{"id":218979,"date":"2026-06-14T13:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/218979\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:38:08","slug":"allentown-weather-severe-storm-threat-returns-to-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/218979\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown weather: Severe storm threat returns to Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday is looking to be sunny and hot in the Lehigh Valley as humidity returns to the region, along with the threat of severe weather.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey, said scattered severe thunderstorms, some capable of producing damaging winds, are possible across the region Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re still looking at a threat for severe weather later today though the timing looks to be slightly later than previous thinking as the best chance for severe storms will be during the evening period. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/PAWX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#PAWX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NJWX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#NJWX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/MDWX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#MDWX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/DEWX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#DEWX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GwlIq9ANDV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/GwlIq9ANDV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Mount Holly (@NWS_MountHolly) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWS_MountHolly\/status\/2066078225701163226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWS_MountHolly\/status\/2066078225701163226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">update on its social media channels<\/a>, the weather service office said the timing of the storms looks to be slightly later than initially expected, with most arriving between 5 p.m. and midnight. Besides the high winds, some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>The weather service advises people to be aware of changing weather conditions and pay attention to any weather alerts issued.<\/p>\n<p>After dropping to a low around 60, temperatures quickly climbed Sunday, with a high of 91 expected. Partly cloudy conditions were expected through the afternoon, but forecasters said to expect windy conditions, with gusts as high as 20 mph, according to the weather service.<\/p>\n<p>With storms expected, the chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of between a quarter and half of an inch are possible from the storms, the weather service said.<\/p>\n<p>The start of the work week is looking much nicer, with cooler temperatures and lots of sun. A high of around 76 degrees is expected Monday and Tuesday, before showers and a chance of thunderstorms return to the forecast Tuesday night and Wednesday, according to the forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the extended forecast from the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n<p>Monday: Sunny, with a high near 76. West wind around 10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers after 2 a.m.. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 20%.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday: A chance of showers between 8am and 2 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 50%.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday Night: A chance of thunderstorms before 8 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday: Showers likely, mainly after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 60%.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 60%.<\/p>\n<p>Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 40%.<\/p>\n<p>Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 83.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday is looking to be sunny and hot in the Lehigh Valley as humidity returns to the region,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,433,182,139,434,28,432,1133],"class_list":["post-218979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-lehigh-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tmc","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218979","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=218979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}