the this was issued to second ago. tornado warning in effect for northwestern camden county, north central gloucester county, and western burlington county, until 6:30 this afternoon. it is a doppler radar indicated tornado it means a rotating thunderstorm, is capable have of producing a tornado. it was 8 miles southwest of gloucester city, moving east, at 50 miles an hour. at this stage and by 6:36. a mulika by 6:52. i will read off the towns that could be in the path of this storm. camden gloucester city, cherry hill, evesham, mount laurel deptford, voorhees, west deptford, lindenwald,

bellmawr woodbury, berlin. once again, you can see this is the potential area that we're talking about here in philadelphia, through chester down to 295 this cell was indicated, once again about 8 miles southwest of gloucester city. here is the toweling thunderstorm that is capable of producing this tornado and i will step outside and see how high it is rising, ten 20, 30, , 4,050,000 feet in the atmosphere, creating the rotation. now steve, if we can put in the velocity mode, this is the mode thaw can pinpoint the tornado, we have green colors, red colors when they come together you can see the movement, moving towards and away from the radar and it is this area that we're talking about when you see those two colors coming together that is when you can see an indication of potential rotation in this region here. you cane when two colors are actually merging. on storm scan three we're tracking the storm it is moving so quickly it will be

in the neighborhood near you if you live in south jersey very soon, and this is, the 3-d version you can see the towering storms that are creating this potential funnel cloud or tornado and as we rotate around it you can see the height we're talking about capable of producing a storm like this. now, outside i everybody moves inside until these dangerous storms, passed, and now i will step out and see center city philadelphia the storm moving through as we speak, i do expect a lot of lightening associated with this and you can see heavy downpours hard to see the city. visibility will stay low right along i-95 corridor coming down pretty heavy in camden, camden in the path of this severe cell. we're tracking it on storm scan three and anticipating wind in excess of 60 miles an hour with this and you can see area we're talking about right along i-95 corridor timing for storms to move through at 6:00 right on cue and if we can put it into our regular

reflectivity mode we will track these storms. we're talking about rain rates about three to 5 inches an hour with these particular storms and the lightening associated with this, we're talking thousands of lightening strikes. so a lot of this precipitation, moving quite heavy, you can see rain right here close to 3 inches an hour and that is in a line from abington all the way down through central delaware, the lightening is just amazing with this. we have a report from radnor township saying that they thought they had about 300 or 400 strikes. you can see over a thousand lightening strikes from towamencin down through wilmington and other parts of the maryland. this is a severe line of storms possible tornado doppler radar indicated so please if you live anywhere near camden, gloucester city, cherry hill in area of northwestern camden county, gloucester county western parts of the burlington county, go to an interior room of your home way from your

windows and wait until this dangerous storm passes. rotating thunderstorm that could create a tornado. act new go to the basement away from the windows in the apartment, a bathroom, without windows that is most safe place to be. make sure everyone is inside, if someone is trying home, long the 42 freeway or the expressway or 295 give them a call let them know that these storms are on their way and to get to a safe place. it will be a slow go on area roads for the next half an hour until these storms move into interior south jersey. with gowns a tornado warning in effect for burlington, camden gloucester counties until 6:30 this afternoon. we're talking about the towns of evesham gloucester, voorhees, west deptford, the storm could move into paulsboro, magnolia, woodbury, national park, even audubon park and even the brooklawn area. so take cover now we also have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect and that will go until 6:30 as well. this is the line we're talking

about, it is a line of severe storms, this has been, moving eastward at 35 miles an hour and now it is like a train moving east at 50 miles an hour. so the sheer speed of this and the momentum of this storm combined with the velocity of the wind is enough to create, some decent damage. not every where we did have a funnel cloud spotted in lancaster county. we have some trees down already, and parts of the chester county. these storms have a history of damaging winds in west brad forward township thunderstorm wind damage, multiple trees down there multiple trees down in honey brook and that is in western chester county. so these storms definitely have a history of damaging wind in chest of 60 miles an hour when we have a rotating then are storm we are talking about a 70, 80, 90-mile an her wind possible as well. we will do a storm track from the severe part of the cell moving east at 50 miles an hour, you can see it is going to be really accelerating.

gloucester by 6:08. we have about two minutes there and vineland 6:30. mulika 6:46 and gala way township by 7:03. so once again a line of severe storms this one cell, capable of producing a tornado. area is south jersey, so please, if anyone is on the road, if you have practice, and rain isn't in your neighborhood just yet make sure you call ahead and get everyone inside to a safe location, until the storms pass. so this is area we are going to zoom in on. this is area of concern between national park westville, this is route 30, precipitation rate of 15 inches an hour, i have never seen that before. so this is unprecedented tracking these storms on storm scan three and we have been doing this for about 15 years. that is pretty amazing. through south philadelphia, an extraordinary amount of rain, falling right now you can see on paterson avenue near north

woodbury this is westfield this is area and that doppler radar indicated this hail pro tuesdaying damaging wind, moving east, once again at 50 miles an hour. we do have some heavy rain, also extending down to the south, and you could see some of these roads near the mills and very heavy rain, where you see, purple, and and ape possible tornado and and right over philadelphia, and thinks an indication of some hail that fell, as well.

along right now moving across towards cherry hill in camden county along 676 right over the bridge, it looks like the walt whitman under the gun there right now with some heavy rain and potential for some damaging wind and as we zoom in, this is our velocity. meteorologists look at this, to find, the precipitation or wind speed that are going towards and away from the radar and color indicated when you see red right next to the green that is a sign of some rotation and that is how we can zoom in on the area of concern that can possibly be, the area that this tornado is in. right now you're talking about between glassboro and washington, near cross keys, and this is the area of concern. this is, let's see this is cross keys road and bishop wood and in this area, this is the area that doppler radar indicated rotation in a thunderstorm that could produce, a tornado. this is the 42 freeway you can see on our screen here with the wind gusting, it looks like it is night fall it

is so dark from the storms. traffic is moving along but once again a lot of lightening, and wind and a lot of rain falling. we're talking about inches an hour and blinding rain, in some locations. so once again, 42 freeway an issue. the expressway an issue. ninety-five some very heavy rain and if you have something for me here. >> people are pulling over to the 42 freeway to stop and pull over because they cannot see. >> vittoria giving us notes here on traffic that they are pulling over. these rain rates are so high they do have to pull over, ain't wait until and and that is how we know how strong they are. we're talking about 40, 50,000 feet and planes fly at 30,000. going coast to coast. this is how high it is not at months fear. we have up drafts and downdrafts.

you usually see hail. we have seen that even in philadelphia. rotation in the thunderstorm indicated by our velty medicine when you see that red and green it is precipitation wind moving towards and away from the radar and that indicates rotation and that is how we know where this potential rotation or tornado is. once again we have a line of severe weather that goes from, abington, all the way down through delaware county, through northern new castle county and down through baltimore and washington like a line of severe weather with thousands of lightening strikes, moving right across the i-95 corridor, during the dinner hour when so many people are out on the road. this impacts hundreds of thousands of people and when we count the lightening strikes, at least a thousand, in this area, and it is not even that large of an area. if we did a line from north to south, steve what is the distance on that, it is probably 60 miles per perhaps

that tornado warning is in effect until 6:30 this afternoon. evesham, mount laurel, that is western parts of the burlington county, runnemede gloucester, west deptford, mantua, this is area we're talking about. parts of the gloucester county, camden county, western burlington county, please make sure everyone is inside, go to the basement and interior room of your home, away from the windows and if you are in the local area that perhaps is a apartment building, or condo complex, usually just go in the hallway or bathroom without windows. that is the most safe place to be. and, once again, we will take a look. you can see campbell's cam in camden. a lot of lightening. visibility is poor. if you are in south jersey and you'ring a what is going on i don't see anything yet. you will see skies getting dark looks like almost night fall as storms get closer. a lot of lightening still even in the philadelphia area moving across into the new jersey side, even lingering showers to the north and west

of the city and i believe this is the 42 freeway again and you can see the lightening, it looks like it is about 9:00 o'clock at night because of the storm hovering overhead. this is going to be an issue. you can see for at least neck half an hour as storms continue to move eastward. in philadelphia, moving kind of slow, it looks like it is night fall as well with the rain having moved through, a lot of lightening associated with this. the most dangerous cloud to ground lightening, we do have cloud to cloud but you will be seeing a lot of cloud to ground lightening as well so stay inside and wait until these dangerous storms pass. we have a tornado warning in effect until 6:30 this afternoon, also we're talk about, severe thunderstorms that are moving through philadelphia, that are going to continue to have move through delaware county even montgomery county, associated with this same line of severe weather. this is all moving east at 50 miles an hour. it is moving in and out within the next hour but nevertheless

it will leave its mark. they have a history of damaging wind if excess of 60 miles an hour, also hail and funnel clouds have been spotted earlier in the afternoon. this is a tornado warning once again in effect for gloucester county, camden county and western edge of the burlington county until 6:00 this afternoon. these are towns that we're talking about a big impact, people affect, about 524,000 just in that warning area, but hundreds of thousands impact by weather right now. that tornado warning will continue for next 20 minutes or so, but still severe storms will continue, as it continues to move toward the east and seek shelter immediately. go in the interior room, basement stay away from the windows and keep it right here to cbs-3 and cw philly, for the very latest. we are looking at a line of heavy rain as it extend from upper dublin, through philadelphia, 295, and i-95

and 42 freeway, we are looking at flooding on the schuylkill river, and i should tell you flooding on the schuylkill expressway near schuylkill river but you can see and this is stopped and waiting to get assistance as the water continues to build. we're talking about rain rates that are pretty amazing here. 5 inches 6 inches, one location we saw 15 inches an hour but downpours creating flash flooding on area roads. you know on the schuylkill expressway there are low lying areas, near the river and that is what is creating the problems. we will see a lot of that with the heavier rain falling. take a look at storm scan three. this readies the heavier rain and steve lets look at a few rain rates. we're talking about gloucester. this is area of concern rotating then are storm that could produce a tornado. rain rates in gloucester of 6 inches an hour. this well will in the be over here for an hour but you could pick up a quick two or 3 inches in low lying areas.

area that we see flooding quite easily will flood with this kind of rain. places like admiral wilson boulevard, in camden, places like schuylkill expressway, front street in philadelphia, those areas that have poor drainage problems will be flooding as well. on storm scan three we are back to our velocity mode and you can see we have velocity or wind speeds moving toward and away from the radar indicated by red and green and we are seeing some in this particular area near andrews and williamstown. also through berlin, long 73. this is an area of concern. doppler radar indicated rotating thunder is to harm could produce a tornado ape this will be an area we are concerned about at this point. that warning in effect until 6:30. if you live in these towns cherry hill, evesham, mount laurel deptford, voorhees, paulsboro, woodbury, you are in the path of this storm. so make sure you seek shelter immediately. we are putting this into a 3-d

perspective and you can see the towering thunderstorms associated with it. that tornado warning in effect until 6:30. we're talking about three different counties in south jersey. this is a huge commuting time. if you have a family member or a friend that usually takes the 42 freeway 295 and the expressway, please give them a call, and let them know that they are going to be in for a slow ride ape that there is significant weather in their path. so they should find a safe place to wait it out. i just got word our rail lines are being delayed, i believe it is 60 minutes, up to 60 minutes, because of the severe weather which makes perfect sense because visibility is so poor. visibility less than a mile in many regards. area roads we're seeing some folks pulling off and waiting until the torrential downpours coming to an even. even calling this torrential seems weak because this rain is so intense. we are seeing rain rates we have not seen in a very, very

long time. number of lightening strikes about a thousand with this particular line of storms. to be able to see this type of a line moving through at this time of the day is pretty amazing because the real estate that it covers is significant. you're talking about most of the philadelphia area and the commuter traffic in this area 95 heading down through baltimore, washington, 295 right now in cherry hill, ram manywood seeing potential for some severe weather through ram manywood. this is 73 south toward marlton, green tree, this is heading toward promenade if anyone is shopping there give them a call say stay in don't get on the road because you will have have some problems. fox hallow woods, gibbs boro, voorhees, this is the area of concern, tornado warning in effect until 6:30. we're talking about damaging wind torrential rain, frequent lightening and possibility of hail, but hail would be least of our problems

right now. it would be the wind and the flooding rain, with this particular storm. gloucester, even turnersville, seeing very heavy rain, rain rates here in excess of the 2 inches an hour easily. pitman also glaus glassboro you can see when we see that flashing color when we are indicating intense rain and reflectivity on our doppler radar. steve can you put on our storm reports and see if anything is new you from the weather center because these storms have a history of damaging wind with multiple trees down and some power outages as well associated with them. here is the line crossing over philadelphia and river moving into the warning area, of south jersey, through chester county these storms had a history of multiple trees down and you can see a funnel included in blue bell reported at 5:00 with these storms previously. lets go to south jersey and zoom in on that purple return over here, an area of concern right there near mount laurel,

new jersey. we have a potential for severe storms. mount laurel slow acres eaves bureau, medford road through marlton this area lets look at this rain rate this is hainesport mount laurel road a very heavily traveled road, church road, marie tree road, this is 17 inches an hour which would be amazing. i have never even seen that before but just significant rain falling right now, with this cell. this is an area of concern in the tornado warning area we're talking about possibility of damaging wind, just prolific rain and a lot of lightening associated with this. cloud to cloud but more significantly cloud to ground lightening. tornado warning will continue for next 15 minutes. if it is allowed to expire and weaken as it moves toward interior south jersey remember it is still a severe thunderstorm. so that warning will continue for the next 15 minutes the storm will continue to move east ward it will be in vineland by 6:28. it will be in millville by

6:37. cresswood village by 7:02. toms river as a strong thunderstorm i don't expect as severe by then by 7:17. area of south jersey we are concerned about is that western part of the burlington county, and that is in the warning. the tornado warning in effect for western burlington, gloucester, and also, for central parts of camden county. now i think threat is moving more into burlington county, and through mount laurel, and through evesham and into marlton. the tornado warning has been just canceled. all right. good news, chris. wow. you can see, right here, this is where we have a severe then are storm warning for parts of the burlington, camden, and this moving once again east at about 50 miles an hour. at that speed it will continue toward the shore this is an area of severe thunderstorm

warning. i will step out because it is all of south jersey, camden, cumberland, gloucester and salem so it does exclude the shore it is a severe then are storm warning for all of those counties wow until 7:30 this evening. indicate ago this this is going to stick together pretty good as a strong to severe thunderstorm, heading toward the shore. the people affected 1.1 million people impacted by this cell. so lets track it, steve, lets go back. now a severe thunderstorm impacting multiple counties. we have significant rain associated with it and potential for damaging wind. we have already seen flooding, we know it has been taken down trees in some neighborhoods moving east at 50 miles an hour vineland by 6:33 and millville by 6:38 and gala way township by 7:04 and egg harbor by 7:08. it is a severe thunderstorm. it is a series of severe thunderstorms, excuse me,

extending right here from camden county and gloucester county, moving east. very quickly in washington township right now, a lot of lightening associated with this, hundreds of lightening strikes and you can see as it moves east it is a fast mover. this was a little bit earlier this afternoon look at how fast it is moving in so it is a sheer momentum of the storm and wind associated with this storm has a double impact as it moves towards the east so it is plowing in, and it is bringing in some very heavy rain a along with it. it will move east, south east, but the flooding concern is going to be the big concern as well. if you have anyone traveling on the expressway, garden state parkway down the shore heading home, they are going to drive right into this severe thunderstorm. you can't miss it because it extend about four counties through south jersey and all of this is moving towards the

shore points. severe thunderstorm warning in effect for next hour as this hour is strong enough to stay together and move towards the east. you can also see the flooding potential, we do have a flood advisory in effect now and that is going to go until 10:15 because of the heavy rain, associated with this. so it includes cherry till gloucester vineland, washington township for counties of at plant being, burlington camden and gloucester and on the pennsylvania side you can see southeastern pennsylvania and it also includes delaware, the reason, so much rain, has already fallen and few more showers will be moving in. so we're not just talking about a few inches of rain, those rain rates we saw were 5 inches an hour, 10 inches an hour 15 inches an hour so quick four or 5 inches could have fallen in one of these cells and we will definitely track that and have more on that tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 after we assess the damage from this line of storms. we have the heat and humidity, those heat indexes were up to a hundred.

cold front moving in with much dryer air and then that cold front, created the lift, to create these strong to severe thunderstorm. this is it, it ace a line of severe thunderstorm that is plowing towards the east, you cannot even see the towns because of the lightening nearly 1,000 lightening strikes. steve if we lift lightening lets take a look at precipitation, where you see red, that is extremely heavy rain but right here, right through central parts of the camden county that purple dot is indicating some intense rain intense wind, this is right along route 30, you can see in lindenwald, good friend that lives there precipitation rate five and a half inches an hour. that is not going to sit there for an hour but that gives you an idea how fast that rain is falling, visibility i'm sure at zero, so if you have any plans to be near lindenwald, ashland, crsonon road, 73,

take that to the shore and also the 42 freeway intense heavy rain continues to fall, and it is going to continue to move towards the east, at about 50 miles an hour. some wind damage associated with this, and this whole area continuing to bend like a giant bow and many times indicating wind damage when you see that on doppler radar but this is annex stream area we are seeing this afternoon. we add 3-d view you can see the thunderstorms it is not just one or two it is a complex of towering thunderstorms that extend, thousands of feet in the atmosphere and we have energy and power to be able to create this type of intense a and wind abe in rain. that is very late es from the weather center we will continue to track these intense severe storms, we will take a short break and we will be right back.

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