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because of storms headed our way. let's get to erika martin. >> that's right. we do have a first alert for heavy rain and flooding issues. the pa suburbs, delaware and south jersey. one of the biggest would be the jersey shore starting at 3:00 p.m. today through 3:00 p.m. on saturday. rounds of heavy rain, flooding is likely a flash good warning has been issued for south jersey and delaware. it will be in effect for two weeks. it ends at 2:00 p.m. on saturday. satellite and radar picking up on plenty of clouds in our direction. we are seeing lightning strikes to the west, a sign that we do

have an unstable atmosphere. lots of rain headed into our direction. as far as rainfall totals, hour by hour picking up a lot of rain especially so when it's all said and done it like clear. you could see just under 4.5 inches after rainfall. we are talking about 5 inches in dover. so i'll time out the showers and we'll taulk about flood flooding near you. >> we'll have a team of reporters out in the elements as conditions worsen. >> you'll want to keep it tuned throughout the day to monitor the developments. jersey shore is along the coast where people are preparing for

what's to come. >> reporter: they are taking advantage of this calm before the storm to get ready for the threat of a large amount of rain and flooding. public works crews busy this morning preparing and testing out big portable flood pumps that will help get water back into the bay. storm drains often have a hard time keeping up. >> at high tide the water doesn't go out as fast. we deploy the pump and it brings the water out of the bayson faster. >> crews working to clean out the tops of storm drains. these communities have many more visitors who might not be as familiar. they are urging you to move it to higher ground.

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we are tracking thunderstorms moving into our area. we'll keep you posted. download the free nbc 10 app. i'll give you safety tips in a little bit on flash flooding. >> are you okay?

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it the atlas global airline cockpit wind were covered in debris. >> i don't think hail will be a part of the forecast. >> heavy rain, potential flooding and potential storms too. >> that's right. we are tracking heavy downpours headed in our direction. we have a flash flood watch issued for most of the viewing area. does favor points south including delaware and the jersey shore. this flash flood watch is in effect until 2:00 p.m. on saturday however we have issued a fist alert for heavy rain and no flooding. we are going toeks tend it until 3:00 p.m. we want to make sure everything is cleared out of every single neighborhood as far as heavy

downpours are concerned. we are expecting rounds of heavy rain and flooding is certainly likely. severe storms possible certainly by later tonight. locally this is our two-hour loop. we are seeing the clouds move in. to the southwest we are seeing lightning strikes and pockets of heavy downpours. a wider perspective shows us what's headed in our direction. heavy rain on the way. notice the arrows here. for south jersey, jersey shore and delaware. so those are the areas oochi'm concerned about. >> notice how we start to see the rain develop after lunchtime. so at 1:30 p.m., by 5:30 p.m. we are seeing pockets of heavier rain here and the red still

seeing a break here for parts of the jersey shore. as we continue to work this hour by hour through later this evening into tonight we start to see how everything overspreads the entire area especially for delaware and jersey shore. those are my bigger concerns. i do have flash flood safety tips here. this is our criteria. avoid flood waters. evacuate if you're seeing water rising and forecasted rainfall at listen take aabout 3 inches.

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erika is here to bring us up to speed. >> that's right. we are tracking a system moving our direction. there is a cold front hanging across our area. it will become stationary and we'll have a ser ri of low pressure systems moving across that. it is because this will stay right over us it will allow far lot of rain to accumulate. we are not seeing a lot going on here. what we are plainly seeing is clouds moving our direction. to the west and southwest we are seeing heavier pockets of downpours. all of that headed into our direction. we do have a first alert that has been issued until 3:00 p.m. on saturday. a flash flood watch in effect until 2:00 p.m. on saturday. we wanted to extend that by one extra hour until everything clears from west to east. so again, locally we are seeing clouds developing very quickly.

those rain showers are headed in our direction. when it's all said and done it will favor areas south of philadelphia. newcounty. looks like you'll see between 4 to 5 inches of rainfall. this is really a neighborhood forecast. burkes county you are only going see a quarter of an inch to half inch of rain in total. coming up in just a bit i do have flash bood out for you. we'll talk about when they are going to hit. of course, chen it is also going to beer. we'll send you an alert be 30 before the lain. >> keeping a close eye on the

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>> thank you. now more on the accident at the ohio state fair. the pendulum ride was inspected hours before the accident. gabe tells us when it comes to amusement parks there are not federal safety rules leaving states to come up with their own regulations. chaos at the carnival. after this deadly malfunction at the ohio state fair knew cruise any, that ride passed uninguksss the u.s. consumer products sifty kmig let's summer a ten-year-old boy died at a water park? kansas. a fer ris wheel basket overturned in tennessee. in that case three children

plunged more than 35 feet. >> we have had a major incident. there has been at least three fall out. >> there are no federal regulations for amusement rides. 20 states including ohio have comprehensive programs. 12 states have partial oversight and nine have no state regulations. here in georgia they require. running each ride at least three times before flin gets on. >> we do everything we can do to make sure duff lick that happen. >> he always a ton ton ride and many stales aloi you to look up

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tonight. here is a live look at citizens bank park. it is also italian heritage celebration night. first pitch set for 7:05. we issued a first alert inspecting heavy rains. >> that's right. we do have heavy rain headed in our direction. a flash flood watch issued through saturday. notice it really duoes favor areas south of philadelphia. i is also sly you are under it until 2:00 p.m. on saturday. it started until 3:00 p.m. on saturday. it includes some heavy rain and storms later this afternoon.

satellite and radar, notice how quickly they are moving into our area. here is our viewing area. just starting to see light returns to the west of chester county. all of this headed in our direction hour by hour forecast starting this at 11:30 a.m. notice how quickly all of this starts to develop. we are seeing light greens that we just saw on our satellite and radar. as we get this going here especially for northern and central delaware. this is my biggest kern. it looks like the heaviest downpours and highest rainfall totals here we start to see heavier downpours around chester county as well. this is one model that favors heavier downpours for the jersey

shore. cape may seeing oranges and some reds. hour by hour through tomorrow morning still seeing rain moving across our area. this model right here picks up a lot of clearing by about 11:00 a.m. that's the good news there. as we keep this going through 3:00 p.m. this is when it will be discontinued. we are seeing clouds across the viewing area. we are seeing 5 inches for delawa delaware. about an inch and a half to delawa delaware. it looks like over an inch and a half. a lot of rain south of philadelphia and we are talking about neighborhood forecasts. look at this. allentown not seeing much rain at all. burlington about a quarter of an

inch in rainfall total. that's all we are seeing. show some flash flood safety tips including avoid flood waters. evacuate if the water does ride. download the app. we'll keep you updated throughout the day. the ten day on ten. temperatures for today in the mid-80s. by tomorrow we'll see lots of cooling. 73 is your expected high temperature. mostly sunny skies on sunday and monday. my pick is sunday. conditions look pretty good until wednesday and tracking the potential for more rain the following thursday. be sure you follow us on social media for more updates. we'll see you on the other side of the break.

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i want to show you how quickly showers are starting to develop into heavier downpours. it looks like we are seeing flood reports to the west of our area. notice that green little icon is telling us we are already seeing some flooding to the southwest of baltimore. >> it is speeding up. >> and we are seeing pockets through tonight and early tomorrow morning. now models are actually so a lot of times we want to keep you up dated and we'll keep you updated. and yols also get alerts especially if you have storms. >> yeah. >> thanks for watching. i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. for erika martin and all of us here on nbc 10 have a great day

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