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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
9 AM EDT MON AUG 24 1998

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR MOST OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 2 PM EDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

WARREN... MC KEAN... POTTER... TIOGA... ELK... CAMERON...
CLINTON... CLEARFIELD... CENTRE... LYCOMING... SULLIVAN...
CAMBRIA... BLAIR... HUNTINGDON... MIFFLIN... JUNIATA... UNION...
SNYDER... NORTHUMBERLAND... MONTOUR... COLUMBIA... 
SOMERSET...BEDFORD... FULTON... FRANKLIN... 

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF OHIO WILL SWEEP
ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

LA CORTE





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