{"id":236438,"date":"2026-07-06T04:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236438\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T04:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:42:10","slug":"flash-flooding-possible-monday-in-philadelphia-area-as-rain-replaces-extreme-heat-heres-the-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236438\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash flooding possible Monday in Philadelphia area as rain replaces extreme heat. Here&#8217;s the forecast."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected Sunday night into Monday in the Philadelphia area, with the greatest concern being flash flooding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A flood watch remains in effect through 8 p.m. Monday for the I-95 corridor and areas northwest, where localized rainfall totals of 3 to 4 or more inches and rainfall rates over 2 inches per hour could lead to significant flooding, especially in urban and low-lying locations.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/75262.png#.png\" alt=\"75262.png \" height=\"351\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Strong to severe thunderstorms are also possible through early Monday, mainly from the I-78 corridor south, including the Philadelphia metro area, South Jersey and Delmarva. Damaging wind gusts are the primary severe threat.<\/p>\n<p>There will be some street flooding, so remember: Turn around, don&#8217;t drown. Less than 2 feet of water can float your car and carry it away. Power outages are also possible Sunday night and into Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/75265.png#.png\" alt=\"60% chance of precipitation on Monday, 20% on Tuesday, 0% on Wednesday, 40% Thursday and Friday, 30% on Saturday \" height=\"356\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>  NEXT big change<\/p>\n<p>Monday will be much cooler than average, with highs only in the upper 70s, but there is a significant chance of heavy rain and flash flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Several waves of storms with tropical downpours will cross the area, and some of us will see an additional 2 to 4 inches of rain for a grand total of 3 to 5 inches between Sunday evening and Monday night. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s your 7-day forecast:<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/75266.png#.png\" alt=\"75266.png \" height=\"352\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Monday:\u00a0NEXT Weather Alert for flooding. High 79, low 74.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday:\u00a0A shower or two. High 80, low 68.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday:\u00a0Finally a break. High 83, low 70.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday: Scattered storms. High 90, low 70.<\/p>\n<p>Friday:\u00a0Scattered storms. High 91, low 75. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday: A rumble? High 85, low 73.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 87, low 70.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected Sunday night into Monday in the Philadelphia area, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[916,3667,915,28,69,71,70,914,913],"class_list":["post-236438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-delaware","tag-heat-wave","tag-new-jersey","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-weather-blogs","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236438","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=236438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}