NWS cancels tornado watch for the Susquehanna Valley

AND 365. NOW THE ALERT DAY FORECAST ON THE WGAL NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE’RE STILL TRACKING THE THREAT FOR STRONG STORMS AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YORK, LANCASTER, LEBANON AND DAUPHIN COUNTY FOR A FEW MORE HOURS AND AREAS TO THE WEST. HERE, THE WATCH HAS BEEN DROPPED FOR YOU AS WE LOOK AT STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. WE HAD A COUPLE ROUNDS OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY AND THAT HELPED WORKED OVER THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT’S WHY WE DIDN’T SEE THE STRONGER STORMS AS WE WENT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE KEPT GETTING WORKED OVER. IT DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO CHARGE UP AND REALLY UNLEASH THE POTENTIAL. SO THAT’S GOOD NEWS. WE WANT THAT AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. WE DID SEE A COUPLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH, AND PARTS OF THE AREA. AND WE ARE WATCHING ANOTHER LINE DEVELOPING OFF TO THE WEST HERE. THAT LINE DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO STILL PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS LATER ON THIS EVENING, BUT RIGHT NOW STILL HAVE SOME RAIN IN LEBANON AND ALSO IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THERE AROUND HERSHEY, LEBANON. LEBANON, AS WELL AS WILLIAMSTOWN AND ALSO DOWN IN LANCASTER COUNTY, STILL GOT SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IN LANCASTER, QUARRYVILLE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HOLLYWOOD THERE AND DELTA OUT TO SHREWSBURY, SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN. SAME THING FOR YOU IN YORK CITY. WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN IN PARTS OF ADAMS COUNTY, NORTHERN YORK COUNTY, AND SOME SPOTTY SPRINKLES HERE AND THERE AROUND NEWVILLE AND SHIPPENSBURG THERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. HERE’S THE LATEST RISK FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. THIS JUST CAME DOWN ABOUT TEN MINUTES AGO. THEY STILL HAVE OUR EASTERN AREAS UNDER THAT ENHANCED RISK. AND IT IS A WIND DRIVEN RISK, MEANING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE THE REASON WHY THEY STILL HAVE IT ELEVATED. SO WE STILL NEED TO WATCH THE POTENTIAL FOR IT AS THAT LINE COMES ON THROUGH. BUT NOTICE HOW IT HAS WEAKENED OR LESSENED IN THE CHANCE. AS WE WENT FOR OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. SO WE ARE SEEING THE THREAT DIMINISH FOR PARTS OF OUR AREA. AND THAT IS DEFINITELY SOME GOOD NEWS AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING. SO WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM THIS POINT ON? SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS TAPERING. SO THAT’S GOOD NEWS. BUT STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE THIS EVENING. THAT COULD BRING US SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND ALSO NICELY STRONG STORM HERE AND THERE. THE WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IT’S GOING TO BE VERY GUSTY. AND IT’S ALSO GOING TO BE A QUICK DROP IN TEMPERATURES. COULD SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS ACTUALLY BY THE TIME WE GET TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. POTENTIAL HAZARDS ARE DOWNED TREES. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND SOME PONDING ON ROADWAYS FOR MAYBE SOME HEAVY RAIN. BUT THAT’S AS THAT COLD FRONT COMES ON THROUGH. IT HAS THE ABILITY TO GENERATE SOME OF THOSE GUSTY WINDS HERE. AS WE GO THROUGH THE EVENING. YORK RIGHT NOW WE’VE GOT A LOT OF CLOUD COVER. AND AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT TEMPERATURES, WE’RE STILL IN THE 60S HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. BUT CHECK OUT PITTSBURGH. IT’S 37 RIGHT NOW. AND CLEVELAND 34. SO IN A FEW HOURS WE’RE GOING TO START SEEING THAT FRONT MOVE INTO OUR AREA. AND YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW QUICKLY THOSE TEMPERATURES DROP. 60 IN ALTOONA, 40 IN DUBOIS. IT’S NOT TOO FAR AWAY THERE WHERE THOSE TEMPERATURES DROP. SO THAT’S WHAT’S COMING OUR WAY. HERE’S THE PREDICTOR AROUND 6:00 TONIGHT. STILL SHOWING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING THROUGH WITH THAT COLD FRONT COMING IN. LIKE I SAID, WITH THAT FRONT, WE DO HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE THREAT OF SOME DAMAGING WINDS. BUT THEN BEHIND IT, TEMPERATURES DROPPING. LIKE I SAID, BY TEN, TEN, 11:00, COULD SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN PARTS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE GOOD NEWS IS IT’S NOT GOING TO STICK WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S TODAY. IT’S NOT GOING TO STICK TO THE ROADWAYS, MAYBE ON THE GRASSY SURFACES FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT WILL MELT AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW. THE WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. IT’S COLDER, IT’S BLUSTERY, BUT IT SHOULD BE DRIER ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. BUT IT’S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A NOTICEABLY, NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT DAY TOMORROW. HIGH PRESSURE COMES BACK INTO CONTROL FOR WEDNESDAY WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS ACROSS THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY, ALTHOUGH IT DOES LOOK LIKE MORE CLOUDS THAN SUN. SO FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING TONIGHT, JUST BE ON ALERT FOR A COUPLE STRONG STORMS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BUT BY EIGHT 9:00 THINGS SHOULD BE WINDING DOWN TONIGHT. RAIN TO SNOW COATING ON THE GRASSY SURFACES, LIKE I SAID, AND GUSTY WINDS. WE DO HAVE A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THAT WILL LAST UNTIL 11:00 FOR GUSTS UP TO 50MPH EAST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. TOMORROW MOSTLY CLOUDY, 34 TO 38 FOR THOSE HIGHS, BUT IT’S GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE 20S OUT THERE. AND THEY ACTUALLY EXPANDED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. NOW THIS AGAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING HOURS HERE. THEY JUST DID THAT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS WE CAME ON HERE. SO WE’LL GET YOU AN IDEA ON THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE WILL SEE THOSE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE 40 TO 45MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TEN DAY FORECAST TOMORROW. STILL BLUSTERY 36 DEGREES. FEELING LIKE THE 20S THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW. AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY WE GET UP TO 38 FOR THAT HIGH 46 ON YOUR THURSDAY A

The National Weather Service has canceled a tornado watch for much of South-Central Pennsylvania. The watch is no longer in effect for any counties in the Susquehanna Valley. Watches vs warningsKnowing the difference between severe watches and warnings is crucial to helping you and your family stay safe before and during severe weather.A watch means ingredients are in place for severe weather to develop. This means severe weather could happen, and you should have a plan ready in case severe weather develops later in the day.A warning means severe weather is happening, and you need to take action now to protect yourself, others and your property.In addition to watches and warnings, there are outlooks that can be issued days in advance. Different threat levels are given to different areas.Ready, get set, goREADY | If your town is in a severe outlook, be ready. Pay attention to the forecast in the coming hours and days, as severe weather may be possible.GET SET | If a severe weather watch is issued for your town, that means ingredients are present for severe weather to occur. Severe weather is going to be possible.GO | A severe warning has been issued. That means severe weather is happening now. Take cover.WGAL weather linksWatch it: Use WGAL’s interactive radar to track storms.Get alerts that follow you: Turn on location-based weather alerts with WGAL’s step-by-step instructions.Check what’s closed: See closings and delays for businesses, churches, and organizations during severe weather.Navigate smarter: Open WGAL’s interactive traffic map for crashes, construction, and road closures—with traffic cameras.Inbox updates: Sign up for email alerts, from daily forecasts to severe-weather warnings.Plan by the hour: View the hour-by-hour forecast for your day.Weekend ready: Preview the weekend forecast before you lock in plans.Look ahead: Browse the 10-day forecast for the extended outlook.

The National Weather Service has canceled a tornado watch for much of South-Central Pennsylvania.

The watch is no longer in effect for any counties in the Susquehanna Valley.

Watches vs warnings

Knowing the difference between severe watches and warnings is crucial to helping you and your family stay safe before and during severe weather.

A watch means ingredients are in place for severe weather to develop. This means severe weather could happen, and you should have a plan ready in case severe weather develops later in the day.

A warning means severe weather is happening, and you need to take action now to protect yourself, others and your property.

In addition to watches and warnings, there are outlooks that can be issued days in advance. Different threat levels are given to different areas.

Ready, get set, go

READY | If your town is in a severe outlook, be ready. Pay attention to the forecast in the coming hours and days, as severe weather may be possible.

GET SET | If a severe weather watch is issued for your town, that means ingredients are present for severe weather to occur. Severe weather is going to be possible.

GO | A severe warning has been issued. That means severe weather is happening now. Take cover.

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