first alert. damaging winds, heavy rain, coastal flooding and now sleet. trees could come down, power could go out. we're keeping you covered with team coverage. this nor'easter could be here in time for the morning rush. and speaking of your morning commute, the bridge connecting the pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes is still closed, we're looking at the impact it's going to have on traffic tomorrow. good evening. we are in a first alert because of a nor'easter that will be hammering our entire area starting overnight. this will be impacting everyone at the jersey shore. we are expecting coastal

flooding with heavy rains and high winds and a flood watch is already in effect. in delaware, gusty winds and rain could be causing headaches for commuters as you head to work or school tomorrow morning. for the poconos, there's a winter storm watch starting tomorrow through two days, that will bring sleet on top of windy weather. we're staying ahead of this nor'easter with the only mobile weather truck of its kind. we have team coverage tonight to make sure you are prepared. randy gyllenhaal is live on the shore. let's first go to meteorologist erika martin to break this all down. >> we do have this storm coming in tonight through early morning tuesday. here's what you can expect for the monday morning commute and monday afternoon and evening commute. at 6:00 p.m., we're seeing some

light showers moving n this is the beginning of this system, pretty much setting up offshore, seeing some more rain on the approach, notice that we're not seeing widespread rain nor heavy rain through tonight, but by the overnight hours into early tomorrow morning, this is where we get the bulk of this system moving in from the southwest towards the northeast. so by tomorrow, 11:00 a.m., everybody's getting widespread rain, pockets of heavy downpours along the jersey shore, delaware as well seeing some heavy downpours and it looks like we will see a changeover over to a wintry mix. but probably the bigger story is this hour by hour wind gusts, starting at 6:00 p.m. right now we're starting to see an increase in those wind speeds and wind gusts. by tonight, notice we're seeing wind gusts coming out of the northeast ranging anywhere from 17 to 30 miles an hour but they start to pick up in the overnight hours, and early

tomorrow morning, the big concern by about 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 a.m., is the fact that we're seeing wind gusts topping out at about 50, 60 miles an hour. so this nor'easter is really a major deal because we do have so much rain but we have such strong wind speeds and wind gusts moving into the area, pushing easterly, so notice we're seeing right along the jersey shore, 63-mile-per-hour wind gusts. now coming up in the full forecast, we're going to break this down for you, again, hour by hour, at least through lite monday into tuesday. >> in atlanta county, choppy waves already washing ashore in margate, the winds are whipping around and those winds are only going to get stronger, randy gyllenhaal is live in stone harbor, and neighbors are already bracing for the stock market? >> reporter: people in stone

harbor are keeping a really close eye on this one because it was almost a year ago to the day that there was high winds and -- as a precaution for tomorrow, business owners today are putting sandbags in front of their shops. this is on third avenue, it was here last year where the water was flowing like a small river down the street. a few people i spoke with told me they do not think tomorrow's storm will be as bad as last year's major flooding, the high tide they are keeping an eye on is tomorrow afternoon when those heavy winds you're talking about combined with the high water. they're hoping that the back bay stays calm, but they are getting ready just in case. >> back down, you know, get everything that can blow -- >> or float away. >> or float away. >> it's a hope and pray sort of thing, but you do what you can. >> reporter: the coast guard is urging boat owners to secure their vessels, tie down any

loose items because of those choppy waters. they're also asking fishermen to be very careful over the next 12 hours. t they ask homeowners to look in their front and backyards and get anything that could blow over in those strong winds. and here now a live look at philadelphia international airport where the weather is causing some delays. that fog and rain limiting visibility and right now there are hour-long delays and it's not going to get any better with the high winds and heavy rain heading our way. and count on nbc10 to keep you covered tomorrow, we're bringing our team in early so that you're prepared for the weather and a potentially nasty morning commute. watch nbc10 news today, tomorrow morning starting at 4:00 a.m. well, a potential traffic nightmare for drivers on the pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes tomorrow. the bridge that connects the two

is still closed because of a crack that was discovered friday. take a good look at the span of road that is closed. if you are driving from pennsylvania into new jersey, you cannot drive farther than exit 358, that's the bristol exit. if you're driving from new jersey into pennsylvania, take the 6 because the pennsylvania turnpike is closed. lauren, what's happening at the bridge tonight? >> reporter: denise, crews here have finished stabilizing things, but they are still working on fixing the problem, so you will need an alternate route if you take this bridge, but it's not just drivers who use this one that will be affected. there are limited options across the area so officials are expecting heavy traffic. drivers on the turnpike monday morning won't see this work going on, but it's rout changes for people who usually take the delaware turnpike bridge. with that bridge shut down to

fix the fracture, commuter also have to take a different way across. today signs already alert turnpike drivers of the closure, but the impact goes farther. as they make their way to alternates like the burlington-bristol bridge, extra officers will be out. >> reporter: how is that going to affect your commute? >> it's going to add time to and from. >> reporter: we found locals making plans for how to deal with the closure and the traffic. this man takes the burlington bristol bridge and he says he's leaving early this week. today drivers who take five other bridges serves bucks and mercer counties are also being warned to allow extra time and use patience. residents here are preparing for more traffic on bristol pike or 13. >> in bristolborough, where we all live, we're surrounded by

the two bridges. >> this business is worried the traffic trouble could keep customers away. >> we hope they fix the bridge really quickly. >> reporter: i just spoke with someone from the pennsylvania turnpike within the last hour, they are recommending that if you're going from the pennsylvania side over to new jersey to get off at the bensalem interchange, however going in either direction, they are really recommending that you look at other options as well. possibly taking public transit, maybe car pooling or even working from home. live in bristol township, i'm lauren mayk, nbc10 news. >> and if you normally use the delaware bridge, make sure you're watching tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. traffic reporter jessica boyington will have alternate routes so you can get around that closure. new at 6:00, police are looking for three masked men who

tied up a woman and pistol whipped a man. investigators say the gunmen took a safe from the house with $6,000 cash. police say the driver lost control and hit trees. no one else was hurt. also new at 6:00, a 29-year-old philadelphia man is charged with murder, accused of stabbing his grandmother to death. it happened yesterday in the city's eastwick section, police say the 70-year-old victim was stabbed multiple times inside a home on caesar place. in northeast philadelphia, a 25-year-old homeless man is under arrest accused of beating a transgender woman. the victim streamed the attack on facebook live and police arrested the suspect this morning at the frankfurt terminal. it was this video that helped police to identify the suspect. deadly tornadoes, coming up,

the latest on the twisters crossing the south. here's a live look at cape may, we have issued a first alert for a nor'easter moving in overnight with damaging winds, rain and coastal flooding. more from first alert meteorologist erika martin coming up.

on wednesday shack cfattah begin his prison sentence.

it's not known where the former congressman will serve his time. also this week, president trump is coming to philadelphia. he'll be joining house and senate republicans for a retreat to discuss priorities for the 115th congress. it starts on wednesday, president trump will join them on thursday. first alert, we are making sure you're ready for tomorrow. a nor'easter is going to be hammering our area, a live look at conditions in center city. >> reporter: . >> we are tracking this storm heading in our direction. the big deal is these wind gusts, we're seeing 63-mile-per-hour wind gusts for tlirk city, i'll time this out for you hour by hour in the full forecast. we'll see you then.

the tornadoes were vicious

and powerful and strong and they suffered greatly. >> president trump expressing his condolences and support to the people of georgia. a nature touched down there this morning killing at least 11 people. the governor has declared a state of emergency in seven counties. and for people were killed when a tornado touched down in mississippi yesterday. today we're getting an aerial view of that damage in hattiesburg. the tornado cut a half mile-wide path through mississippi. right now we are on a first alert because of a nor'easter heading our way. first alert meteorologist erika martin joins us. >> this is a widespread nor'easter. the piece of energy that will redevelop and intensify off the coast is what's going to become that nor'easter. so get ready for some really wild weather. the satellite perspective, i do

want to give you some idea of where this energy is coming from, from the southwest to the northeast. we can see here this is just a half hour radar loop, because i really want to keep this right now and show you, we do have some rain showers already on the way, already being reported and in fact we still have that dense fog advisory still in effect, a huge issue as far as this visibility is concerned. nor'easter timeline, now through midnight, light rain, increasing wind, not an issue right now, so don't be fooled by that. midnight to 9:00 a.m., developing rain and sustained wind speeds and wind gusts. from now about tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., we'll see winds over 40 to 50 miles an hour, 60-mile-per-hour wind speeds over the jersey shore. and on monday night, the rain and wind continue. so that's really the big story right now. hour by hour forecast showing

all those clouds, a thick cloud deck and of course that fog encompassing the entire viewing area and notice we're seeing some rain moving in, now by midnight, just after midnight, we start to see some heavier pockets move in, certainly not going to be widespread or any downpours, but as i get this going through tomorrow morning, bill henley and crystal clei will follow this storm moving through. hour by hour, just after noon, we're seeing some heavy pockets of rain from new jersey, delaware, new casting, kent county, pretty much everybody enveloped by this system. by 3:00 p.m., still seeing the effects s os of that sleet and is going to hit the lehigh valley. it doesn't clear until tuesday, but the story here associated with all of this rain would be

these wind speeds and wind gusts. i'm going to time out wind gusts for you. we start this and get this moving until later tonight. 11:30 p.m., we start to see those winds coming out of the northeast, as that wind intensifies offshore and we're seeing those winds anywhere from 16 to 29, 30-mile-per-hour, along the coast. and then as we get this moving through tomorrow morning, at 5:00 a.m., we're seeing 30, 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts, by 9:00 a.m. seeing stronger wind gusts and i do want to show you, really impressive, by about 1:00, 2:00 p.m., we're seeing 60-mile-per-hour wind speeds for atlantic city. 60 for beach haven. millville, 55 for you, and winslow, your expect eed wind gt this afternoon, we're seeing high tides for tomorrow, starting at about 4:00 a.m.,

4:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., temperatures are not going to be an issue but the high tides will be, of course we have to deal with the fact that everything is going to be trapped inland as the rain and the waves can't go back out. again high tides on monday, seeing that being an issue, and as we look at these temperatures very quickly, this is not going to be the issue, the issue is widespread rain and really strong wind gusts. so tomorrow afternoon is going to be a huge headache, especially for that afternoon and evening commute. >> the coastal flooding and also the saturated ground, with the downed trees. and i'm going to go ahead and say we're going to see the threat of wind gusts at 40, 50r50, 60 miles an hour. >> and the morning commute is going to be early tomorrow, so make sure to tune in nbc10 news today starting at 4:00 a.m. and also the nbc10 app. the la salle explorers is

the only game on the local college slate, taking on tcu on a game that looked over at halftime. the flyers tried to bounce back this afternoon on long island, we'll update you on things on sports net.

danny pommells from csn, flyers hoping to bounce back from last night's 4-1 los from the devils. a game going on right now on sports net. as for the sixers, their three-game win streak came do an end last night.

the second half, back to back for the sixers, joel okafor was only able to muster six partnerships in the last minutes of the action. a date with the clippers, their next team action. things got away from dr. john. la k'waun lewis train trains - it to justin tilmon for the flush, and they lose 90-52. royals pitcher who helped lead kansas city to a world series title died in a car crash in the dominican republic on saturday morning. it's not yet known if he was driving the car.

royals spokesman said that he was so young, so talented and fuel of youthful exuberance and always had a smile for everyone. he will be missed.

we're tracking this nor'easter, there will be a changeover tomorrow afternoon. all of this clears by tuesday, and we have a lot of rain and more importantly strong gusts. we will have bill henry covering this. >> make sure to tune in tonight at 11:00. #

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