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and 100 lehigh valley, and at the shore not much of the way of a heat index because of the cool ocean breeze. the heat advisory remains in affect at trenton and the heat index stays above that century point. in edition to the heat, there are a couple of downpours in the region but as of right now on stormtracker 6 live double scan it is fairly quiet across the region as you can see most of the area is dry and we have a couple of downpours passing through parts of the border of lancaster and berks county at 422 and 222 south-southwest of reading and a couple north of route 1 in bordentown. but it's not releasing lightning, quiet across the region but a bigger look at the double scan live shows it's lifting to the north.
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>> that is right, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing they are getting hit north of the poconos into new york state, the last 15 minutes close to 3,000 lightning strikes, most of the energy with this line of storm is missing up to the north and more developing near washington, d.c. and the actually system is in the ohio valley. a storm warning in affect until 9:00 tonight, most won't see the storms but if you do gusty winds of more than 60 miles per hour and lightning and isolated hail with this system and the atmosphere is getting a lot more juicy tomorrow. as we begin to tap into moisture from this. this is tropical storm arthur, you can see the eye wall is forming now and strength ening and that shows the winds, sustained up to 65 miles per hour and moving slowly and it
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will continue to do so and unfortunately for our region, there is really no big change on the computer forecast model. though all keep it offshore but a category one hurricane and that will cause rip currents on the 4th. the timing is coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> cecily thank you. even if arthur stays off the coast that means rough surf and currents at the shore, and that has beach control rushing to control it on the 4th of july. eva pilgram is live in sea isle city, right now it's beautiful out there? >> beautiful doesn't even describe it, do you feel the sun but the breeze is amazing. the beach is crowded. there are a ton of people out here, soaking up the sun enjoying the day. everyone we talk to say they are
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watching and waiting to see how friday, the busy 4th of july holiday is going to shape up. >> the sun is out and so are the people. >> the sun is out and no clouds are in the sky, it's awesome. all eyes are on the sky as people watch tropical storm arthur move up the eastern seaboard. whatever direction the storm moves, lifeguards in sea isle city are expecting a big surf, we are making adjustments and bringing in more guards off the weekend. only swim in front of lifeguards that know how to spot the rip tides and how to keep you safe. they are watching the weather and waiting to make a final call on the 4th of july festivities. >> in the afternoon on thursday we have to make tough decisions. >> people are hoping to make the most of the weekend.
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>> we'll have a drink. >> a tradition they will enjoy no matter what mother nature throws your way. >> that is what you look forward to, the fireworks, i am on the beach at 4th of july, it's like tradition. >> you have a lot of fun? >> i always have fun at the beach, no matter what, rain or shine. >> out here at sea isle city, kids are having fun, two people are getting buried right there behind us. again, they are watching these currents making sure, even at this hour, there are still rip currents at this hour out here. they remind people they have to be careful. sea isle city will make the decision about their festivities on thursday at the end of business day, if the fire works have to be postponed, they will be held on saturday night instead. we are live here in sea isle city, eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> lucky girl, thank you eva.
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we have word of serious delays at philadelphia international airport, arriving flights are running more than two and a half hours behind, the thunderstorms, they are asking everyone to check with their airlines before heading to the airport. and whether it's extreme heat or severe weather, the 6 abc storm tracker app will send alerts to your smart phone or tablet whenever a watch or wafrning is posted. >> all right woe are following breaking news from camden county where police have found a body in silver lake in clementon, chopper 6 was over the spot where police made the discovery. they have not said anything about who the person was or how he or she died. an elderly montgomery county man was found near the state
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line. sara bloomquist is live now where crime scene investigators just left the victim's house. >> "action news" just learned that investigators have two persons of interest in custody and we are told they are relatives of the victim and so far no charges are filed, we are told that it all stemmed from an argument inside of this home. this is the home of jacques saintang. crime scene investigators came and when with boxes of offered from the plymouth township home of the victim. neighbors noticed the police activity last evening when the forensic team arrived at 3010 arch road. >> i thought someone died. >> they where are stunned to learn that their elderly neighbor had been murdered here
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inside of his home. >> this neighborhood is quiet and safe and mostly elderly living here. on friday at 10:30 a.m., workers clearing brush at state roads 92, in gibson township, susquehanna county. the victim was in a tarp and the autopsy ruled the death a homicide. investigatored determined he was killed inside of his house here. they thought he lived her with his son or grandson. but they added that they rarely saw anybody come or go from the home. >> are you on a busy street and it's hard to get to know everybody in the neighborhood. >> this gentlemen, over here, i didn't know. >> again, we have just learned that investigators have two persons of interest in custody. both relatives of the victim and this all stemmed from a family argument that got physical and
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charges are being finalized address we speak. live in plymouth township, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> sara thank you. bus loads of illegal immigrants were moved to an undisclosed location in california. before demonstrators showed up, yesterday they blocked the buss from making the trip. thousands of people many of them children are flooding into texas from central american and overwhelming u.s. facilities and many are being flown to other cities, and they are processed and released with another court date. president obama is considering several options and it's not a fix and he is urging congress to take action. it's a mixed day on wall street, the dow continues to inch towards 17,000, the nasdaq was almost flat and the s&p picking up a point on this wednesday. the ceo of america's biggest
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bank is diagnosed with throat cancer, jaime diamond made the announcement in a letter to jp morgan chase and his doctors caught it quickly and it is curable. he has been at jp morgan for many years making him the longest serving ceo. tyson foods signed the deal to purchase hillshire brands. tyson got into a bidding war, and the deal is said to be worth $5 million, and it's expected to close by the end of the september. >> there is positive news on the job front in atlantic city, the chelsea hotel is hiring people for a number of different spots from housekeeping to serving to working the front desk. the job fair is a welcome opportunity for the thousands of
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people that will lose their job when the show boat casino shuts down. the chelsea is asking for two years of experience and were interviewing potential hires on the spot. lets get a check of the "action news" traffic report. lets go live to matt pellman. halfway there matt. >> hump day you got that right. traffic is fair to less than fair. definitely less than fair down here in the first state, in delaware on 95 northbound side by mlk boulevard and maryland avenue, involving a truck and gravel debris, from the northbound lanes of 95 is still blocked and as a result you are looking at quite a delay. from the concord pike, a 40 minute ride and 21 minutes and that is still delayed. heavier delays on 95 in delaware and the closure of 495, is not
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helping us out. an overturn vehicle crash on 232 northbound approaching 680, speeds of just 6 miles per hour coming away from 653, and an earlier broken down vehicle by girard. that is out of the way, and there was a crash on the schuylkill eastbound side approaching south street and that too has cleared and the heavy eastbound delays from the boulevard on into south. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on the hump day afternoon our friends are out and about in bordentown, burlington county, by 130, the good news is it's off to the side and not causing a problem there. we are talking about more of the problem there's in the next half hour. we have a potential traffic problem in depford, new jersey, chopper 6 is over the scene in depford, we'll tell you about it quickly, we'll try to get the
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chopper shot, it has injured one person near the depford mall, the accident happened on southbound route 55 near the depford mall, the vehicle crashed into a wooded area off route 75 below the mall, no word yet of the condition of the drive under this car, or if there is any other people inside of this vehicle, we'll keep an eye on the situation for you and bring you more information on route 55 in depford as we get more information. a brand new marshall poll for pennsylvania governor says the gap is widening with democratic candidate tom wolf holding a sizable lead ore tom corbett. 27% of people favored wolf and 20% favored corbett. 27% is a big number, and we do have a lot of undecided voters.
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when it comes to republicans, corbett's support base is getting stronger, half of them rate his performance as excellent or good, up from 38% from the january poll. but, only one in four of the people polled believes that corbett performed well enough to gain re-election. this was a poll of voters from june 23rd to the 29th, they were polled on a number of things, four in five people, favor allowing adults to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if a doctor recommends it. >> a mother of two is missing tonight, and authorities have reason to believe she was abducted. "action news" anchor monica malpass is in the newsroom with this story. >> hi monica. >> it's nearly 72 hours since
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anybody has seen traitor, and now the family needs help tracking her down, a neighbor saw her struggling with a man and she was forced into her own car and driven away. police hope you can help find her as well as the suspect. we'll hear from police and traitor's loved ones. plus the heat is sweeping us and coming up at 5:00, karen rogers puts portable air conditioners to the test. crank it up. we'll have those stories and more at 5:00. >> monica, thank you. >> if you took one step outside you know it was uncomfortable out there the scorching temperatures and humid air made for a muggy day, and john rawlins is live now at morgan
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square. >> reporter: it's all about coping shirleen, i'm here at the swan fountain and every time the wind blows and you feel the spray it feels delightful, if you were outside today, you know it was a miserable. hot-humid day. >> hotter than hot but fun. >> it was hot enough to order carriage horses back to the barn and this man one of a half dozen people woozy from the heat at hoagie fest. >> they took my blood pressure and gave me a bottle of water and gave me time to rest. >> the mission today is to keep cool. >> a nice, cool rag with water on it, up on my head. >> lets see this. this does the trick? >> it does. >> jose, a veteran of 18 swoelterring summers, drunk the water and take your time. >> pace yourself? >> yes. >> wawa welcome america drawing folks from around the world from
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shanghai where parasols are common. >> you use umbrellas in the summer because of the sun. >> yes. >> to ireland where it's 25 degrees cooler than here today. >> very, very warm and humid. what is the actual temperature today? at the time he asked it was 92 in the sun, to beat the heat dense shade helped. >> it's nice in the shade, it's a whole different thing in the shade. this spray park an oasis for kids and parents. some didn't seem to mind the heat and the sun, this dance group, didn't break a sweat despeed pavement temperatures of 130 degrees, now that is cool. >> impressive moves at any temperature. it's a miserably hot, humid day and continues to be. >> john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you john.
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>> stay cool. >> jump in john. >> how about some cool water for the man. time now for accuweather. lets go to meteorologist, adam joseph. i bet you would jump in there. >> there is no chlorine in there and i done think it's very clean. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan most of the area wishing they had a quick downpour passing through to drop the temperature and many of the gardens need a good soaking and your grass, but as we take a look, the only spot seeing severe weather at this time is the northern part of the lee lie valley, mainly northampton county and ports north of bethlehem and easton, this is a severe thunderstorm warn in in affect until 5:00. also, some very small hail. the real meat of this storm with the severity is north of strasburg and portland. and good flashes of lightning,
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95 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes but this is lifting to the north and east and out of our area, it's quiet with a couple of downpours in buck county. the heat is on, 102 in philadelphia, 104 in wilmington and near the century point in millville and the poconos 75 with the downpours and storms around and also at the shore it only feels like 80 degrees with the wind coming in off the atlantic. the dew points the measure of how much moisture is in the air, this is as high as it can get. 77 in wilmington and 77 in allentown and 74 in beach haven, by the 4th of july the dew point goes back into the 50s as the air drys out. double scan live, most of the action, the real severe weather with the nasty squall line is far to the north moving into new england and we have a broken line from the north and west.
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we'll watch the storms north and west of washington as they pass through. future tracker shows through 6:00 tonight, the storms are peppered through the region and it will not be widespread and most of you will not see a downpour or thunderstorm but if you do, they could be on the strong to severe side and by 8:00 again, showing one or two storms around the region and then we are clear by 11:00 tonight. as it remains muggy and warm. future tracker, thursday at 5:00 p.m., tomorrow there is many downpours and thunderstorms, as the front approaches to the west and collides with the tropical atmosphere, and arthur gives us an indirect affect by the 4th of july, we could have downpours east of the philadelphia, flash flood watch in affect through friday and continuing tomorrow as well. 1 to 3 inches of rain is likely across the region, your four day at 4:00, 89 degrees with the drenching downpours around and there could be quick flash flooding because of how tropical
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the atmosphere is, on the 4th of july, arthur goes about 300 miles to the east and then the weekend sunshine both days and low humidity and temperatures in the 80s. we salvage most of the 4th of july holiday. we'll have more coming up in the next half hour. thank you, still ahead, raging fires move across california's wine country. and the captain of the flyers get as rested, what he did and what the team is saying about it. >> the food truck that explodes on the streets of philadelphia, investigators try to figure out what set off that blast. can you get accuweather and news any time with our 6 abc apps.
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>> well, the flyers have said mostly quiet during the days of free agency, their captain made unexpected news. claude giroux was arrested in ottawa, and according to reports, he repeatedly grabbed the backside of a male police officer, he spent the night in jail and is now released without charges. firefighters in california, are taking advantage of better weather to find a massive wild
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fire burning through wine country, the flames have forced the evacuation of homes in napa county, they have also burned 3200 acres so far. crews say that the fire is 30% contained right now. higher humidity and lighter winds are helping them get the upper hand. so far there are no injuries on what started that fire. the cadillac summer collection is here. ♪ ♪ during the cadillac summer's best event, lease this 2014 srx for around $329 a month or purchase with 0% apr and make this the summer of style.
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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, shirleen with allicot and brian taff. >> it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with details on the fire that damaged not one but two famous rock bands tour buses here in philadelphia. plus, food truck fire ball, what we learn about the blast that sent 10 people to the hospital including a mother and daughter inside of the truck at the time. >> and later, she is running for two, what this training olympian
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wants people to know about her incredible accomplishments. and now the accuweather forecast, steamy and stormy. >> from heat advisories to thunderstorms and tropical storms. adam joseph is tracking them all. are you busy at the big board. >> mother nature is not taking a vacation this week, she wants her own fireworks around the region. 102 in philadelphia and 104 in wilmington and a break at the shore, where right now it feels like the upper 70s to 80 degrees with natural air conditioning with the sea breeze. heat advisories remain in affect in the delaware valley, and the heat index is in excess of 100 degrees for the next couple of hours and then the advisory is canceled at 8:00 package.
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the energy with this feature is off to the north and east with the nasty squall line passing north of new york city and north of new england, and down towards washington with a severe thunderstorm watch here for the entire area until 9:00 p.m., we have one storm moving to the north and east in north hamilton county and portland 4:34 and columbia at 4:35, winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and hail as this lifts north and east of easton, this is until 5:00 and if you live in bethlehem, are you clear from eastern to the north, watch the storm for the next half hour. when i come back, we'll talk about drenching downpours for tomorrow and also tropical storm arthur. we'll have that and what it means for the 4th. >> thank you adam. remember you can access the accuweather forecast 24/7 even if are you not near a tv.
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by downloading the 6 abc storm tracker app, you'll get weather alerts sent to your phone, it's free for your apple on android device. turning to the investigation into the explosion that rocked a feltonville street nearly killing a mother and daughter, this is how the family's vehicle looked today coming up. this is the blast. the violent blast that turned the food truck into a fire ball yesterday. now for more on why they believe they found the cause of the explosion. lets go to david rylive at the scene. >> federal and local investigators are pointing towards a leaking propane tank as the probable cause of the explosion, that massive fire ball torched this entin intersection, cars and homes and people across the street. >> i ran over there, the fire
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was intense and burned me bad. >> he was one of ten people injured and five others remain hospitalized in critical condition. including the owner of the food truck, and her 17-year-old daughter and her 13-year-old niece and another relative. a 23-year-old man who was walking by is also in critical condition, she had just recently purchased the food truck to replace this older and smaller one. >> more modand and bigger and more nice. >> show was excited about the new truck. >> she was excited? >> oh, yes. >> the propane tanks are heavily regulated by the state and federal governments, agents from atf and osha were on the scene along with the city fire marshall. it was equipped with two 100
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pounds propane tank, the unused tank started leaking enveloping the truck in a cloud off propane. the blast sent a fire ball through the neighborhood and hurdled the propane tank into a backyard 95 feet away. >> when i felt the fire and i ran, and i saw what the lady outside of the truck, with fire coming out of her neck. >> truly a horrific scene out here yesterday. investigators say it could be day orz week before they know exactly what caused that propane tank to start leaking, we'll hear from three septa police officers that came immediately running to the rescue. live in feltonville, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. investigators concluded a deadly hotel fire in point
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pleasant beach, was started by a man who accidently dropped a cigarette while high on drives. this shows him with a glowing cigarette in his hand, he appeared to be searching the chair cushion before he briefly dozed off and he stood up without the lit cigarette and walked away, fast forward and flames and smoke quickly spread. he was one of four people killed. and he was also under the influence of heroin and they are now spreading the message that addiction is not a victimless crime. >> addiction is a problem, it's not just affecting you the person that has the problem, but your family members and other people in this instance, strangers that lost their lives. >> the mariner's cove motel is
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housing victims of super storm sandy, and the deadly blaze is ruled accidental. one of our sky 6 cameras was rolling as a part of the band styx's tour bus, it caught fire in a parking lot near front andcal oh hill streets before 4:30. though crews were able to keep the fire frp spreading it damaged the bus next to it and that bus belonged to the group foreigner. there was a fight at a basketball court in chester, five people had to go to the hospital. on west congress street after midnight. some people were standsing and talking with friends while others were playing basketball. it's unsure how the shooting started bura 14-year-old boy and i 13-year-old girl was hit. they are all expected to
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survive. police have not said anything about who was shootding or any arrests. police say that a driver damaged three cars while trying to get away from officers overnight. police were chasing the suspect through port richmond this morning. the driver lost control at gillingham and orthodox streets. two were pushed into a utility poll and a third into the street. the suspect was arrest aid short time later. a load of sile stone slab, the action cam was out an i-95 and maryland avenue. that is where the flat bed truck scattered their debris over 100 yarded of road, all lanes reopened about an hour ago, the
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heavy quartz material is used to make counter tops. the constitutional center, they were showing american pride by going back to our roots with the revolutionary war reenactment. so families could practice mustering with their troops and stop by the blacksmith shop for a new sword. and the fun continued inside where visitors could go forth and learn all day long and they got to see a special exhibit on the history of the hoagie. all part of wawa hoagie day a corner stone event of the wawa welcome america festival. you can watch all the festivities elive here on
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an unusual problem grounded a flight from los angeles top australia overnight. you are looking from water leaking from a qantas jet, so much it actually flooded the cabin, the airline maintains it did not pose a safety risk. the plane turned around an hour after departing, they rebooked passengers on a flight for the next morn snoog a kostdly mistake for a driver hauling seafood near boston, he misjudged the height of a bridge he was approaching and slammed into the overpass and the impact ignited a fire ball, the driver ignored the 10 foot height limit. the driver was okay, but the haul not so much, all 7,000 pounds of lobster had to be destroyed. about $100,000 worth of seafood.
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this was a scene last july during the annual marshmallow wars, 2,000 pounds of the goody stuff covered the beach and a child got injured as flaming and frozen marshmallows were hurled. this year police are asking people tomal oh out. they are joining the campaign and getting rid of the entire stock of the sticky stuff. >> the streets were bad, sticky marshmallows all over and very been here for the last 30 july 4th's and i have never seen it this bad. >> the local 7-eleven refuses to get rid of their marshmallows. the big talkers, the college cheerleader in texas is shot to the center of a social media controversy after posting
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pictures of herself with exotic animals she says she killed herself and here she is next to a rhino and a lion and a leopard, there she is holding the animal and a zebra, all endangered species she hunted in africa. she says the money she pays for big game hunts helps to prevent poaching and animal activists are fired up about this and they are trying to get her page pulled . this is the viral video has this 8.5 month pregnant woman defending herself, aleesa is pregnant and competed in the 800 meter race in the u.s. track and field championship. she is a five time champ and
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finished in two and a half minutes. people across the globe lashed out at her. >> are you going to kill the baby and you are being selfish, you are thinking i would never do anything to hurt my baby and this is harsh words for people to say. >> her own doctor says it's okay and especially since she is an olympian. and she wants people to know her body is strong. and seeded, kaiser, whole wheat, bacon? yes. a bun using one of america's favorite pork products. chef cln is the carnivore behind this creation, he was sick of ending up with only a few slices, he said lets make it a bun. if you are wondering if it's
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healthy, i don't know but its gluten free. >> no carbs there. matt pellman is in the traffic center, don't ham it up. >> we have meaty delays, southbound side coming off the whitman bridge and i'm stuck because i want to tell you if you are headed down the shore, do it this evening and tomorrow, if you think volume is worse, and the weather will be worse, if you do it now you'll get stuck in the jam, the reason is, on 55 coming off of 42, are you looking at speeds in the 20s, because of that overturned vehicle crash there in gloucester county depford township. approaching 47, where the vehicle overturned and when into the woods. in cherry hill by famous daves, waup out for a broken down
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vehicle on 70 westbound approaching 41 kings highway, taking out the right lane, the spill is off to the side on 295, by 680. speeds are up to the 60s there, in delaware approaching the corner, a crash is taking out the lanes. and the block able of the ramp from 95 northbound to mlk boulevard because of the truck accident from earlier. up to 202 it's causing you extra time. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. thank you matt, more "action news" when we come right [ gecko ] what a lovely night in philadelphia.
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meteorologist, adam joseph with the sweltering forecast. >> we are tracking storms around the region and tropical storm arthur, this holiday week is not so quiet, a look at double scan live in the region, it's hot and humid and rather quiet, we are watching a line of thunderstorms, blossoming now in gloucester coin and berks county. a severe thunderstorm warning is issued for the northern part of the lancaster county. and right on the border of adams town until 5:45, winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and quarter size hail in edition to torrential rain and moving to the east at 20 miles per hour, approaching 222 north of lincoln as you head into reading, 113 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes, heading to blue marsh
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until 5:00 and wol mers dorf gets hammered by lightning and torrential rain and loud thunder. watch this storm as it heads to downtown reading. 101 is how it feels in trenton and 102 if philadelphia, so the at atmosphere is super charges now with the heat and humidity. the good thing here is that the energy with this particular system is to the north, north of new york city where we have a severe squall line passing into southern and northern new england and a severe thunderstorm watch for the entire area, a watch meaning the potential is there for any storm that develops to turn on the severe side, with that said, most of us will remain quiet here this evening. at 8:30, one or two pop-ups in the region, where they do pop, they are isolated and they are strong to severe. as we go through the day
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tomorrow, and early on the 4th of july morning ark front approaches from the west and that is very slow and it's indirectly enhanced by arthur to the south with a moisture loaded air mass, the downpours are more numerous tomorrow and early on friday. 1 to 3 inches of rain and a flash flood watch tomorrow into noon time on the 4th of july. the downpours erupt to the northern and west and fairly dry at the shore tomorrow until the late afternoon and then by 9:00 tomorrow night, torrential rain around the region and that continues for the first part of the 4th of july especially at the shore, 10:00 on friday morning, then as we progress through the 4th of july, the sun returns by 4:30 in philadelphia and clouds at the shore and just in time for the fireworks and the concert everything looks good even at the shore by friday evening and friday night. tropical storm arthur, the track
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bring its to a category one in cape hatteras and stays well offshore and we'll get enhanced rain and strong rip currents for friday and saturday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, drenching temperature downpours and thunderstorms, 89, and early morning rain on friday and returning sun with dropping humidity of 82 and the last place to clear is the shore and saturday, sunday, a beautiful weekend, highs in the 80s before it turns muggy on monday and hot and humid next tuesday and wednesday. it may start dicey here on the 4th, i promise you everyone, on the shore, drying out. >> you done make promises a lot. you promise me $20. >> saving with
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. it's hot and sticky and and everyone is looking for ways to cool off. it feels well over $100s and we are waiting for thunderstorms. the big story is the hot and humid conditions that triggers the threat of thunderstorms. we have a better idea when the storms will pop up. and at philadelphia international airport there are already delays of over two
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hours, travellers are advised to check their flight status before they head to the airport. >> meteorologist, cecily tynan and immediate gift adam joseph has the latest from accuweather and eva pilgram is monitoring conditions at the shore. lets begin with cecily with the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan, the buildup of heat and humidity and the cold front from the west. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are storm free and there is an intense line of severe storms setting up across lancaster, a severe storm warning is in affect for parts of lancaster county and this system is moving east at 20 miles per hour, if it stays together, berks county and chester coin will be encountering these storms. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that this storm system really is intense. it
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