{"id":240233,"date":"2026-07-10T14:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240233\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:35:14","slug":"impact-day-more-storms-could-bring-damaging-winds-heavy-rain-to-south-central-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240233\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPACT DAY: More storms could bring damaging winds, heavy rain to south-central Pa."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAdditional storms are expected to move into south-central Pennsylvania on Friday, with the potential to bring damaging wind gusts and heavy downpours. The WGAL News 8 Storm Team has declared Friday an Impact Day, meaning the weather will likely disrupt your normal daily schedule or routine. Timing  Another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected to develop Friday afternoon and evening as a cold front approaches. The greatest chance for storms is expected between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.  Below: Swipe through the predicted radar for Friday&#8217;s storms. Conditions will remain warm and humid, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Main threats Some storms may produce: Damaging wind gustsBrief, heavy rainLocalized flooding in poor-drainage or saturated areas There is currently no risk for large hail or tornadoes. Marginal risk The overall severe weather threat remains low. The entire Susquehanna Valley is in a marginal risk (level 1\/5) for severe thunderstorms. Looking aheadAfter Friday\u2019s unsettled weather, conditions are expected to improve over the weekend. Saturday may still bring a mix of clouds and sun with an isolated thunderstorm, while Sunday is expected to be partly sunny and less humid, with highs near 86 degrees both days. Next week, rising temperatures could set the stage for a possible heat wave.  Did you capture a moment that you would like to share with News 8? Send us your photos or videos at https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/upload.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Additional storms are expected to move into south-central Pennsylvania on Friday, with the potential to bring damaging wind gusts and heavy downpours. <\/p>\n<p>The WGAL News 8 Storm Team has declared Friday an Impact Day, meaning the weather will likely disrupt your normal daily schedule or routine. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"weather graphic\" title=\"weather graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e8bf0cab-8500-44c9-816e-eee259842131.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Timing  <\/p>\n<p>Another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected to develop Friday afternoon and evening as a cold front approaches. <\/p>\n<p>The greatest chance for storms is expected between 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.  <\/p>\n<p>Below: Swipe through the predicted radar for Friday&#8217;s storms. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Conditions will remain warm and humid, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"weather graphic\" title=\"weather graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/45f556a4-7937-4306-831b-e914c5acd848.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Main threats <\/p>\n<p>Some storms may produce: <\/p>\n<p>Damaging wind gustsBrief, heavy rainLocalized flooding in poor-drainage or saturated areas <\/p>\n<p>There is currently no risk for large hail or tornadoes. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"weather graphic\" title=\"weather graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fcfe6792-d5c8-4175-812b-dbdfa7b75d47.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Marginal risk <\/p>\n<p>The overall severe weather threat remains low. <\/p>\n<p>The entire Susquehanna Valley is in a marginal risk (level 1\/5) for severe thunderstorms. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"weather graphic\" title=\"weather graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c0da6574-ddb9-44d7-aad1-9ef2ff5a5445.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead<\/p>\n<p>After Friday\u2019s unsettled weather, conditions are expected to improve over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday may still bring a mix of clouds and sun with an isolated thunderstorm, while Sunday is expected to be partly sunny and less humid, with highs near 86 degrees both days. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"weather graphic\" title=\"weather graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/47f1908f-c96a-4a7e-826f-1f1e8ee0109e.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Next week, rising temperatures could set the stage for a possible heat wave.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"weather graphic\" title=\"weather graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fdb335d4-951f-417e-aa61-dd1c3cc4c9bd.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"weather graphic\" title=\"weather graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/de656da2-607f-4a7e-ac96-be211a82eef4.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Did you capture a moment that you would like to share with News 8? Send us your photos or videos at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/upload\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/upload<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Additional storms are expected to move into south-central Pennsylvania on Friday, with the potential to bring damaging wind&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2829,17452,6595,94037,4327,94035,3667,66395,103247,13706,103250,3519,54679,11955,61658,34270,85096,28,30,29,6586,16405,8082,20762,63654,1522,3689,6740,103248,2483,26351,16291,103249,1133,913,3573,16795],"class_list":["post-240233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-cold-front","tag-condition","tag-damaging-wind","tag-damaging-wind-gusts","tag-friday","tag-friday-weather","tag-heat-wave","tag-heavy-downpour","tag-heavy-downpours","tag-heavy-rain","tag-heavy-rainlocalized-flooding","tag-high","tag-humid","tag-impact-day","tag-large-hail","tag-localized-flooding","tag-marginal-risk","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-weather","tag-risk","tag-round","tag-saturday-forecast","tag-severe-thunderstorms","tag-severe-weather","tag-south-central-pennsylvania","tag-storm","tag-sunday-forecast","tag-susquehanna-valley","tag-thunderstorm","tag-thunderstorms","tag-warm-and-humid","tag-weather","tag-weather-forecast","tag-wgal-news","tag-wgal-news-8-storm-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240233","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=240233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}