Hazardous Weather Outlook Continues Thursday: NWS

A Hazardous Weather Outlook continues Thursday in the Philadelphia region, including in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.

The National Weather Service is warning that showers and thunderstorms producing “heavy rain” may lead to flooding in low-lying areas or locations with poor drainage.

Rain Wednesday broke a long dry spell for the region. That precipitation will continue today, forecasters say, with thunderstorms that will push out the record-breaking temperatures that hovered throughout the area earlier in the week.

According to the Weather Channel, there is a chance for scattered thunderstorms throughout the day Thursday in the Philadelphia region. The likelihood of storms increases this evening, when there is a 90 percent chance of thunderstorms in the region. Rain and showers are predicted through the night.

It is expected to clear Friday.

“A strong cold front will impact the Northeast, bringing much-cooler air into the region,” according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Edward Vallee. “Rain and thunderstorms will drench some areas, bringing localized flooding in some low-lying and poor drainage areas.”

Forecasters say the storms will cause temperatures to go down as much as 20 degrees from the humid conditions earlier this week.