{"id":261225,"date":"2026-08-07T20:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261225\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:52:07","slug":"severe-weather-forces-temporary-shutdown-of-musikfest-in-bethlehem-on-friday-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/261225\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe weather forces temporary shutdown of Musikfest in Bethlehem on Friday | Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulletin: The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a<\/p>\n<p>* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for&#8230;<br \/>\nHunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey&#8230;<br \/>\nWestern Morris County in northern New Jersey&#8230;<br \/>\nSussex County in northwestern New Jersey&#8230;<br \/>\nWarren County in northwestern New Jersey&#8230;<br \/>\nEast central Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania&#8230;<br \/>\nNorthwestern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania&#8230;<br \/>\nEast central Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania&#8230;<br \/>\nEastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* Until 500 PM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>* At 406 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line<br \/>\nextending from Flatbrookville to near Bangor to Ancient Oaks,<br \/>\nmoving east at 30 mph.<\/p>\n<p>HAZARD&#8230;60 mph wind gusts.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE&#8230;Radar indicated.<\/p>\n<p>IMPACT&#8230;Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is<br \/>\npossible.<\/p>\n<p>* Locations impacted include&#8230;<br \/>\nAllentown, Easton, Newton, Bethlehem, Dover, Hopatcong, Forks,<br \/>\nEmmaus, Hackettstown, Wilson, Wharton, Washington, Blairstown,<br \/>\nHellertown, Nazareth, Bangor, Mount Arlington, Franklin,<br \/>\nFlemington, and High Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>This includes the following highways&#8230;<br \/>\nNortheast Extension between mile markers 51 and 54.<br \/>\nInterstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 56 and 76.<br \/>\nInterstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 26.<br \/>\nInterstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 35.<\/p>\n<p>PRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a<br \/>\nbuilding.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to damaging winds, frequent cloud to ground lightning is<br \/>\noccurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if<br \/>\nyou can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.<\/p>\n<p>&amp;&amp;<\/p>\n<p>HAIL THREAT&#8230;RADAR INDICATED;<br \/>\nMAX HAIL SIZE&#8230;&lt;.75 IN;<br \/>\nWIND THREAT&#8230;RADAR INDICATED;<br \/>\nMAX WIND GUST&#8230;60 MPH<\/p>\n<p>Info: <\/p>\n<p>Type: Severe Thunderstorm Warning<\/p>\n<p>start_time_local: 2026-08-07T16:06:00-04:00<\/p>\n<p>end_time_local: 2026-08-07T17:00:00-04:00<\/p>\n<p>county_name: Bucks County<\/p>\n<p>state: PA<\/p>\n<p>headline: Severe Thunderstorm Warning from FRI 4:06 PM EDT until FRI 5:00 PM EDT<\/p>\n<p>county_fips: <\/p>\n<p>category: Met<\/p>\n<p>url: <\/p>\n<p>urgency: Immediate<\/p>\n<p>severity: Severe<\/p>\n<p>certainty: Observed<\/p>\n<p>geographicname: Bucks County<\/p>\n<p>state_name: Pennsylvania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bulletin: The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for&#8230; Hunterdon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,1391,22777,1133],"class_list":["post-261225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-area","tag-musikfest","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261225","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=261225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}