{"id":134159,"date":"2025-09-05T07:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/134159\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:01:09","slug":"stands-evacuated-amid-lightning-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/134159\/","title":{"rendered":"Stands Evacuated Amid Lightning Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tApparently, it\u2019s not always sunny in Philadelphia as tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nfl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nfl\" data-tag=\"nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> season opener between the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/philadelphia-eagles\/\">Eagles<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dallas-cowboys\/\">Cowboys<\/a> at Lincoln Financial Field was delayed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDuring Thursday\u2019s NFL Kickoff Game in Philly, the stands were evacuated amid a severe thunderstorm warning by the National Weather Service, potentially delaying the game by an hour or more, according to the NBC broadcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cA severe thunderstorm warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for our area. These storms may produce severe conditions, including lightning and strong winds,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/nfl-on-fox\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nfl-on-fox\" data-tag=\"nfl-on-fox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL on Fox<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFLonFOX\/status\/1963791548359078129\">announced<\/a> on social media. \u201cFor your safety, please exit the open seating area at this time and seek shelter along the concourses. Thank you for your cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe game was suspended at around 10:25pm ET with the Eagles leading the Cowboys 24-20, with 4:44 remaining in the third quarter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn the meantime, NBC\u2019s broadcast team vamped and the Eagles Trayvon Diggs got hungry. Diggs exited the locker room and headed to a field-level suite, where fans offered him food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe game resumed at 11:30 p.m., with the Eagles holding on to win 24-20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apparently, it\u2019s not always sunny in Philadelphia as tonight\u2019s NFL season opener between the Eagles and Cowboys at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[349,62250,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-134159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-nfl-on-fox","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}