{"id":239595,"date":"2026-07-09T19:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239595\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:15:14","slug":"allentown-weather-storms-flooding-possible-thursday-in-the-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239595\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown weather: Storms, flooding possible Thursday in the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scattered storms that could cause heavy rain and flash flooding are possible Thursday in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>All of Northampton County and most of Lehigh County are at a slight risk of excessive flooding, while a portion of western Lehigh County is under a slight risk, according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest risk of flooding is in urban areas and areas with poor drainage, according to forecasters. Places that experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/2026\/07\/06\/lehigh-valley-remains-under-a-flood-watch-but-threat-of-widespread-flooding-diminished\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heavy rainfall this week<\/a> could also be at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The storms could come between 1 and 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there is a threat of damaging winds. Most of Lehigh County and a small portion of southern Northampton County are at a marginal risk of severe storms. The rest of the Lehigh Valley will likely not get severe storms, the weather service said.<\/p>\n<p>South and west of the region have a higher likelihood of severe weather. Nearby Berks and Montgomery counties, as well as central Bucks County, will be under a flood watch from noon until midnight.<\/p>\n<p>There is a chance of rain again Friday and Saturday. Here is the extended forecast from the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n<p>Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3 p.m., then a slight chance of thunderstorms after 5 p.m. Increasing clouds, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a 10th of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 83.<\/p>\n<p>Monday: Sunny, with a high near 85.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 90.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scattered storms that could cause heavy rain and flash flooding are possible Thursday in the Lehigh Valley. All&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,182,139,432,1133],"class_list":["post-239595","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\/239595","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=239595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}