radar we have one cluster in southern new jersey and a second cluster in the western suburbs. as we first go to this particular severe thunderstorm warning in central southern new jersey, this is until 4:15 just to the south and east of hammonton, egg harbor city and eastern and northeastern parts of atlantic county. they just expired in hammonton. it's from egg harbor city on the verge of new gretna and southern parts of burlington county. history of about 40 to 50 miles an hour winds with this line you see about 43 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. the heaviest rainier hammonton, egg harbor, mays landing down to tuckahoe. rainfall rates where you see the purple near egg harbor 2-inches of rain per hour being released as these slowly working to the east-northeast at around 20 to 25 miles an hour. in addition we have flash flood warnings for this area until 6:45 anywhere from vineland buena hammonton to the north of egg harbor. as we go to the western suburbs we're dealing with the severe thunderstorm warning until 4:15 for southeastern

parts of lancaster county. we go to double scan live radar there. this storm is weakening but still packing quite a punch 44 to 43 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. winds in excess of 50, 60 miles an hour near quarryville, kirkwood heading into wester chester county. so tonight flash flooding up top 2-inches an hour. turn around do not drive into any flooded roads and that lightning it can strike up to 15 miles away brian so if you hear thunder or if you see that lightning head indoors and stay there until the storm passes. much more on live double scan forecast. >> as we mentioned one of the big problems that could lead to flooding is clogged storm drains. we've seen crews working throughout the day to try to clear them out before the next round of rain starts coming down. chad pradelli continues our

team coverage live along the schuylkill expressway. chad. >> reporter: brian, that flash flooding really happened at an inon that tune tie the morning commute. when you walk around the roadways like the schuylkill expressway it's stuff like this the trash that's all over the roads. when the flash flooding happens this clogs drain and that ends up creating gridlock. gridlock on the blue route, the morning commute was one big mess. heavy rain and flash flooding forced the closure of the highway for more than an hour. storm drains got clogged and the water just continued to rise. ancillary roads ended up log jammed as well making that monday morning trip to work that much longer. >> they had both sides shut down. it was flooded out all the lanes. >> reporter: peter and his penndot crews were out along the schuylkill expressway today clearing the drains and cleaning up debris. with more rain in the foreseeable future, penndot wants to prevent more of this so dozens of drains are being

inspected. >> anywhere between 25 and 50. we go -- we want to hit the crucial spots, the low spots 'cause that's where all the debris, you know, winds up and that's where your flooding occurs. >> reporter: and penndot and other streets departments a break and try to get trash into a trash can. also if you come up to any ponding water or flash flooding make sure you stay out of it. i'm live along the schuylkill expressway, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, always good advice. chad. thanks very much. when you see breaking news or severe weather we want you to join the action. e-mail pictures and videos to join the hack as 6abc.com or use #6abcaction on social media. >> new at 4:00 one person is dead after a fire ripped through a home in southwest philadelphia. it happened around 12:15 this afternoon at 52nd and greenway. firefighters say they exextinguished the blaze in about 10 minutes. they then found the victim

once they were able to get inside the home. fire officials have not released that person's name yet. they are still trying to figure out how the fire started. vice president joe biden is home in delaware today as he mourns the death of his son, beau. the former state attorney general died over the weekend at the age of 46. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live now in greenville delaware, where we're waiting to learn the funeral arrangements. annie. >> reporter: and sarah no funeral arrangements have been announce yet. here at saint joseph's on the brandywine when is the biden family church they tell me they expect to have some involvement. the announced will come from the vice president's office. it could come as soon as this evening. an advance team from the white house met with officials from saint joseph's on the brandywine this morning about beau biden's funeral. the death of the popular political figure has hearts heavy across the state. governor jack markell began a ceremony speaking about biden.

>> people throughout the state of delaware are feeling this loss this morning. >> reporter: biden suffered a stroke in 2010 then this weekend he lost his battle with brain cancer. he died at walter reed medical center surrounded by his family. he was 46. tragedy struck beau as a child. he and his brother survived a car accident that killed his mother and sister. his father commuted from d.c. to delaware playing the dual role of devoted dad and u.s. senator. beau a rising political star was eyeing the role of governor before he fell ill. the two-time attorney general champion anti-bullying laws and stepped up prosecution of child predators. he also served as a major in the delaware national guard and was deployed to iraq. his leadership began early. the academy gave there are condolences to the 1987 grad who served as student body president. he leaves behind miss wife hal leigh and two children hunter and natalie. in his old neighborhood

residents remember beau as a devoted husband and father. >> good guy, great leader. tragic. >> reporter: and his family hopes to bury him here in the cemetery along several of his family members including his grandmother and his mother. for now reporting live in greenville delaware, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> you can read more about beau biden on 6abc.com. you can find reaction from those who knew him best as well as see photos of his life and career. >> five homes were damaged overnight in fast moving fire in delaware county. the flames broke out around 1:30 this morning in an empty row home on beckly street in yesterday. that fire quickly spread. four homes were damaged by the flames. a fifth had smoke damage. listen as one neighbor describes what she saw moments after that fire broke out. >> flaming flaming. you could smell it flaming.

and it was very hot when i came back -- when i came around here, it was very hot. >> now no one was hurt in the blaze but nearly 20 people are without a home this afternoon. another fire broke out in the a nearby building on friday night. officials will not yet say if those two fires are connected. >> the u.s. supreme court has sided with a pennsylvania man who is convicted for making threats on facebook. the high court threw out anthony alonis's conviction. the bethlehem man posted rap lyrics on facebook about killing his ex-wife hurting police and shooting up a school. the justices say that was not enough for prosecutors to show that the comments would make a reasonable person feel threatened. elonis says he never intended for the lyrics to be threatening to others. >> well, they were very big smiles along with their caps and gowns in north philadelphia today. the action cam was there as archbishop ryan high school's class of 2015 got their diplomas this morning. the graduates filled those seats here at the liacouras

center as their parents filled with pride. >> rain moves across the area some of it heavy in some areas. let's get a check of that "action news" traffic report. >> matt pelman in the traffic center keeping an eye on things for us this afternoon. going to get worse matt. >> that's for sure. that rain is definitely keeping the speeds down as we head home on this monday afternoon. it was rough ride in this morning, kind of a rough ride home this afternoon as well for a lot of people. rain is coming down here in the western suburbs. this is the 30 bypass in downingtown. westbound lanes already starting to stack on the wet road surface headed towards 282. you can see 202 also has some slow southbound speeds with wet conditions there as well i was you travel from the malvern area down towards the west chester area this afternoon. as adam was telling us it's also very wet over in atlantic county and actually a van drove into the water didn't turn around. as a result they're stuck in

the water and they have had to close route 54, 12th street because of that stuck van. between 322 and sixth road maybe stick with eighth street as a possible alternate. in galloway township a clash along the white horse pike at cologne avenue. elsewhere on 30 in lindenwold watching a crash near gibbsboro road. also one in clementon along blackwood-clementon road near dartmouth drive with slow speeds on 73. a lot of these areas are wet this afternoon. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. hope you had a nice weekend. watching wet conditions in chester county along roads like 30, 100 and watching a pothole in the road in exton along pottstown road thanks to a member of our 6abc commuter team for sharing with us. we'll check it again brian and sarah in the next half hour. >> all right matt. the government has less authority to spy on you today than it did yesterday. still ahead what happens next to your privacy rights now that the patriot act has expired. >> plus, it's a project that's transforming a massive space in atlantic city and today we

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>> ♪♪ >> republican senator lindsey graham is the latest candidate to officially jump into the 2016 race for the white house. graham declared this his candidacy in his home state of south carolina. his speech was that centered around foreign policy and national security which he says are the reasons why he's running. he is considered one of the more hawkish members of the senate. he's the ninth candidate to throw in his hat in the ring on the republican side. >> as of today the federal government has less authority to spy on americans than it has for the past several years. the senate did not passkey reforms to the patriot act and instead let it expire. karen travers is live for us

in washington and karen intelligence officials say this break could be dangerous. >> reporter: it could be sarah and republicans are blaming rand paul for that. they say that he delayed a vote and ran out the clock and allowed these provisions to lapse. they say rand paul was playing politics with national security but sarah this deadline did not come out of nowhere and the senate could have been working all of last week but instead they took a week long vacation. today the white house blasted the senate for failing to extend the government's surveillance authority. >> there are specific tools that our national security professionals had previously used that they can no longer use because of the partisan dysfunction in the united states senate. >> reporter: kentucky republican senator rand paul blocked a vote to extend but later reform the nsa's surveillance program. starting at midnight the nsa was no longer able to collect in bulk the phone records of americans. >> are we going to so blythely

give up our freedom. >> reporter: republicans said paul was playing politics with national security. >> and it now falls on all of us to work diligently and responsibly to get the american people the best outcome that can be reasonably expected in this reality with which we are confronted. >> reporter: it's not like this deadline snuck up on the senate. and senator paul certainly wasn't shy in signaling his intention. the senate went on in an eight day recess and came back to work in a rare sunday session just eight hours before the patriot act provisions were set to expire and it wasn't just the phone data bulk collection program that expired. the senate failed to extend the fbi's ability to use roving wire taps which allow them to monitor a suspect as they change phones. the lapse in the government surveillance authority may actually be brief. the senate is expected to take up a house measure this week that would extend the provisions that expired and

reshape the phone bulk data collection program. reporting live from washington, karen travers channel6 "action news." sarah. >> karen, thank you. secretary of state john kerry is on the way back to america after breaking his leg overseas. kerry was nut a bicycle accident over the weekend. the 71-year-old was riding a tour de france route just southeast of geneva. his surgeon is flying to switzerland to accompany him back so he can treat him during the trip. that doctor says kerry is in great spirits. however, a lengthy rehab could affects negotiations on the iranian nuclear deal which has a deadline of june 30th. >> so, we are less than four months and counting for the world meeting of families in philadelphia and today organizers unveiled ways you can remember that event forever. the action cam got an up close look at some of the 200 pieces of merchandise that will be on sale leading up to that event. they include t-shirts, sweaters mugs, and faith

based items like those you just saw. philadelphia based aramark will be the official retail vendor. microchip maker intel is buying a chip designer called altera in a deal worth $16.7 billion. talks have been going on for months between the two companies but today intel officially announced that agreement. it's the biggest acquisition in intel's history and it continues a trend of microchip mergers. intel is the world's largest maker of pc changeups but buying altera gives them access to chips used in phones and cars. closing numbers today, a nice change as we see green arrows across-the-board. the dow up just about 30 points to close at 18,040, the nasdaq up 13, the s & p up four points on the day. >> getting a new look at atlantic city's next big development project. it's called the playground and it will replace the former pier shops at caesar's. the center piece of the 500,000 square foot center will be t street a collection

of seven music venues. developer bart blat stein says he drew from famous streets in nashville, memphis and austin for inspiration. iron chef jose garces will be heading up the food. parts of the playground slated to open the weekend of july 4th. >> no doubt going to be a hit down there. >> absolutely is. we think so. >> so, we are getting hit at the moment with lots of heavy downpours, some of them including thunder and lightning. >> let's head over to a busy adam joseph with the update from accuweather. >> yeah, it's been a busy 12 hours and you can expect it to remain busy for the next at least 12 hours on double scan live radar. storms are packing a punch from wilmington to the west into chester county and also this line in southern new jersey approaching atlantic city and as we take a look at this storm on double scan live radar still about 50 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. no longer severe but a dangerous storm as it right now is other verge of the garden state parkway it will be near absecon around 4:23,

ocean city by 4:25. this has a history of producing stopping winds and pea sized hail. suzanne showed a video on my facebook of that hail on the black horse pike. on the verge of hitting atlantic city. it's hard to see on sky six the sky has turned so dark, this is looking west over the bay towards that storm and seeing some of those lightning strikes in the distance the. also this has particular area of rain has produce maryland flash flooding, envelope warning in effect from vineland to buena to hammonton to the north of egg harbor city where we saw a good 2-inches of rains had that storm passed through. then we have the western suburbs. nothing severe here but we have 93 lightning strikes within this entire vantage point. most of the lightning near coatesville and downingtown also one right here. take a look at the storm in wilmington. this one has really flared up in the last 10 minutes. we'll want to watch this storm as it lifts to the north and east and right now some

showers on the verge of center city. so everyone basically south of the pennsylvania turnpike is fair game for some flash flooding overnight, flash flooding means it happens in a flash, very quickly with up to 2-inches of rain per hour and that watch until 6 o'clock tomorrow. there's a frontal boundary draped to the south of philadelphia. you see the cooler air to the north, the warm air to the south and that's the forcing trigger mechanism to get these storms going in the heart of the delaware valley. so, we'll watch these as they're lined up all the way down the i-95 corridor so future tracker at 9 o'clock tonight you still see some very active weather especially in southern new jersey. temperatures in the 50's in the lehigh valley, 70's to the south. early tomorrow morning most areas in the 50's with some scattered showers and early tomorrow afternoon not looking severe but still a chance for some downpours around lunchtime tomorrow a very cool day with highs mainly in the 50's and 60's and then pulls out by midday to midafternoon hours of your tuesday. your four day at 4:00

forecast 64 degrees, cool, damp and dreary tomorrow but we won't see the severe weather tomorrow like today. and then mostly cloudy wednesday, 69 degrees, maybe a leftover shower in delaware and southern new jersey and then thursday some breaks of sunshine with a healthy amount of clouds of 72 degrees. and then friday sun and clouds, maybe a scattered storm late in the day with a temperature of 79. so we flip the calendar to june, we're getting the rain we needed, a little too much in a very short amount of time and those temperatures cooling into the 60's for the next few days so big difference from may around here guys. >> huge swing. >> seven day coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you. students in bucks county showed us impressive vocal skills today. >> ♪♪ the kids here at trevose day school put on their first performance of the opera desire for life this morning. each students from first through fifth grades was involved in the production. some even got a shot at a

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>> ♪♪ >> a new jersey couple who was badly injured when their house exploded in cape may county will get a $2 million settlement. this was the scene back in november of 2013 when that house blew up in villas. 67-year-old james mccarty suffered severe burns to his legs. his wife 67-year-old evelyn mccarty broke two legs. the explosion happened after the mccartys had switched from propane to natural gas. the contractor who disconnected the propane shore guys heating and air conditioning will pay the bulk of the settlement. south jersey fuel and propane will pay the rest. >> police are trying to track down the two men who stole a

car from an auto repair shop in the wissinoming section of philadelphia. police released this surveillance video of the crime in progress from last tuesday. you can see two men walking around the lot on the 4900 block of van kirk street. police say the men cut the front gate opened, stole a 2012 chevy cruz then sped off. they're asking anyone with information to call them right away. >> and still ahead here on "action news" at 4:00 today if you've got a box full of old electronics stick around. we have tips to turn those old gadgets into green. >> plus we want to know what she wants us to call her but what does she want us to know about her transformation. we hear from the woman formerly known as bruce jenner after the break.

>> ♪♪ >> it is 4:30 and "action news" continues with an accuweather alert. right now most of our viewing area is under some type of severe weather watch or warning. >> let's get right over to meteorologist adam joseph for the latest on the strong storms and the flooding risk. adam. >> yeah, the risk for flooding is the biggest concern as we go through the evening and overnight hours. double scan live radar, we have a cluster of downpours and thunderstorms around philadelphia, wilmington and chester county and also that line now approaching the shore communities from atlantic county right through cape may county. as we take a look at a particular flash flood warning, this is up until 6:45 anywhere from around vineland and then it slices through buena, hammonton all the way east and north of egg harbor

city in this particular area as we take a look at double scan live radar and put the rainfall estimates on there between 322 the atlantic city near newtonville and south of hammonton close to three to 4-inches of rain in a very short amount of time. that rain is now east of this area but the damage is done and in fact on social media it's a great platform to share pictures and videos with us. this was sent in by steven in hammonton new jersey and there you can see that wall of water. this is a sidewalk. this is his front, particular sidewalk to his steps. that is the street and there you can see a fire hydrant so definitely do not want to drive into any flooded roadways. if you see them this evening or overnight. this thunderstorm kind of popping out here especially to my eyes, it really is flaring up near wilmington, i-95 towards arden moving to the north and east. 56 lightning strikes right now. not severe but we'll watch this as it heads towards philadelphia and the philadelphia international airport. could be near fairfax around

4:45. we'll continue to watch that as it slowly drifts to the north and east at about 20 to 25 miles per hour. so as we go through the overnight hours the biggest concern will be those torrential downpours leading to some kind of flooding. lightning and strong winds on the moderate side. large halo but small hail we have been seeing it out of these storms and any tornado risk is extremely low during the evening and overnight hours. when i come back we'll take a look at that seven-day forecast. it's a little sunset unsettled. we'll take a look at when we dry out in that full accuweather forecast. >> adam thank you. you can fine the live storm tracker six radar and the seven-day forecast and get the latest our team of meteorologists. >> turning to harrisburg where three pennsylvania lawmakers charged in an undercover sting targeting corruption in philadelphia faced a judge today. "action news" reporter david henry joins us live from the state capitol. david you've got the latest on

this. >> reporter: yeah, brian two of them pled guilty to the charges, one asked for more time to reconsider and for one of them, this was his last day on the job. >> some bad decisions were made and i apologize for those decisions. >> reporter: state representative ron walters admits he pocketed almost $9,000 from an undercover informant posing as a lobbyist. the informant wore a wire an camera. waters was captured on video promising favors in return for the cash. >> i apologize. i mean, somebody came to me and i thought the person was a friend. i misread this person. he presented himself as a friend. >> reporter: waters eventually cooperated with the investigation and could testify if any of the other cases go to trial. as part of his plea agreement he resigned immediately today. the judge gave him 23 months probation. the same informant also shared former representative harold james. he admits he risked it all for

a mere $750. james had no comment after pleading guilty and getting 12 months probation. >> do you have anything to say. >> no. >> reporter: not at all? no apologies, nothing? representative vanessa lowry brown had been prepared to enter a guilty plea but instead the judge granted her request for time to reconsider. when attorney general kathleen kane came into office she dropped the ongoing investigation saying it was shoddy and tainted with racism because all the targets were african-american. philadelphia d.a. seth williams rejected that claim and revised the case. will eventually charging six public officials. the cleve prosecutor on the case says it was solid from the start. >> elected officials accepted money from a person who they believed to be a lobbyist and in return they either performed certain acts or they agreed to perform certain acts. in essence, you know, government was for sale in pennsylvania to the lowest bidder. >> reporter: attorney

general cane released a statement saying she stands by her decision to drop the case. so far three of the six charged have pled guilty, one will be in court next week filing a guilty plea and one is undecided. of the sixth one is challenging the charges claiming she was racially targeted. live in harrisburg david henry, channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, david, thanks very much. a new jersey state trooper killed in a crash on saturday will be laid to rest on thursday. 24-year-old anthony raspa who was based out of hamilton township station in mercer county died when his cruiser struck a deer this weekend. raspa and his partner gene hong were patrolling a stretch of i-195 in monmouth county at the time. hong was treated for his injuries and released. state police say funeral services for raspa will be held at a church in somerset monmouth county. >> police in berks county are trying get to the bottom of a murder mystery today. officials in earl township say

robert stout was killed on the porch of a home on the unit block of long lane road last night. right now they know the fatal shot came from inside and they know 43-year-old stout went to the home with his 16-year-old son. they are not sure why they were there but do believe stout was killed after being met by the homeowner. state police say everyone who was present at the time is being questioned. no charges have been filed yet. investigators are hoping new attention on a cold case could help find the south jersey boy who disappeared nearly 25 years ago. mark heim because of middle township has been missing since november 1991. today officials released a new computer generated image of what he would likey look like in present day at age 34. any analysts from the national center for missing and exploited children will be working with local officials over the next few weeks to field any new tips. >> the camden county police department now has its first ever latina lieutenant.

linda alicea is a camden native. she began her career nearly 20 years ago. today she and 12 other members of that force were promoted after today's ceremony the police department held its annual san juan bautista flag raising that marks the beginning of a month long celebration of puerto rican culture. people in delaware washington and across the country are remembering beau biden today. the son of vice president joe biden died over the weekend as we have been reporting here after a battle with brain cancer. "action news" anchor rick williams now live in our news room. rick you have more on this today. >> yes, brian, thank you that's right. the vice president his wife jill, and their daughter-in-law haley were all at beau's bedside when he died this week. the biden family hasn't said what type of brain cancer beau had but we do know that the most aggressive and deadly kind is called glioblastoma. well, coming up tonight on "action news" at 5:00 health reporter ali gorman spoke with

local experts about brain cancer and what research is being done to try and save more lives. also coming up tonight a man caught flying a drone over citizens bank park is shedding light on the many rules and regulations for using a drone these days. "action news" reporter john rawlins tells us what you need to know. just some of the stories we're following for you when we see you in just a little bit on "action news" at 5 o'clock. until then back to you sarah. >> all right, rick, thank you. dozens of incoming students at lasalle university got a closer look at their academic futures today. this is the first day of orientation for lasalle's class of 2018. students and families were on campus for a series of panels and discussions aimed at giving them an idea of what to expect come the fall. classes start at the end of august. >> and still ahead here today a fed up father goes viral with his video on discipline but he's not frustrated with his son, he's frustrated with other parents. we'll explain.

>> plus a new look anew name. caitlyn jenner says goodbye to bruce and hello to the world. what she wants everyone to know now. >> and from the parking lot to the police station, an '82-year-old man told officers why he felt the need to slash an 88-year-old woman's tires over a bingo game. >> and meteorologist adam joseph returns with your full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4 o'clock continues next.

>> we'll break into the commercials because we have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect just south and east of wilmington. it is moving just to the east of bear and moving into southern and eastern parts of new jersey. we'll go closer here. this is the tornado warning a warning meaning the radar is indicating there could potentially be a tornado released from the thunderstorm. it was just to the east of bear. it's moving to the east-southeast at about 20 to 25 miles an hour heading towards salem, just to the south of woodstown. if you're near woodstown south of there in and around salem you want to take shelter right now in the lowest part of your home away from the windows. the basement is the best thing. if you don't have a basement first floor, interior room with no windows as we have that tornado warning. as we take a look at double scan live radar there you can

see the cylinder on the radar. it is just to the east of bear. right on the verge of pennsville. as it's pushing over the delaware river right now again moving in this trajectory which would take it right between salem, woodstown and just to the south of pennsville. some of the towns here. harrisonville at 4:51, salem at four:57 welshville at 5:03. alloway at 5:13 and fenwick at 5:16. there we can see the cylinder on the radar right near new castle. you can see it is 11 lightning strikes. not a lot of lightning but an indication of the cylinder on double scan live radar just to the north and east of red line and bear and you can see more cylinders popping up. some of these cylinders are showing winds turning in the upper part of the atmosphere, some of them showing it turning in the lower part of the atmosphere. now we're switching double scan live radar and putting it on a storm reflectiveivity mode showing the winds in the upper

atmosphere and where you have red, this particular area near new castle and green the green is particular winds moving toward the radar. winds moving away from the radar and the red so you have these opposite colors on the reflectivivity mode here. it is showing that one moves in this direction the other moves in this direction so you have these counterclockwise winds around this particular area of the storm. it is right near lehigh road to the south of pennsville heading towards harrisonville and moving away from new castle right now. another indication you could see a little hook in the radar which would show some of the winds rotating as it is being pulled into the storm here and that's what starts to wrap the winds around this storm. this is radar indicated for this particular area and if we take a look at storm tracker six live 3-d also on this particular double scan live we can tilt the storm look underneath and this not only

has one cylinder but there's a you believe can of different cylinders which is really a powerful indication that this has a lot of rotating winds not only on the upper part of the atmosphere where the storm has blossomed but also at the surface. again was want to do seek shelter right now go to the basement, closet interior hall. this is until 5 o'clock. this tornado warning for another 17 minutes. avoid windows and stay or move indoors if you can. let's go back to the radar and take a look at double scan live radar and there you can see the cylinders as it is now just to the southwest of pennsville, south of new castle north of delaware city. the towns that it is heading towards right now is penns beach at 4:46, pennsville 4:48. in the track of central park around 4:48, church town around 10 minutes until 5 o'clock and then beaver dam at 4:52. again, we're still seeing the cylinders on the radar heading towards route 49 right now south of pennsville to the

north of salem. the trajectory now is to the east at about 20 miles an hour on double scan live radar. there you see the rotating cylinders. there are the towns listed. if you don't see your town but you are close to one of these areas, you want to take shelter again until 5 o'clock until you no longer hear the thunder as the storm passes by but it is approaching route 49 right now. again, the area i want to show you where the tornado warning is in effect until 5 o'clock right around salem, to the south of woodstown right now deer field as you head towards cumberland county you're not within this warning. right now it is just confined to central parts and western parts of salem county, just to the east of the river. again, you want to seek shelter in the lowest levels of your home. this is doppler indicated. there wasn't a call in by a spotter, train spotter or emergency management of seeing a tornado on the ground. it is just that the radar is showing up these cylinders again with this nasty line of

storms that has developed and caused flooding in and around wilmington. it is a slowly moving to the east-southeast right now 18 lightning strikes. central park 4:48, church town at 4:49 approaching pennsville 4:48. that's about three minutes from now. mahonyville at 4:50. beaver dam at 4:52. you're hearing the thunder in salem. take shelter if you're in salem or to the north and east of there near woodstown also if you're right around pennsville, that is also where you want to take shelter at this particular time as the storm continues to show that rotating cylinder as it heads off to the south and east. again, we are showing you some of the storm reflectivivity which is a whole different part of double scan live radar. i'm going to bring in meteorologist cecily tynan. she can explain what's going on with that red and green. >> great job adam. i was back in the weather officers when i saw the rotation and i thought wow this storm looks serious and moments after that they did issue the tornado warning. when we show the reflect

tiffivity this shows the wind direction. when you have the red, that's wind going away from the radar site. when you see the green that we saw in the earlier frames there, that's the winds heading towards the radar site. when you do have those shifting winds, you get that rotation that can't indicate a tornado so this is why we do take any tornado warnings very seriously. again, that is moving at a 20 miles per hour towards the east so if you live in these communities, penns branch, pennsville, seconde central park church town, mahonyville and beaver dam you need to seek shelter immediately. one thing we talk about tornado safety. i can show that graphic. was need to do is you need to put as many layers between you and the outside as possible. we always say go into a basement. a lot of people say i don't have a basement. so what you want to do is you want to get to a closet or an interior hallway. you want to avoid windows. most of the damage when you have tornadoes, when you have those strong winds is the fact that the windows shatter and of course if you're outside

you need to move indoors. the worst thing you can do is get into your car to try to outrun a tornado. you want to move indoors get out of your car. if you're in a car you want to go ahead and get in a ditch. i want to show you again what we're looking at. when you see the red that's a tornado warning. for salem county and you see that rotation, that's rotation in the atmosphere. doesn't mean that we actual dollar in fact have a tornado but there is a potential there so you do want to get out immediately. let me get a quick glass of water, toss back to adam. i'm losing my voice now. and we'll talk more about was need to do. >> yup. you know, cecily i was talking to paul who is our weather producer here overlooking the radar and we were showing that this particular run as we take a look at double scan live radar in the 3-d mode it's still showing the cylinder there. however if i bring in and we take a look at double scan live radar in the other mode we can show that that cylinder is no longer showing up on the

radar. before we had those cylinders near pennsville. doesn't necessarily mean to take your guard down. you want to keep your guard up through the 5 o'clock hour for at least the next 12 minutes. it is approaching route 49 right now and sharptown road to the south and east of woodstown north of salem. you still kind of see that little void in the radar so glenside 4:49, harrisonville at 4:49, salem 4:54 is when the heart of this storm will pass through and also mannington mills at 4:56. but, again, this is the radar which is showing the intense rain with the bright red. paul if we can flip this again to that reflectivivity mode the storm relative velocity when it encounters and takes out the motion of the storm and shows the winds in the storm, before you saw when we were speaking of that red bumping against the green where you had the red moving away from the radar, you had the green moving towards the radar, they were side by side and that is an indication that they're tightly wound. as we're looking right now you can see there is separation

between the red and the green which would indicate that this storm is beginning to weaken as it's pushing to the south and east especially with its winds rotating in the storm. but again, that is just an observation from my eye but still the tornado warning is in effect near pennsville, approaching 49 right now also pointers auburn road, that's where the storm is heading towards, sharpton road as well and we zoom in here. again, this is not an extremely populated area as you can see. we do have a lot of water in here. there's a few streets to the north of pointers auburn road. westville you have communities in here. also harrisonville and pennsville you've got a lot of communities in that area and that's where the storm is approaching right now with a decent amount of lightning strikes so you're hearing constant lightning and thunder but again, if you're in this area of the tornado warning still up in the box of red from woodstown salem, to the north and west of deerfield. if you're in this area, this

is was want to do. we'll go to the map of seeking shelter. again a great reminder for all of us in case one of these pops up again later on this evening or some other time this summer, you go to the basement the closet, interior hall. avoid all windows. stay or move indoors. if you happen to be around, people are traveling around with the evening commute but if you look at double scan live in that 3-d mode where we can tilt the radar and look underneath it is still showing one column. , see it underneath here as it is just to the north and just to the east of salem so here is salem. there's that rotating cylinder to the north and east of salem but if we go a little closer again on the radar there we can see it is now basically approaching, if not about to cross over route 49 north of salem. if you're in delaware city, you're hearing the thunder but you're clear from this particular storm because it's south and west of where that particular tornado warning is

in effect. it's now also passed by new castle so if you're in new castle if you're hearing us and you're in your interior room or you can still hear the tv, sometimes you wants to say pump up the tv if you're taking shelter are you clear right now in new castle as it's pushed to the south and east. it is just south of pennsville right now along 49 heading to the southern part of pointers sharpton road. if you know that road and if you live along it or are traveling along it north of woodstown you're away from the direct path of where there could be this tornado and the storm. again it is doppler indicated. let's throw more towns on here. you can see central park at 4:51 harrisonville at 4:54. beaver dam at 4:54 and glenside 4:55. there you go. pops up again where the radar sees some more cyclonic curvature or cyclonic flow to the atmosphere. wasn't there for the last three or four minutes. pops back up just to the south of pennsville.

as it's crossing over 49 moving to the east at about 20 miles an hour. not only one but now we have two cylinders now developing on double scan live radar as this is now basically moving over the delaware river into southern new jersey right around salem. yes, we can close in a little bit closer here, paul, maybe we'll put on that reflectivivity mode again to see if those reds and greens somehow are coming closer together again. they did widen out just a little bit. but we'll close in here and right now where you're seeing the cylinders near pennsville and just to the north of harrisonville, at this point what i'm seeing here is a lot of red on there. the green is way down to the south, so right now this particular mode on double scan would indicate that you have those back to back winds, one moving away from the radar one moving towards it to create that cyclonic curvature but cecily nonetheless when you see these sill linds popping up on double scan live radar and you have a tornado warning in effect until 5:00 no matter what take shelter

and stay there until the storm passes. >> exactly right. the national weather service has just issued another statement saying that they will continue this tornado warning until 5 o'clock. a lot of times when the national weather service sees a cell that's capable of producing a tornado, once you lose that rotation, they will actually cancel that tornado warning early but they've just issued a statement saying that tornado warning does continue until 5 o'clock. so, you can see we're really zoomed in right now fort not road right now, we see a little bit of that curvature with the radar echo. a lot of times that is an indication of the rushing winds. that could cause a tornado. so we really want to take this very seriously. we're a little bit wider now 18 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes in this very small area. it's moving out of new castle county it's beginning to cross across the delaware bay into salem county, so that's why that tornado warning is in effect for salem county until 5 o'clock and when you see that rotation, that doesn't

always indicate a tornado but that shows the possibility of a tornado. it's moving east at 20 miles per hour. so these are the communities that are in the path of this potential tornado harrisonville, beaver dam glenside biddles landing marshall town mannington mills in the path of a possible tornado moving out of delaware city into salem county and perhaps towards woodstown and alloway. again, this is something we don't deal with a lot in the delaware valley but tornado warnings, the safety, if you're in the path of a storm you need to seek shelter now. you want to get into a basement if you have it or a closet or an interior hallway. you want to avoid windows. windows have very dangerous with a tornado and if you are outdoors, you of course wants to get indoors immediate not only do we have the potential for a tornado we have a lot of lightning strikes with this. double scan live closer up showing again salem county right now until 5 o'clock the

potential for a tornado. that tornado warning continues. we have had a live camera, i don't know if we can put this up behind me in wilmington because this is about 8 miles south of wilmington and we have been tracking some of the dark storm clouds. you can switch that right now. adam is over here switching it for me. and we have been looking at the ominous clouds with this cell that again we've been seeing the rotation popping up and then we lose it for a little while and then it pops up again. so that tornado warning does continue until 5 o'clock for salem county. if you're just tuning in now this went into effect about 10 minutes ago. it continues and i guess we don't have that shot right now but we'll show it to you as we dig into see a little bit closer un. now i want to show you wider view on double scan live that you can see that we are looking at a lot of cells popping up, one reaching the coast right now, another one across new castle county into salem county. that's one we're really concerned with now because the tornado possibility because we've seen a rotation with that cell. so that tornado warning

continues for salem county. this very small area until 5 o'clock. since we've seen the potential for a tornado developing. pennsville right now you're really right under the gun and again you see a little bit of a curve that could indicate some of the rushing winds that could cause a tornado. wants to toss it over to adam and you can show another view. adam. >> yeah, and i can show the particular towns that this storm is moving in as we've updated the track as it's now just to the south and east of pennsville near marshall town on the 5:01, pointers at 5:03. slaps corner at 5o04. welshville around 5:06 and hall town at 5:08. i was reading some of the statements from the national weather service in wilmington they've seen pea to dime sized hail with this storm being reported. again, as this continues to track to the east, there we can see around sharptown road welshville road as it's approaching you still have that cylinder that is rotating so brian and sarah we're

watching this as it unfolds and heads to the south and east. that tornado warning until 5 o'clock so stay in your shelter or first level of your home if you're in this area and we'll keep updating you as we get past especially that 5 o'clock hour to see if this extends or not. >> that's right because it could extends at this point. thanks adam. we have continuing coverage on the severe weather situation as "action news" continues tonight. >> all our resources on 6abc.com as we continues to track this severe weather. "action news" at 5 o'clock is next.

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>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> monday night the big story on "action news" is the latest on some strong storms that are now hitting our region. >> that's right. a tornado warning is about to expire in salem county, new jersey. meteorologist cecily tynan is here with the latest from accuweather. it's about to expire but it could also, be extended. >> it has expired actually now that it's 5 o'clock so that's good news. storm tracker six though, live double scan showing that we're certainly not out of the woods yet as far as severe weather. that tornado warning for salem county has now expired.

but as we zoom in we want to show you that this still a very formidable storm. we're still seeing some rotation. that doesn't always indicate it's a tornado but it does show the strength of that storm system. some heavy rain, a lot of lightning strikes haul town sharptown and motors all in the path of this storm and paul if we can switch it over to show the hail that we are looking at, some hail that's been moving through wilmington airport has been reporting hail and this is a hail core and we're looking at hail that could be an inch in diameter. that's pretty big hail. that storm system is moving to the east at 20 miles per hour. and we have had reports of hail, some gusty winds, wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour as well. so, this is one of the many storms that we're looking at that are cropping up. we had one rounds this morning, another round developing this afternoon and you can see this cluster of storms with 30 lightning strikes really right over the i-95 corridor. the problem with