{"id":224891,"date":"2026-06-22T12:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224891\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:02:09","slug":"allentown-weather-severe-storms-likely-monday-in-the-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224891\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown weather: Severe storms likely Monday in the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Severe thunderstorms that could bring damaging winds are possible Monday in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Rain will likely start late morning or early afternoon, and could continue through the rest of the day, according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Lehigh and Northampton counties are under a slight risk of severe weather through the day.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters said the severe weather will likely happen between 3 and 11 p.m. Up to an inch of rain could fall through the day.<\/p>\n<p>There could be flash flooding south of the region, in Upper Bucks County. Both Bucks and Montgomery counties will be under a flash flood watch from 2 p.m. until 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While we are starting quiet this morning, the day will not end that way. We still expect scattered severe thunderstorms along with some instances of flash flooding late this afternoon and this evening. Be weather-aware later today and tonight! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b5pnttPylW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/b5pnttPylW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Mount Holly (@NWS_MountHolly) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWS_MountHolly\/status\/2068993275449507898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rain should move out of the Lehigh Valley during the overnight hours. Tuesday and Wednesday should be clear. A cold front could bring more showers to the area later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the extended forecast from the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday: A chance of showers, mainly before 7 a.m. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 40%.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.<\/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":"Severe thunderstorms that could bring damaging winds are possible Monday in the Lehigh Valley. Rain will likely start&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,182,139,432,1133],"class_list":["post-224891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224891","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=224891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}