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Warnings, Watches Issued for Storms, Flash Floods

National Weather Service issues a thunderstorm watch through 10 p.m. tonight and a flash flood warning until 4 a.m. Wednesday morning.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Lehigh County until 7:45 pm and a severe thunderstorm watch will remain in effect until 10 pm tonight.

The National Weather Service has also issued a flash flood watch until 4 am Wednesday for the Lehigh Valley. Flash flooding will result if there is between one and two inches of rain falls on urban areas, the weather service watch says.

At 6:12 pm, the weather service was tracking a storm near Reading that was dropping quarter-size hail, 60 mph-winds and heavy rain. It is expected to hit the Allentown area at about 7:15 p.m.

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The weather service advises you to get indoors immediately if you are in the path of this storm. The storm has the potential to produce lightning and damaging hail, in addition to heavy winds.


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