then 60 miles an hour. it will be in tredyffrin township by 5:09, upper darby by 5:33. abington by 5:45. once again severe thunderstorm warning in effect for chester county, until 5:15, this afternoon. severe thunderstorm watch in effect for entire region until 7:00 as these storms, continue to produce, very heavy rain. gusty wind, and small hail. you can see where the storms have already been, rain cooled in the poconos 66 degrees. in reading. seventy-four in allentown. the rain rates over 3 inches an hour, and, look at the that temperature only 70, contrast that with philadelphia at 88. storms have yet to move through. for rest of this evening we anticipate that the storms will continue to move through south jersey, by 6:00 o'clock moving long that i-95 corridor 8:00 and 9:00 interior south jersey and lingering showers right down the shore through the midnight hours. on the roads there will be pockets of rain so heavy they

will reduce visibility at times, expect poor drainage flooding as well through early evening. slow down, take it slow, and use caution on area roadways. the that is very latest from the weather center, new back to you jessica with the rest of the information on the storms, as we will continue to track them through the next hour and a half. >> kathy, thank you. track the storms in the palm of your hand by down loading cbs philly weather app check forecast, up load pictures and video of what is happening in your area cb. philly weather app is available right now on itunes and google play. philadelphia police are ram pink up their efforts to catch what they fear is a sexual predator. they have released new surveillance video of the man who was suspect in two attacks on women inside of their south philadelphia home. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is live from the neighborhood with a look at the the video syma? >> reporter: that is right chris, police are hoping newly released surveillance video will help them catch a man who could be linked to two attacks against woman here in point

breeze. police want to get this man off the street, he is wanted in connection to the robbery and sexual assault that took place, monday on the 1800 block of rosewood street. you're looking at surveillance video of the suspect getting out of the victim's car. the 35 year-old victim was sleeping when a mask man entered her bedroom demanded money and then sexually assaulted her. >> i don't get people that get their kicks harming other people. >> reporter: the attacker took $10, house keys, the the victim's roommates id and then fled in the victim's car again, seen on the surveillance video. video was found a few blocks on the corner of moore and chadwick and you can see him walking away. this is near an attempted sexual assault that took place in march that time, he was not wearing a mask, but had many similarities, as the late's salt. both victims had a similar description, including. >> orange or red gloves, that is one of the identifiers. >> reporter: look at the screen police developed this

sketch from the earlier a attack and using it for both cases. the suspect is being described as a black man, 20 to 30 years old, about 6-foot, 6-foot two with a medium build, both attacks are just blocks from each other and with the suspect fleeing on foot, police believe that the man lives nearby. >> get out really. >> reporter: we showed neighbors the surveillance video. >> i can't picture my neighbors or anyone actually doing that. >> reporter: and, in both cases, there were no signs of forced entry. the with the weather getting warmer police are urging woman to use caution when it comes to sleeping with their windows opened, even if it is on the second and third floor. if you have any information for this case, you're asked to contact the police. we're live from point breeze, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> same, thanks very much. still no arrests have been made in the shooting that left three men wounded in west oak lane, the gun fire rang out late last night, in the 1500 block of kensdale street.

all three victims are in the hospital tonight but they are in stable condition. police say four stray bullets also hit a home on the block but no one inside that home was hurt. detectives are hoping that surveillance video in that neighborhood will help lead them to the shooter. questions are swirling around a sexting scandal unfolding in a south jersey high school. mainly, what will happen if the students involved at lower cape may regional high school and how might it effect their futures. here's "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter cleve bryan. >> reporter: law enforcement and educators say students in lower cape may regional school district have a lot to learn about the dangers of sexting. >> they were sending inappropriate photographs to one another. >> reporter: police are per suing criminal charges after learning teenage boys were circulating need pictures of female student. twenty students including one considered an adult are being charged with invasion of privacy, a third degree offense. prosecutors bob taylor says it was his office's discretion not to pursue child porn grave charges but there are serious

consequences. >> girls who are the primary people that take the photos and send them out they need to know these photos will not go away. >> reporter: experts say this isn't a cape may problem but man maturity one. there are other sexting incident at north penn high school in lansdale and neshaminy high school in langhorne. >> i don't really understand the behavior but at the same time we are doing everything that we can to make sure we get the right message to kids that it is harmful for them, and besides it is against the law. >> reporter: superintendent chris tore kobik while the district works with police to see if there are anymore nude photos circulating, parents should view this as a wake up call. >> i think when parents look at a cell phone bill it should be a monthly reminder for them to see is what happening on the phone. >> reporter: school district officials say all middle school students here go through a cyber security class but in light of this incident they plan to work with the prosecutor's office, of additional educational opportunities, about the dangers of sexting n lower township cape may, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". fire officials are investigating the cause of the dead liz house fire, early this morning in brewerytown. this happened in the 2600 block of west thompson street, there. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao says victim was missing one life saving piece of equipment. fire fighters responding to the 2600 block of thompson street in two minutes and got this brewerytown fire under control in just 12. but, that wasn't fast enough to save the the man who lived here alone. >> the bedroom window started to get smokey. i ran over and i opened up the screen door and i knock on the door. >> reporter: with no response, edward taylor, who lives a across the street called 911 for help. fire fighters eventually found would the man on the first floor near where the the fire started, but officials say only smoke alarm was in the basement and it didn't work. >> we believe that if this person had a working smoke alarm, that they may have gotten out. >> reporter: now this community is left mourning her death, "eyewitness news" was

with the women's son off camera. he just went to identify her but at 90 years old she was known as neighborhood mom her impact is clear. >> sweet lady, always speaking. very nice. it. >> it is a shame when i looked up and seen her window i broke my heart. >> reporter: there have been seven fire-related deaths in philadelphia this year, that is down from 14 at the a same time last year but fire officials want that number down to zero. >> we asking everybody to one check the smoke alarms, two make sure you upgrade to the lithium battery smoke alarms to get a longer life span. >> reporter: fire prevention unit will return to the scene to make sure everyone in the neighborhood has working smoke detectors. the fire officials want alarms on every floor and if you can afford it, inside your bedroom. in brewerytown jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". search is on for wanted in a 17 scooters and motorcycles in philadelphia police released surveillance video

showing three thieves loading two motorcycles in a white van. this happened on the 1700 block of locust street in center city may 21st. majority of the thefts are happening in south philadelphia. police believe the scooters and motorcycles are being sold on the streets of camden. chopper three over the scene of the overturn tanker on the turnpike there the tanker hit a guardrail between the delaware valley and bensalem exits earlier this morning causing westbound lanes closures. officials say that tanker truck was carrying about 1800 gallons of diesel fuel but there was in leak in this accident. the driver was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. twenty opportunities from andrew jackson elementary school made their case for more school funding today. when philadelphia city council chambers and delivered paint brushes to council members. they say that the brushes are symbolic of the tools children need to succeed in the classroom. yesterday, the district asked city council for 105 million-dollar, for the the

next school year. still to come on "eyewitness news" sports world is rocked by arrests at the the top of the biggest soccer organization in the world. we will have have more on the stunning corruption investigation. threats from the skies and ground, some historic rain threatens a dam in texas while flooding has claimed even more lives. and think before you eat new research about long term medical risks linked to tattoo, we have more news when

we have our eye on the storm, severe weather moving through the region right now meteorologist kathy orr has been closely watching this storm track and she will have the complete forecast in just a few minutes. well, death total has climbed to 19 following days of record breaking rain, caused, that led to severe flood ago cross both texas and oklahoma. >> more than a dozen are still missing, and as correspondent other mar villafranca reports another round of rain threat tones complicate clean ups in many parts of the area. >> reporter: crews are searching from above and on the ground for three family in missing in heyes county outside austin. >> we are still in search and rescue mote. >> reporter: river overflowed its banks on sunday and swept a away their vacation home flood waters damaged thousands of homes and businesses. >> we're hoping she would wake up but it is not we're strictly in survival mode

right now. >> even with the little bit of rain coming down people are trying to clean up. 20-foot piles of debris like this still littered the river banks and they will take weeks to clear out. the courtes family had to act fast when water rush into their home. >> the plan was to hold on for dear life, the the water rose, up to our necks so we were basically hanging on to the double doors that lead to the backyard. >> reporter: more rain is falling in houston where as many as 4,000 homes are damage. about 2500 drivers were forced to abandoned their vehicles a as flood waters rose. fire fighters also carried out more than 500 the water rescues. crewness houston are also dealing with another major clean up, 100,000 gallons of waste water spilled from a flooded treatment plant. omar villa franc for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". evacuation was issued for 350 homes in parker county,

texas which is near fort worth. they peck more rain tonight and authorities fear an already swollen river there could flood that area. so tough times in texas right now. >> no doubt about that. >> speaking of the storm's hurricane season it starts in a few days and we will have predictions coming up next. also coming up next we have a warning for taxpayers the irs has launched a criminal investigation after cyber thieves stole personal data. our consumer reporter jim donovan will have important information for you coming up. a pizza party on the flight from philadelphia, coming up, the the pilot's unexpected delivery for passenger stuck on the

serious storms and there making their way. >> they are moving quickly we are talking northeast about 35 miles an hour picture yourself in your car. >> that is right. >> truck ago long. >> yes, straight path, highway. >> we're talking about heavy rain gusty wind, right through the evening hours moving along the the i-95 corridor in the next few minutes. take a look where we do have some wet conditions, and jack frost big boulder the storms have already moved through there, and, as we look closer to home, a different story you can see cloud moving in. campbell's field they have been scattered, we have a few showers ahead of the main line of storms, and we will be seeing more rain, moving into center city within the next

hour or so. now our live neighborhood network takes to us pope john paul high school in royersford. watch this time lapse. temperatures already cooled down to 70 degrees but we have the sun beautiful day and then, this afternoon the storms rolled through, and we will see some very heavy rain and some wet pavement. behind this some breaks in the clouds and that is what you'll see a little bit of unshine before sunset especially to the north and west. right now a line of showers thunderstorms with the severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 7:00, we have severe thunderstorm warning though, right new through chester county montgomery and extending into bucks county, you cane number of lightening strikes illuminating the screen here over 100 and in tredyffrin, we are looking at very heavy rain and concord the flashing red those are rain rates at two and to 3 and inches an hour and as we track this to the north east at 35 and miles an hour you can see the towns that will be entering soon. it will be in lower merion by

5:31 philadelphia by 5:44, northampton by 5:58. bensalem by 6:04. this is a severe then are storm with flooding downpours possibility of hail and even some wind in excess of 60 miles an hour through chester county, montgomery county and into bucks that warning until 6:00 o'clock tonight. so if you are in the path of these storms bring everybody inside and wait until they are passing. you can see where storms have hit poconos at 67 degrees, rain cooled 47 in reading. the right along i-95 corridor where we have not seen lines of storms just yet 88 in philadelphia, 86 in wilmington. pottstown storms rumbling through 71 degrees, quakertown 72, look at the this, 4 degrees warmer in willow grove but don't worry the storms are on your doorstep. still seeing steamy conditions with dew points in the 60's, 50's in wildwood, dryer, with this front will not be moving

through until late tomorrow so still steamy tomorrow with temperatures in the 80es a drying out friday, and warming up again for saturday. overnight tonight low temperature 70 have after the storms past during the day tomorrow, it is sticky throughout the afternoon. at lunchtime 81. 8:00 p.m. we are talking about temperatures at 80 degrees with scattered showers and storms. on the three day forecast 88 thursday. eighty-four on friday. then we will warm it up again friday to 87 degrees. and as we look ahead and end the in in of may looking a head to the month of june, a lot will be changing in your on forecast, we will be down the the shore tomorrow, of course for orr at the the shore, live on the promenade 59:00 and 6:00 and mind are on the shore we are thinking about hurricane season, that is beginning in less than a week and today the national ocean and atmospheric association, better known as noah released its forecast. meteorologist kate bilo breaks down the numbers hi kate.

>> yes, last year was a quiet year for hurricane but what does this year hold. hurricane season starts in just five days and today as kathy mentioned noah came out with their long awaited forecast, lets take a look. >> the the summer weather is here and with summer, comes the threat of hurricanes along the east coast. each year national ocean atmospheric administration or noah issued hurricane outlook for upcoming season which runs from june 1 to november 30th this year forecast calls for fewer storms then average and noah predicts six to 11 named storms three to six hurricanes and zero to two major hurricanes of category three or higher. >> main influence on this years hurricane season is el nino, el nino is naturally occurring climate pattern that lead to warm water temperatures in the eastern pacific. this in turn lead to wind sheer over atlantic ocean meaning hurricanes have a much harder time forming. el nino is expect to increase in intensity beginning in august and september which are the peak months of

hurricane season and continuing to increase in intensity right into the fall, october and november. so this could inhibit hurricane season. >> few weeks ago i spoke with doctor rich nash director of the national hurricane sent ber this season's outlook. he also stress that had people should in the let down their guard. >> we still have land falls in el nino years, we have had land falling hurricanes, major ones in below average hurricane seasons. don't get distracted by hanging your hat on the el nino effect making it a year where you can take the year off preparing for hurricanes. it doesn't work that way. >> true. >> yep. >> one thing doctor nash always says, that whole time, i was talking to him even if we have one hurricane fit comes in your town it is catastrophic. >> absolutely. >> definitely be prepared as would you in any event. >> very good advice. >> kate, thank you. what you need to know about taxpayer information that was stolen from the irs we will have that information

criminal investigation after revealing today that information about more than 100,000 taxpayers had been accessed on line by thieves. >> three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan joins with us information on this scheme and getting a lot of people nervous. >> they should be, guess contact irs says between february and mid-may thieves from possibly russia accessed the system called get transcript. this is an irs site where taxpayers can get copies of their old tax returns. the once the crooks got a hold of the information they filed new returns and collect nearly 50 million-dollar. the irs says information stolen from its get transcript site was used to claim tax

refund of 15,000 people, before they detect the breach. about 200,000 attempt were made to steel information and then a little more than half of them were successful, after security filters failed to stop them. >> social security number and a verifiable e-mail address one that would be attached to the social security number. then they get a series of questions and if they cap answer those questions correctly, they are in. >> reporter: the breached system has been since disable and irs says its main computer systems which handle tax filings were secure. adam levin, co founder of credit.com says, victims will be dealing with this for years to come. >> if you are a victim of tax related fraud you've got to assume because they have the information, they need to do that fraud that they will be in position to do other kind of fraud as a result of the access to your information.

>> the the irs is notifying taxpayers whose information was accessed and will offer them credit monitoring. if you learned thaw are one of the victims we should request that they should give you a personal identification number. it will provide with you another level of secure from here on out you will need to submit that pin number with your social security number when filing your returns in the future. >> wow. >> that is something. >> reporter: they didn't hack, hack means they broke in. they used different questions answered questions and got in the system. >> pretty sophisticated stuff. >> reporter: exactly. in more coming out. we will watch this over next few days. >> very good jim thanks very much. miriam webster is adding new word in the dictionary take note, photobomb now a real word. that is when you move in the photo. >> yeah. >> and it is not suitable for work. don't open that link. emoji, and jeggings, pants that look like tight fitting

jeans. >> aren't you glad jeggings is a new word. >> i know it is real but now it is official. >> it is. >> coming up next the cheating gene, new research why some women are more likely to be unfaithful. and then huge news from the world of soccer, we will have the latest on the overnight the arrest of several top fifa executives accused of corruption totaling millions of dollars. passengers on a flight from philadelphia get an unexpected treat when they got stranded on the runway, how their big delay turned into a pizza party. new at 6:00 tonight the town of media preparing for dining under the stars. find out why in some cases it is only dining and not drinking, live report on that tonight at 6:00 o'clock.

i'm jessica dean with the top stories police believe surveillance video of the man they believe sexually assaulted a woman in her south philadelphia a home. that attack happened on monday and suspect could be ready for a similar case until march. police are pursuing, similar charges after learning teenage boys were circulating need photos of the female students at lower cape may

regional high school. twenty students considering one adult are facing charges. clean up tips across texas and oklahoma after days of rain caused severe flooding. at least 19 people died and several others are still missing, as a result of those storms, we will have more on the texas storm in just a moment kate. and jessica, we are getting our own round of severe storms with potential flooding this afternoon on storm scan three the storms have been in moving through all afternoon, and notice that they are moving slightly to the north and east. that means the rain slowly moving over one particular area leading to the risk for flooding downpours. we have a lot of lightening with this one particular cell moving from eastern chester county in delaware county and portions of montgomery county as well. number of lightening strikes with just that cell, 31 and that is just in the past few minutes. the let's zoom in closer on storm scan three and track this out heading toward philadelphia, as we speak you can see over upper providence it is moving to the north and east at 35 miles an hour putting it in upper darby at

5:39. philadelphia, center city at 5:49. bensalem by 6:06. 6:25 p.m. crossing river into trenton. as this storm moves east it has a severe thunderstorm warning associated witt just east of that area and we are expecting this to go until 6:30 tonight, that includes city of philadelphia, main line delaware county and rest of the region. we will have more coming up, back to you. now lets go back down to texas, as we told you people in houston have a had to be rescued from their homes after torrential rain, led to massive flooding in that area. >> in one small texas neighborhood a teenager with the canoe saved the day. cbs news correspondent marley hall has the store friday houston. >> reporter: water still pooling in the drawers and refrigerator at this rabbi's house. the 78 year-old woke up to a foot of the water in his home in houston tuesday morning. >> the water was strong. when you walk in that water it was pushing you. >> reporter: the rabbi suffers from diabetes and was worried

he he could not get to his medication. but 17 year-old morgan davies knew the rabbi was in trouble and launched his own rescue mission. he borrowed his cousin's canoe and paddled right in the rabbi ease house. >> the canoe was right where were you standing. >> reporter: yes. >> davies and two others took him to higher ground and then went back out in the flood waters to rescue 12 others. most of them elder liz and home bound. >> one family climbed out through window screen which we had to cut opened. >> reporter: rat by says the teenager performed what he called, a missf a. >> it was a deed god would approve of a hundred percent. >> reporter: marley hall, cbs news houston. in other news out of texas happening right now bizarre police chase in the dallas fort worth area. this went on for about two hours this afternoon and what you can see was a very slow speed, at times this driver led police on the chase that was barely moving. the officers there showed

quite a bit of patients but eventually, a swat vehicle came in and rammed this white sedan, here it is, spinning that car out and ultimately bringing this case to an end. officers swept in arresting the suspect and there is no word what led to that chad. >> chase is underway for violent home invasion suspect in west philadelphia a. take a look at this surveillance video that shows the suspect accessing an apartment above the the eagle's corner chinese store on spruce street yesterday morning. once this man got inside he beat an employee of the store who was asleep with the blunt object. he then took off with some cash. the victim of that beating is hospitalized tonight. well, within the last hour former fifa vice-president jack warner has turned himself in for his connection with the massive corruption scandal. seven other officials have also been arrested. cws news reporter wendy gilette has more from new

york. >> reporter: u.s. prosecutors say top prosecutors accepted millions of dollars in bribes from marketing executives in exchange for the commercial rights to lucrative events. including a tournament to be played in the u.s. next year. >> they did this over, and over, year after year, tournament after tournament. >> reporter: seven official from his soccer's world government body known as fifa were arrested in seer i can wednesday, part of the 14 person indictment that alleged racketeering money laundering and wiretapping over more than two decades. >> what they did have in common was greed, greed that drove them to use and exploit their positions for cash. >> reporter: former fifa vice-president jack warner ace monk the defendants. he issued a statement claiming his innocence claiming i have been afforded no due process and have not even been questioned in this matter. prosecutors want to bring the fifa officials to the u.s. to stand trial but six of them have already made clear they plan to fight extradition.

fifa president seth bladder was not accused of any wrongdoing. he issued a statement saying we welcome actions and investigations by u.s. and swiss authorities. fifa has faced controversies in the past including the the awarding of the upcoming world cups to russia and qatar. on wednesday governing body opened an investigation in the bidding process but said the locations will not be changed. the russian soccer officials say they welcome the investigation. wendy gilette for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jeffery web, one of the men taken in custody and seen here with mayor nutter earlier this year, he is vice-president of fifa and head of the governing body of soccer for north america and the caribbean. these photos were taken in march when web came to philadelphia to the gold cup that will be played at lincoln financial field. >> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum announced he will run for president again in 2016. santorum told supporters he will seek the republican nomination, during an event

near his childhood home in cabot, pennsylvania. this will be santorum's second run for the white house. in 2012 he lost nomination to the former massachusetts governor mitt romney. santorum says he wants to put americans back to work. >> it is time we have a president who sees the struggle of working families in america not as an opportunity to divide us along race or class but as a chance to unite us. >> rick santorum joins a crowded republican field that includes ben carson, ted cruz karlie fiorina, mike huckabee, rand paul and marco rubio. on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders seek the nomination. do you know what it feels like to be on top of the world? you will only of to wait until this friday to find out. nearly 14 years after 9/11 observatory of one world trade center will open. work hers who helped build the nation's tallest sky scraper

got an early look before it opens to the public. guests will be able to observe a panoramic view of new york city from 102 stories up. >> pretty spectacular. >> how about that. >> still to come on "eyewitness news" are cheaters born to cheat? new research that suggest that cheating gene could lead to infidelity. then tattoo troubles, possible long term medical risks are here for tattoos. senior prank goes viral 72,000 lady bugs are released in the school and how several students are facing charges. kate? and a severe thunderstorm is heading for philadelphia as we speak and should come through the city in about ten minutes, we will track it live and i'll tell you what the rest of the week look like storm and humidity wise coming up

apple has regained its title as most valuable brand in the world. the company surpassed google in the annual ranking of the world's most valuable brand published by research company brands. apple increased its value by 67 percent over the past year and is now worth $247 billion. google is up 9 percent, valued at $174 billion. trending now a senior prank in maryland has seven students facing charges after

they released 72,000 lady bugs in their schools. the seven students, from the the high school broke in the school at 3:00 in the morning to release bugs. and they had one senior who admitted to his role in the prank and only student involved to was not allowed to walk in graduation today. >> they took graduation away for something like this. >> the biggest thing for me is and forceable, forcible entry in the building while police charged him with fourth degree burglary and other offenses. a new passenger feel better about diverted flights is there a way to feel bet ber that. pizza party does help. these pictures are from a flight that left philadelphia bound for atlanta but was divert todd foxville, tennessee, over 100 flights were canceled, tuesday due to bad weather in atlanta and passengers on several other flights were reporting similar, pizza offerings. and what is the key to an

amazing wedding for harry potter fan? how about an owl? >> wow. >> yes. the groom here and all of the their guests as an owl delivered the rings. the owl strikes a strong resemblance to harry's owl, in the popular movie series. >> one person not excited by the owl was best man who had to hold it on his arm. >> i have held one of those on my arm before. >> they are heavy. >> it is cool and does get heavy and your armies strong but not that strong. >> you never know. >> you have to put trust in them because they are sensitive. if they take off the front door good bye rings. >> good bye. >> we will be right

impressive pictures coming into the weather center from around the area. >> absolutely these storms are rolling through and they are packing a punch. luckily we are not getting what texas has been getting with the flooding they have had down there but still threat for flooding downpours here this evening and it is heading in the city, right now. before we get to that lets take a look at this, this afternoon justin drabick took the the mobile weather lab to career day thinks at gilbert's elementary school in philadelphia he spoke to the fifth graders there about meteorology, the the mobile weather lab and his job on

television. they were very excited, to see the the mobile weather lab learn about all of the great technology we have in that vehicle and also, of course, they asked some really great question of justin namely, about his job and what it is like to be on television. lets look the at those pictures we were talking about showing you palmyra cove nature park camera showing these storms coming in. here's the philadelphia skies line. you can see this fuzzy shading in the background, that is rain and heavy rain, heading toward city right now. we have got rain, falling right now right along montgomery avenue and lower merion high school cameras 71 degrees right now. you can see rain drops on the camera and roads are certainly, wet as the storms come through. lets go out to storm scan three and take a closer look at the moment. let's show what you these storms are doing. strongest storm is heading for us here in philadelphia, moving through lower montgomery and bucks county at the moment and few storms ahead of that main line as well moving through portions of mercer county right around trenton. lets check with our weather watchers and see what they are

seeing as these strong storms rum am cross the region. they are cooling things down in their wake. that is good news. humidity dropping slightly. tanya is in philadelphia in rain yet at her house but it is 88 degrees. warm and steamy. heading back to the west an area that has gotten storms and we will check in at 71 degrees with john o'donnell. johnnies in downingtown. 71 degrees. that main reins cooled air, mostly cloudy overhead but storm has passed with clearing to the west. so that is good news. things are getting better, after these storms pass through. lets go out to storm scab three and get to center city. you can see the cloud rolling n look to the west and look the at how dark it is getting. blue sky to the ease, dark clouds to the west and that means the storm are heading in our direction so within the next probably five or ten minutes we expect these storms to hit center city, get inside if you have not already. lets look at storm scan three. you can see red shading moving north and ease. so they are staying over a

particular area for an extended period of time, indication of heavy rain and this storm has a hail signature with it as well. you can see heavy rain in the doylestown area abington, being in philadelphia right now 5:56 is what our model prediction 5:56 in five or six minutes. cherry hill expecting storms 6:14 and trenton by 6:31. 6:38 they will be in hamilton. we are under a severe thunderstorm warning and severe thunderstorm watch until 7:00. watch means conditions are favorable, warning means this is happening right now. this areas in the warning norristown horsham cheltenham philadelphia, moorestown with gusts to 60 miles an hour possible, strong wind, and again those heavy blinding downpours that will be the biggest threat with these storms. temperatures right now dropping in the wake of the storms. it is still 86 in philadelphia a the storm has not come through. meanwhile we have dropped back down to the 07's west of the city. we can expect another round of storms tomorrow. no, sir as strong as to take but a as we head in the afternoon we expect showers and storms to pop up to the

south and east. friday and saturday look quieter but still friday afternoon a few the scattered storms, popping up, and even into the day on saturday we are just stuck in this warm, steamy pattern that has a lot of fuel to work with because dew points will stay in the upper 60's. the here's tomorrow at noon 69-degree dew point. friday a afternoon at 67 degrees dew point. that means we are in that steamy range right through the rest of the week with dew points in the mid to upper 60's. storms have a lot to draw from rumbling through the area overnight tonight showers and storms, some heavy. this is early this evening and then overnight we will clear it out partly cloudy. 70 degrees. for your day tomorrow, hot humid with that afternoon shower or thunderstorm at 88. here is your seven day forecast and shore cast, warm, steamy through saturday, it starts to break down sunday, next week a few showers around but these temperatures start to head back to normal now back to you at the desk. kate, thank you very much. >> on the healthwatch today a new study found getting

tattoos may have long term health risks with symptoms lasting for years. cbs correspondent hanna daniels has more. >> reporter: newlywed caitlin and adam freelander share a love of tattoo. >> they blend together but i would say if i had to put a number on it, 20. >> reporter: freelanders never had any issues with their ink but new survey from nyu medical center shows that many people end up with complications from their tattoo. >> short term things that people talk about and people reported happening were things like delayed healing, things that sounded like infections, pain at that to citing for longer where things like itching, scaling, raised areas. >> reporter: researchers interviewed about 300 people in new york central park with a tattoo. most of them had five tattoos or less. 4 percent of people had reaction that is came on, and resolved quickly. 6 percent had chronic

reactions lasting months and sometimes years. >> we are seeing things that don't to have do with sterility or anything like that. they have more to do with the components in the ink and peoples bodies reaction to them. >> reporter: doctor a marie ledgers say doctors can prescribe antibiotics for infections and steroid for chronic problems. surgery is sometimes necessary, if a reaction is severe. they have not had any problems with his tattoo. >> no infections or nothing. healed perfectly fine. >> reporter: he says he will not hesitate to finish art work on his arm hanna daniels for cbs news, new york. those researchers found that the most long lasting complication where is found with colors red and black which are also, the the two most common tattoo in k colors. is there some new research suggesting that women may have a cheating gene which makes them more likely to be unfaithful. >> the gene in question is the receptor gene, researchers say it is involved in creating trust, empathy and sexual bonding. that gene to have no effect on

promiscuity in men. still ahead on "eyewitness news", going behind the scenes of an award winning broadway musical. >> some local students get a firsthand look at the puppets of the lion king, that is coming up next.

how much would you share? that is the the question, being asked in the new reality series called the briefcase that airs tonight here on cbs-3. >> a family experiencing financial setbacks has just 27 hours to decide what they would do with the briefcase containing thousands of dollars in cash. will they keep all of the money or share it with another family facing the same financial hardships. david room, the creator and executive producer talk about the new series. >> we talked about a renewed faith in humanity, you go around america and you find what these middle class families are doing every single day you will have a faith in humanity. it is always been there. we just don't know where to look for it. it is in this country. it is very emotional. >> that is very promising. the don't miss this series, it premiers, that is the briefcase, tonight at 8:00 o'clock right here on cbs-3. students from the string theory charter school got a unique behind the scenes look

at the broadway musical the lion king today this he were seventh and eighth grade hours saw pup et cetera and masks up close. it was led by the puppet supervisor and cast member who plays, zazoo, students were engaged in the live liz q and a and got to try out puppets for themselves. >> it was really cool that we got to see how they use their props and everything they do behind the scenes. >> musical in its 18th year now is playing at the at contacted my of music here in philadelphia, through june 14th, and it is always, a spectacular show. >> so neat to see. >> yes. >> that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 we have an eye on storms moving through the area kathy. we are tracking it on storm scan three as we move toward philadelphia, so some gusty wind associated with them and localized flooding, we will show you when they will be in your neighborhood coming up. and also the search for a

predator in south philadelphia, gets a boost from surveillance video tonight, police need your help, don't miss our live report coming up. and new at 6:00 the company that lost a cow which then escaped on to an area highway, and it is a wednesday night tradition, here in media delaware county, find out why dining under the stars though might not include drinks for those who are dining tonight. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. well, tonight we are tracking storms, colorful storm scan three shows us is he rear weather making its way through the area and you can see hail, heavy wind, and heavy rain but good evening i'm jessica dean. i'm chris may. very summer-like temperatures. hot temperatures stirring up wild weather. lets get the the latest from meteorologist kathy orr tracking this all day long,

kathy. >> we have watched this line of showers thunderstorms develop and new we are watching them march eastward across the delaware valley. you you can see that line well defined with those yellow and red and oranges some very heavy rain moving across the region on 76, 202. we have a picture of route 202 at 252 near chesterbrook just amazing with some flooding going on there blocking the roadway. this will be the the scene as we work our way through the evening commute. but as this moves north and east at 35 miles an hour, you can see lightening, red orange indicating some very heavy rain and that, red swirl right there, indicates a thunderstorm that may have rotation. we will keep a careful eye on that. as far as lightening is concern here in warrington 13 strikes alone and as we track this moving toward the northeast, we are talking about it moving through philadelphia within the next couple of minutes. it is already in the northwestern part of the county. it will be through camden by 6:01. that is within the next