>> we begin with severe weather tonight. flash flood alert in effect until 10:00 tonight. spreading across baltimore at the light rail station as well as setting at falls. meteorologist mike masco is tracking the severe weather for us. what do you have for us? >> it's a very active picture. this is our latest. if you look down south, there's a new tornado warning. this is out in dorchester county. we have to watch the storms forming down to the south and see how they respond to the atmosphere north. all of caroline county which was under tornado warning

earlier. for all at baltimore county and anne arundel county and that's up until 7:00 or 8:00. we have a lot of heavy rain across the area. strongest storms down towards the south and east and earlier again, we're talking that morning in queen annes. this is the storm is now moving towards north. take a look again, future scans showing the bans of rain showers coming in south and north. any storm that develops through the course of this evening, does have potential to producing flash flooding. flash flood watch for the entire viewing area. keep a watch on channel 2. very heavy rain on top of us now and then we will ship focus towards a developing storm that

could become hurricane isaac by later tonight. remember this mess on monument street, the sinkhole opened up in the 2300 block of monument has reopened again. the hole is about 50 feet deep this time and they evacuated resident and businesses on the street. if you're out and about, in times like these, you want to be prepared. know the weather wherever you're going by downloading our weather app. all you have to text is 46988, and stay on top of weather alerts. talk about the weather, now to florida. where tropical storm isaac is getting closer and stronger. the latest projections say it will be soon hurricane and it is veering west and away from a direct hit on the sunshine state. the threat from isaac already

had impact on the race for president. karen travis reports from the republican national convention tonight in tampa. >> reporter: isaac is trimming the coastal waters of florida. residents digging in and republicans are scrambling to alter their national convention. isaac gave floridaians a reason to be nervous. winds and torrential winds is no doubt that worse is on the way. >> with the rnc coming in and lot of people coming in town. kind of worried about that. that's a lot of people to try to move. >> reporter: along florida's west coast, they are boarding up, stocking up. >> basically lights and batteries. i have three boys and a dog. >> it could be nothing but then it could be a lot. if you don't take precautions

you're in trouble. >> reporter: isaac was already in haiti. in cuba where the storm wreaked havoc. isaac is now tracking westward expected to become a hurricane when it crosses the florida keys this afternoon. when it hits the gulf coast it could be a category two storm. but it will be shorter as expecter of isaac spurs the gop to cancel monday's agenda. with up to a half a foot of rain, city officials and convention officials are concerned about the risk of flooding. abc news. close to the home, there was a big loss in canton tonight. owner of nacho mama's was served in the elvis presley chapel was killed in

ocean city. >> reporter: he never held a public office but patrick michael mccusker was known as the mayor of canton. >> nobody can believe that he's going to be gone. because we don't know how it's going affect one of us. >> reporter: police in ocean city said his bike hit a bus along coastal highway. back in 1992, he opened up nacho mama's, the tex-mex restaurant known for margaritas. he had pizzas to goes and mamma's. debbie known him from the beginning. first as a business owner and a friend. >> i wanted to be a nanny. i needed to supplement my income. he gave me a job. he said you can host this for me. >> reporter: restaurant owner and minister, the browns have his name on their marriage

certificate. >> we were actually sitting at the bar and he was telling jokes to everybody. he just performed a wedding and talked to them about the certificate. i said i didn't know you can do stuff like this. couple months later, there we were. >> reporter: outside there was statue, inside there's a chapel. he would dress up as elvis for a annual golf tournament. friends say sunny had a very giving heart. never leaving a note, there was no need for acknowledgement just the desire for kids to come and celebrate the season. people are stopping by nacho mama's, some learning the news before their seated. others are here to share the memory of the man behind the place they love. >> he loved it. he loved people. he loved this neighborhood. he's improved it 125,000%.

>> reporter: in canton, abc 2 news. sunny is survived by his wife and two children ages 12 and 13. the latest tonight on a police involved shooting in south baltimore. police have released the name of the suspect tonight charges are pending against oba mitchiner. shooting happens friday night. the suspect was shot in the leg. the investigation continues tonight. customers picking up saturday night dinner at a northeast baltimore kfc. they were forced to the ground during an armed robbery. police arrived just after 7:00. the manager told police they've been robbed at gun point by two men who took undisclosed amount of cash. police say they took off on foot and they are still at large tonight. there's still much more ahead on abc 2 news at 6:30. if you kids seem to spend their

allowance money before it can get into their piggy bank. we got tips into turning them into savers. , they call it 24 hours of booty. we will explain that. we got new flash flood warnings across baltimore. i'm meteorologist mike masco. we will talk about more about isaac. it could be a major hurricane by this week. details coming up on the news at 6:30.

. remember that allowance for doing your child hood chores? times have changed. abc 2 news allison has the details. >> reporter: $780 this year a new survey says that's the average. kids allowance. t this survey from the american institute of certified financial planners, says that's

not happening. 61% of parents pay an allowances, more than laugh start by the time their child turns 8 years old. most make their kids work for it in some way. but only 1% of parents say their child ever saves inform i of it. one reason parents maybe missing an important opportunity to talk to their kids about money. the acipa suggest setting parameters. don't just hand your kids $15 a week. make sure they understand why they're getting. also suggest setting goals. children learns budgeting, divide up the allowance for short term goals like new chores and versus long term goals. finally talk about your own money with them and how you budget, in other words lead by example. now maryland's most

accurate forecast. >> let's get you to the watches and warnings. flash flood warning for mump -- much of the evening. over the eastern shore where we've been watching the heavy rain shower and even the tornado warning, you do have flash flood warning. anne arundel you have a flash flood warning. if you look down south, there's an active tornado warning down in dorchester county. we'll have to keep an eye on that. here is doppler radar, showing heavy bands of rain shower. you look south and east of baltimore, do you see some storms starting to get strong. we have to watch as it pushes north. there's that one storm of in queen anne. that is below the criteria. in terms what we're seeing on

radar now, right along the white marsh boulevard, you see some storms trying to fire up, moving toward elk and these storms could produce lightning. keep an eye on sky and keep an eye on abc 2 news in the storms do test limit. we do have a flash flood. there's the shot crowds and again very cloudy damp dismal shot 70 degrees in the city. humidity way up there 93%. 70 across the board. little area of low pressure is producing all bands of rain showers and storm. this is going to be a wet night going into tomorrow. that'll start to bust down

humidity. little saltered showers and we're in the 70s tomorrow morning. lower to middle 80s with a chance of showers and storms at any point after 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. that threat lingering into tomorrow evening as that front passes. by tuesday, could be into the middle 80s. let's get to tropics, here is isaac, now starting to look a little bit better organized on our satellite radar. this is radar break down in key west. center of this storm is getting better organize. this could become a hurricane over the next 24 to 36 hours. it may be close to a category two-three level as it moves between new orleans and mobile

and biloxi. muggy is return by wednesday going into next week. last night was a much better night for viking. they call it 24 hour of booty. biking nonstop hundreds of bikers take to the streets of columbia to raise money for cancer research . >> it transform -- transformed into a event. >> it was a great event this year. about 400 bikers. they raised more than $450,000 and all the money will be spent between allman cancer fund for young adults.

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