Thursday, May 26, 2011

May 26: Tornado Warning (Possible Tornado)- Gettysburg, PA



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
A TORNADO. THE STORM
  CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO 
WAS NEAR FOREST PARK...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COVE MILLS AROUND 515 PM EDT...
  BIG COVE TANNERY AROUND 530 PM EDT...
  CLAYLICK AROUND 535 PM EDT...
  MERCERSBURG AROUND 540 PM EDT...
  FORT LOUDON AROUND 545 PM EDT...
  GREENCASTLE AROUND 550 PM EDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED 
ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED
IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED 
TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 170
...I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1
AND 38.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR 
ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE
15...ROUTE 30...ROUTE 522...STATE ROAD 97.

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