{"id":221988,"date":"2026-06-18T05:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221988\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:23:22","slug":"june-turns-dangerous-severe-storms-flash-floods-hit-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221988\/","title":{"rendered":"June turns dangerous: Severe storms, flash floods hit Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"130\" height=\"211\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d42c1f6d25926fb69d59ac322bb856ff.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pittsburgh is in the middle of a volatile June weather pattern, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:National Weather Service;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;National Weather Service&quot;}\" class=\"link \">National Weather Service<\/a> warning that severe storms and flash flooding remain a real concern across western Pennsylvania. The region saw multiple rounds of severe weather over the past week, including tornadoes confirmed near Pittsburgh and elsewhere in western Pennsylvania, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/pbz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:NWS Pittsburgh;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NWS Pittsburgh&quot;}\" class=\"link \">NWS Pittsburgh<\/a> and recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/pbz\/weatherbriefingpage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:storm reports;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;storm reports&quot;}\" class=\"link \">storm reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meteorologists say the pattern is not unusual for this time of year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJune is our prime month for severe weather, for flash flooding, and it can stay active into July,\u201d said Alicia Miller, a senior service hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh. She added that having \u201ctwo back-to-back weeks with several tornadoes is rare, but not completely unusual\u201d for the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Weather, with showers and thunderstorms possible tonight and Thursday, along with periods of heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials urge residents to stay weather-aware and avoid driving through flooded roads. The National Weather Service explains the difference between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/safety\/flood-watch-warning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:flood watches and warnings;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;flood watches and warnings&quot;}\" class=\"link \">flood watches and warnings<\/a> and stresses that people in flood-prone areas should move to higher ground when flooding is imminent. For anyone headed outdoors, the message remains: if thunder roars, go indoors \u2014 and if water covers the road, turn around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story was created with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.usatoday.com\/ethical-conduct\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Learn more;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Learn more&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2026\/06\/17\/why-june-is-peak-season-for-severe-storms-flash-floods-in-pittsburgh\/90594574007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Why June is peak season for severe storms, flash floods in Pittsburgh;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Why June is peak season for severe storms, flash floods in Pittsburgh&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Why June is peak season for severe storms, flash floods in Pittsburgh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh is in the middle of a volatile June weather pattern, with the National Weather Service warning that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[56157,3687,73,75,74,61677,1522,88711,1419],"class_list":["post-221988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-flash-flooding","tag-national-weather-service","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-severe-storms","tag-severe-weather","tag-weather-pattern","tag-western-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221988","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=221988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}