{"id":270152,"date":"2026-08-22T12:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270152\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:24:09","slug":"pa-nj-storm-forecast-overnight-storms-flash-flooding-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270152\/","title":{"rendered":"PA, NJ storm forecast: Overnight storms, flash flooding risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-b993be58=\"\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey could see strong thunderstorms and localized flash flooding late Saturday night into Sunday morning as a cold front moves through the region.<\/p>\n<p>   What to expect in Pennsylvania and New Jersey <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The National Weather Service says showers and thunderstorms are likely as the front approaches overnight.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The greatest chance for strong to potentially severe storms is north and west of Philadelphia and into northern New Jersey after midnight through the pre-dawn hours Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Locally heavy rain could lead to isolated flash flooding in those areas, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sat-east-flash-flood-outlook.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Saturday flash flood threat(FOX Weather) <\/p>\n<p>  What about Saturday? <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Showers and possibly a thunderstorm could affect extreme southern New Jersey Saturday morning into early afternoon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Forecasters said the heaviest rain is now expected to stay south and east of most of the region, reducing the earlier flooding concern. The remaining excessive-rainfall risk is focused on Delmarva and Cape May County.<\/p>\n<p> When does the weather improve? <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The cold front is expected to pass through late Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Conditions should improve Sunday afternoon, with dry and seasonable weather expected Monday through at least the middle of next week.<\/p>\n<p> Jersey Shore rip current risk <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The National Weather Service has issued a moderate risk for dangerous rip currents at the Jersey Shore on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Beachgoers should only swim near a lifeguard and avoid entering the water if caught in a rip current. Instead, swim parallel to the shore until out of the current.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey and FOX Weather.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/nj\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey could see strong thunderstorms and localized flash flooding late Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[139,1962,539,28,30,29,593,1133],"class_list":["post-270152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-news","tag-nj","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270152","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=270152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}