- Mifflin
- Montour
- Northumberland
- Perry
- Pike
- Snyder
- Somerset
- Susquehanna
- Union
- Washington
- Wayne
- Westmoreland
- Wyoming
- York
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