The СŷƵ was spared from severe weather like damaging winds and lighting following a Friday night storm, but most of the region saw between one to two inches of rain and some waterways are at risk of flooding.
The inches of rainfall cap off the wettest May on record for the region, with 8.71 inches of rain from May 1 through 28.
The СŷƵ was under a flood watch until midnight Saturday. As a result of the rainfall, some of the rivers in Lehigh County continue to rise, putting them at a risk of getting to the flood stage. According to Patrick O’Hara, meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Mount Holly, New Jersey, Spring Creek in Trexlertown is continuing to rise and could flood.
“We will probably see this in the daytime, rivers will go up for a while, then crest, go back down,” O’Hara said.
On its Facebook page Saturday morning, the City of Allentown announced that Cedar Beach Pool is closed today due to flooding in its parking lot. The city also cautioned visitors that some areas of Cedar Beach Park are “swampy and slick.”
Much of the more severe effects of the storm were felt south of the СŷƵ; some areas of Maryland were under a tornado warning through 8 p.m. Friday.
The СŷƵ could see some isolated thunderstorms Saturday afternoon, according to the forecast, though no severe weather alerts have been issued.
Here are the rainfall totals throughout the СŷƵ from Friday night’s storm.
Lehigh County
Fogelsville 1.89 inches
Trexlertown 1.87 inches
Center Valley 1.81 inches
Whitehall 1.77 inches
Coopersburg 1.74 inches
Macungie 1.62 inches
СŷƵ International Airport 1.50 inches
Slatington 1.48 inches
New Tripoli 1.05 inches
Northampton County
Walnutport 1.86 inches
Northampton 1.36 inches
Martins Creek 1.34 inches
Nazareth 1.25 inches
Easton 1.08 inches
Here is the extended forecast for the Allentown area, per the National Weather Service.
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Sunday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 68. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 82.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
