{"id":221670,"date":"2026-06-17T21:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221670\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:12:15","slug":"storms-return-to-pennsylvania-flash-flooding-damaging-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221670\/","title":{"rendered":"Storms return to Pennsylvania: Flash flooding, damaging winds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA second round of heavy rain will pass through western Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.Thursday is a Severe Weather Alert Day for rain and storms from midnight to the morning commute.Rain returns, Severe Weather Alert Day ThursdayThe rain and storms moved out this morning. Quiet conditions are expected through the afternoon until more rain returns late tonight. Thursday is a Severe Weather Alert Day. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible. The storms may produce damaging winds, hail and heavy rain.Storms will bring heavy rain, high winds and lightning. An additional concern for Thursday is localized flooding from heavy rain. The excessive rainfall outlook has part of the region under a marginal risk for flash flooding, which adds to the Severe Weather Alert Day.By the time rain ends mid-morning, some locations could see upwards of an inch of rain. That much rain in a span of a few hours could cause flooding and ponding on roads.The wind will continue through the day on Thursday with gusts topping 40 mph through the afternoon and early evening.Drying out again by the weekendConditions will dry out on Juneteenth with sunshine and high temperatures in the upper 70s. It will stay comfortable and quiet through the Father’s Day weekend. Sunday is also the Summer Solstice.TODAY: Sun & clouds, breezy afternoon with rain late. High: 80\u00b0.TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy, rain, heavy at times with isolated thunderstorms. Low: 65\u00b0THURSDAY – Severe Weather Alert Day: midnight – 8am. Rain and storms, especially in the morning. Potential flash flooding. Windy and humid. High: 83\u00b0, low: 60\u00b0. Wind gusts over 40 mph.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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A second round of heavy rain will pass through western Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Thursday is a Severe Weather Alert Day for rain and storms from midnight to the morning commute.<\/p>\n

Rain returns, Severe Weather Alert Day Thursday<\/p>\n

The rain and storms moved out this morning. Quiet conditions are expected through the afternoon until more rain returns late tonight. <\/p>\n

Thursday is a Severe Weather Alert Day. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible. The storms may produce damaging winds, hail and heavy rain.<\/p>\n

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Storms will bring heavy rain, high winds and lightning. An additional concern for Thursday is localized flooding from heavy rain. The excessive rainfall outlook has part of the region under a marginal risk for flash flooding, which adds to the Severe Weather Alert Day.<\/p>\n

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By the time rain ends mid-morning, some locations could see upwards of an inch of rain. That much rain in a span of a few hours could cause flooding and ponding on roads.<\/p>\n

The wind will continue through the day on Thursday with gusts topping 40 mph through the afternoon and early evening.<\/p>\n

Drying out again by the weekend<\/p>\n

Conditions will dry out on Juneteenth with sunshine and high temperatures in the upper 70s. It will stay comfortable and quiet through the Father’s Day weekend. Sunday is also the Summer Solstice.<\/p>\n

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TODAY: Sun & clouds, breezy afternoon with rain late. High: 80\u00b0.
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy, rain, heavy at times with isolated thunderstorms. Low: 65\u00b0
THURSDAY – Severe Weather Alert Day: midnight – 8am. Rain and storms, especially in the morning. Potential flash flooding. Windy and humid. High: 83\u00b0, low: 60\u00b0. Wind gusts over 40 mph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A second round of heavy rain will pass through western Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.Thursday is a Severe Weather…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3525,96533,6595,16362,96534,56157,1788,8879,8084,15909,13706,17408,34891,3192,460,7331,6016,10253,28,30,29,73,16405,32974,6740,3522,96535,7214,1133,6988,8875,10254],"class_list":["post-221670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-afternoon","tag-alert-day-thursday","tag-damaging-wind","tag-elevated-risk","tag-excessive-rainfall-outlook","tag-flash-flooding","tag-forecast","tag-gust","tag-gusty-wind","tag-hail","tag-heavy-rain","tag-high-wind","tag-lightning","tag-midnight","tag-morning","tag-mph","tag-part","tag-pawx","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-risk","tag-severe-weather-alert-day","tag-storm","tag-thursday","tag-time-rain","tag-today","tag-weather","tag-wednesday-morning","tag-wind","tag-wtae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221670","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=221670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}