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Montco Under Tornado Watch Thursday Evening

A tornado watch has been issued across the Philadelphia region, including in Montgomery County. It is in place through 10​ p.m.

A tornado watch has been issued across the Philadelphia region.
A tornado watch has been issued across the Philadelphia region. (National Weather Service)

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — A tornado watch has been issued across the Philadelphia region, including in Montgomery County. It will be in place through 10 p.m. Thursday.

Other impacted counties include Adams, Berks, Bucks Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Philadelphia, and York counties.

According to the National Weather Service, the area is likely to experience severe storms in the evening. In addition to the possibility of a tornado, storms will come with wind gusts of up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail, forecasters warn.

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