{"id":219171,"date":"2026-06-14T20:23:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219171\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T20:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:23:38","slug":"2026-erie-pride-parade-cancelled-due-to-severe-storms-in-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219171\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Erie Pride parade cancelled due to severe storms in forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2021-07\/506fdd20-ee43-11eb-8f33-8a4102cf7edb.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greg Wohlford, Erie Times-News<\/p>\n<p>Updated Sun, June 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"455\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_usatoday_us_articles_590\/518a2c8868c4b31525fa1975ae715464.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2026 Erie Pride parade cancelled due to severe storms in forecast<\/p>\n<p>Sorry to rain on your parade. The Northwestern Pennsylvania Pride Alliance has canceled the 2026 Pride parade due to weather concerns. According to the <a data-ylk=\"slk:group&#039;s Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/18q7jcBf1q\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">group&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a>, &#8220;After a lot of deliberation, &#8230; we&#8217;re canceling the parade today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms with high winds and lightning in the forecast forced the Pride Alliance to cancel the annual parade which typically draws thousands to State Street and Perry Square. The <a data-ylk=\"slk:National Weather Service;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=42.127951&amp;lon=-80.08258\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">National Weather Service<\/a> in Cleveland states showers and a thunderstorm are possible in the afternoon, with a 90% chance of precipitation.<\/p>\n<p>A hazardous weather outlook issued by the NWS states &#8220;strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon into the evening,&#8221; with a slight risk &#8220;of severe weather with damaging wind gusts the primary threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For those who want their rainbow flags to fly, the post pointed viewers to <a data-ylk=\"slk:Pride on the Bay 2026;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/eriegaypride.com\/event\/pride-on-the-bay-2026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pride on the Bay 2026<\/a>, set for noon on June 27 at Liberty Park.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: <a data-ylk=\"slk:NWPA Pride Alliance cancels 2026 parade in Erie due to storm forecast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goerie.com\/story\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/14\/nwpa-pride-alliance-cancels-parade-2026-erie-pa\/90548900007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NWPA Pride Alliance cancels 2026 parade in Erie due to storm forecast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greg Wohlford, Erie Times-News Updated Sun, June 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM UTC 2026 Erie Pride parade cancelled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,3687,95570,74839,1522],"class_list":["post-219171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-national-weather-service","tag-pride-alliance","tag-pride-parade","tag-severe-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219171","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=219171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}