{"id":269014,"date":"2026-08-20T19:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/269014\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:08:12","slug":"severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued-for-several-south-central-pennsylvania-counties-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/269014\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for several south-central Pennsylvania counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for several south-central Pennsylvania counties<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/news-team\/c2223736-a0b9-46d1-a3a1-2f8b12ee2022\" aria-label=\"Ryan Argenti profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c2223736-a0b9-46d1-a3a1-2f8b12ee2022_1727475701.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Ryan Argenti\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The National Weather Service in State College, Pennsylvania, has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northern Adams County, southwestern Cumberland County, east central Franklin County, and northwestern York County in south central Pennsylvania, effective until 3:45 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">At 2:55 p.m. EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Walnut Bottom to near Pine Grove Furnace to Fayetteville, moving east at 30 mph.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">&#8220;Hazard&#8230;60 mph wind gusts,&#8221; the National Weather Service said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">&#8220;Source&#8230;Radar indicated,&#8221; the agency added.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">&#8220;Impact&#8230;Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees,&#8221; the National Weather Service said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The warning includes locations such as Hampton, Dillsburg, Lake Meade, Mount Holly Springs, New Oxford, East Berlin, Cashtown, Aspers, Walnut Bottom, Pine Grove Furnace, Biglerville, and Arendtsville.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Radar has indicated rotation within these severe thunderstorms. While a tornado is not immediately likely, the National Weather Service warned that tornadoes can develop quickly during severe thunderstorms.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">This warning also covers Interstate 81 from mile markers 31 to 36.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">The National Weather Service advised residents to stay inside a well-built structure and keep away from windows.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">To report severe weather, residents are encouraged to contact their nearest law enforcement agency, which will relay the report to the National Weather Service office in State College, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for several south-central Pennsylvania counties The National Weather Service in State College, Pennsylvania, has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3687,28,30,29,22090,1522,3689],"class_list":["post-269014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-national-weather-service","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-severe-thunderstorm-warning","tag-severe-weather","tag-south-central-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}