county. we have had several tornado warnings usual youed this afternoon. and we are collecting several images from you on #6abcaction, it was a scary sky and rain is falling fast in areas as well. here is a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan more storms are popping up across our viewing area and more storms could be severe and we are stopping on all of it for if you. the big stories on "action news" is the big storms coming through and reports of damage already. and ppl reporting more than 10,000 customers out tonight. meteorologist, adam joseph and cecily tynan keeping track of all the storms. >> this is the second week in a row dealing with severe weather, last tuesday was the intense squall line, this is a different scenario tonight. stormtracker 6 live double scan

showing we are dealing with now individual thunderstorms popping up and some of them with the potential to form super cells, we had multiple ones this afternoon and more severe weather, a severe warning is poefrted for northern lancaster county until 6:00 tonight this storm is moving east quickly at 30 miles per hour and 15 lightning strikes the past minutes and we are sewing a bit of a bow and you get a jet with severe winds rushing in and this has the capability of producing damaging winds so tracking that storm system. rossville, akron lincoln and farmsville all in the path of the storm if you live in those communities, get inside immediately and if you hear thunder get inside get the kids off the ball fields thunder can

hit as far as 15 miles away, there is no safe platous side in a thunderstorm, we say gusty thunderstorm moving into the heart of philadelphia right now, moving northeast at 20 miles per hour, rolling up i-95, this is not severe but we have lightning strikes and heavy rain and not a good combination during the evening commute. it was a busy afternoon and we are already beginning to see pictures from "action news" viewers thank is from mike in whitehall township the wind damage really knocked part of the roof off that house and pictures of hail from whitehall as well. john showing us this hail the size of a ping-pong ball. if you live there are you asked to avoid all unnecessary travel and avoid power lines they are down in high water we have

reports of flash flooding for more on the storm reports and what to expect later tonight, lets go to adam joseph. >> flooding is the other part of the storm a tremendous amount of rainfalling in a short amount of time, we have funle reports being captured on social media trexlertown a funnel cloud reported at the low high sally airport, there was a tornado warning issued and rotation moved over the airport with speeds of 60 miles per hour, and 64 miles per hour and orefield up in the lehigh valley, golf ball-size hail and coplay nickel size hail being reported. there are warnings until 7:00, with excess runoff with all the rain falling, and it can't seep into the ground so it collects

on roadways and a lot of branches being pulled down and leafs that can clog the drains a flash flood warning in effect tonight for southeastern parts of lancaster and new britain and chester county, where we see a couple inks of rab in a small amount of time. you can see severe thunderstorm warnings and pauchs in mosh of the mid-atlanticle. we see a line of storms in pittsburgh, this is set to arrive during the midnight hours, we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for all of southeastern pennsylvania and all of our counties in delaware and a few counties in new jersey gloucester, salem and cumberland, this does not include the shore some of these could develop through the 8:00 hour and we'll watch the line

through the midnight hour, we'll have more coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam. storm damage video from morgantown, chester county, across tal bert road with trees crocked in half, be sure to check the 6 abc storm tracker app along with live radar and severe weather alerts, can you report to us what you are seeing in your area, it's a predawn load for your mobile device. in other news, new jersey governor, chris christie is officially running for president and he promised to tell voters the truth. he joined 14 republicans seeking the nomination, and made the announcement in the gymnasium in his old high school in

livingston new jersey. >> i mean what i say and i say what i mean. >> a "washington post" poll found that only 22% of americans had a favorable view of christie vernon odom has reaction tonight from potential voter zplz the christie campaign on both sides of the river is getting a lot of attention, he is no stranger here in the delaware valley. here in south jersey a random found few if any on the fence his polling numbers are falling here for months in the wake of the bridge gate scandal, for those that know him best -- >> he doesn't have enough class, he is a good governor i don't think he is tactful enough. >> i think is he truthful i like him he is straight forward. >> you think he will be a good president? >> yes. >> i think is he a bully and i don't like him or his policies and not somebody that should be president of the united states.

>> here in pennsylvania people have watched and sized up christie for years, negative commons significantly out numbered the positives. >> not a good choice. >> why not? >> he is not for the people i think is he just for himself. >> i aam not going to vote for him, i'm democrat and i'm for hillary. >> there is nothing christy could say that would convince you. >> i want to see a woman president in my lifetime. >> straight forward. >> you can vote for him for president? >> i would consider it yes. >> christie's campaign would be boisterous, bombastic and colorful. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." we are less than three months from pope francis's visit to philadelphia and today the vatican gave us an idea of his agenda, four events will be open to the public out of six it

fins with a mass at basilica of saints peter and paul and then visits the seminary and then independenceance mall and the parkway and then he will visit the prison before holding a massive mass on the parkway expected to draw 2 million people. on the "action news" big board, the king of prussia mall is not gigantic enough, the shopping center has plans to expand and today we were given a tour, they broke ground a year ago and officials say they are half yea there. >> we are at the newly created third level. >> with hard hats on the tour kicked off for a brand new space at the mall and it had been slit into two building but as of today, the final pieces of steel were laid to connect the two, so customers will no the have to

walk outside anymore when construction is complete the mall will be 170,000 feet bigger bringing 50 new stores and restaurants and market place with celebrity chefs and more parking. >> a 1,000 car state of the art parking deck escalators to get you up and down and great restrooms and restaurants. direct access to neiman marcus. >> this is a two year project, they are at the midway point right now rick and monica with the new connecter and the new stores set to open come august 2016. >> thanks sharrie, time for a check of the "action news" traffic report. it's a busy afternoon and evening. matt pellman is live with the latest. >> go with the canoe instead of the car especially in delco right now, a whole lot of water

laying in the northbound lanes of 95 this is the kind of thing we tell you not to do these cars driving through the lake approaching the blue route as you come north stay to the left, to avoid this lake, you'll see major delays 27 minutes is three times what the travel time should be on 95 northbound, one of many flooding spots southbound 320 water in the left lane and prospect park, look for flooding along 420 along soth avenue this is the vine street expressway expressway, we see the rain coming down and now you can barely see anything, the rain is barely pouring down, and the downed trees and wires along the 202 corridor avoid that stretch, the fire-police helping you to avoid that area and a tree in cumber lan county blocking the lanes of 49 and

near glassboro along 55 a bad crash approaching 322 blocking a lane and giving us single digit speeds with a gaper delay on the southbound side. lots to check in the next half hour. >> thanks matt. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00, eating fruit can be good for you but some researcher says it could lead to a higher risk of skin cancer ali gorman will tell us what is behind this link. we have some stormy skies all over this afternoon and more tonight, cecily tynan will return with the latest from accuweather.

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we have this video in from the lehigh valley the storms that hit that region left damage, with reports of funnel

clouds in several locations and a state of emergency is declared in whitehall because of damage and flooding. >> a scary busy afternoon lets go to meteorologist cecily tynan. >> monica and rick the tornado warning occurred between 2:00 and 3:45, that is when we were really under the gun. we still have individual thunderstorms, but there is one severe thunderstorm warning in effect for northern lancaster county until 6:00 and this storm system is moving east at 30 miles per hour. we are looking at 10 lightning strikes and it's approaching 202 right now and we see a bowing out that could indicate fierce winds and moving into west berks county and honey brook already got hit hard this afternoon you have another round of severe weather moving in and we have scattered thunderstorms, they are not severe but they are

strong and one rolled right through philadelphia and one east of philadelphia and we have a few near glassboro and one crossing route 40 west of elmer it's not quite over yet and we are not looking at severe weather across south jersey and most of the severe weather is in the northwest suburbs as xpeted. this was sent in from aston pennsylvania you can see the flooding the floodwaters are halfway up to the mailbox, you want to be careful, we have reports of flooding in aston and the flood advisory is posted for chester county and delaware county and newcastle county through philadelphia berks county and montgomery county and low high valley in and i always say turn around don't drown, everybody wants to get home but don't drive-thru flooded waters,

millville 80 and dover 84 degrees it was warm and humid and what is really helping to fuel the storms double scan live showing what is going on a warm front moving through and still a cold front to the west and that cold front is rolling through in the wee hours of the morning, future tracker showing at 9:00 still scattered showers by 8:00, some thunderstorms not severe and tomorrow is looking brought brighter and 8:00 and a few scattered showers and not a repeat performance for today we need quiet weather, the five-day at 5:00 showing tomorrow a morning shower to afternoon sunshine, the high is 87 degrees, it will be another humid day and on thursday the front is close enough that we could have a few after none thunderstorms developing with a high of 87 degrees, the high sinks to the south on friday so

a brush of rain mainly south of philadelphia and mainly in the morning and we begin to dry out and friday afternoon is looking nice 84 degrees, the 4th of july warm and humid and can't rule out the possibility of a thunderstorm i think they will be limited, doesn't look to be a washout and sunday gets warmer and a little bit more humid with a high of 88 degrees, the severe thunderstorm watch continues until 8:00 and adam joseph will have an update coming up in a few moments. >> "action news" at 5:00 continues up next, a programming note to pass along for you now. >> we had to interrupt general hop episode, so fans can see the episode, set your dvr at 2:10 a.m.

here is what is happening owe on "action news" tuesday night. storms bringing hail, strong winds and even tornado warnings.

>> and philadelphia detectives get a break into the investigation of the killing of an elderly woman inside of her home. it looks like a gun but turns out to be a harmless electronic accessories. sharrie williams has the details coming up. >> we are tracking the potentially strong storms that prompted tornado warnings in our area this afternoon a state of emergency is declared in whitehall because of storm damage. >> residented were forced to take sheltder as the storms moved through and the threat of heavy rains and strong winds romaine as well. lets get the latest live at the big board with the latest from double scan radar. >> we don't have any thunderstorm warnings or tornado warnings with storms that are popping in southern new jersey in mount pocono at the present time, in center city we have the intense rain passing through and the sun is returning in the city and riverside north of cherry

hill getting rainfall one lightning strike in this advantage point and heading over 55 in glassboro and woodbury on and off intermittent rain and an intense ban of rain passed through. this is from lee marie in aston can you see the water piled up on the roads all the water running down the street and collecting in one location of course you don't want to drive into a flooded road and find an alternate route. in aston between an inch inch and a half of rain, doesn't sound like a lot but it fell in a short am of time and even an inch in philadelphia county as well. we have flood advisory in effect for montgomery county and delaware county and chester county and newcastle county

until 8:00 this evening there are roads that have water collected on them and you don't know how deep it is so just be cautious, if are you traveling around in any counties in southeastern pennsylvania in addition to that, we have a thunderstorm watch in effect tonight. in eastern parts of pennsylvania, and counties in delaware and parts of new jersey cumberland and gloucester and camden county severe thunderstorm watching is there for any storm to develop or turn severe. there is another line of storms passing through at midnight and we'll see that on future tracker 6 later. "action news" viewer, mike king sent this photo to our facebook page which what appears to be a funnel cloud this is pumpkin hill road, not clear if

this touched the ground but an incredible sight. and this is from join the action, you see a cloud there rotating and then they rushed inside. good idea. >> it's hailing. >> and action viewer megan sent us this video of hail pounding her neighborhood in easton this afternoon, luckily her and fer family were able to take cover quickly if severe weather happens in your you neck of the woods, we invarieties you to join the action jointheaction@6abc.com or use the #6abcaction on social media. philadelphia police are investigating the murder of an elderly woman recovering another piece of the puzzle. the toyota owned by regina brenner, dumped in philadelphia hours after taken from the

victim's home. sara bloomquist has the latest from police headquarters. >> reporter: homicide detectives are here working leads after the victim's stolen vehicle was discovered this morning. officers on patrol discovered 85-year-old regina brunner's stolen toyota corolla this morning they will search it for evidence, dna and blood as they try to identify the elderly woman's killer. >> we have an 85-year-old woman beaten and stabbed several times, very tragic. >> brunner last spoke with her son saturday night police believe it happeneded sometime early saturday morning, neighbors called concerned they seen her and her car was missing eugene albert came by

the house because they were both active in community organizations. >> to think that would come to do that to a woman who was not sexish in her living and tried to help everybody, for something like this to happen to her. >> the crime scene unit wam and chopped down you grass and shrubs looking for more clues, the house did not appear to be ransacked and no sign of forced endry. >> it appears that the motive was robbery several things are missing from the residence. >> the victim had an 87-year-old friend living with her but he was recently moved to a rehab facility and was not home at the time. >> there is a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." tonight police are looking for to people that shot a pregnant woman and a man in

wefrt oak lane, that woman was 4 months pregnant and she is in critical condition and her unborn child has died. it happened at the 7300 block of authoron avenue and the man was shot in both legs and is stable at einstein. >> when something like this happens, it doesn't happen to one person it happens to the neighborhood, all the family members and the friends. >> witnesses told police they heard an argument and saw two men flee, police are searching for surveillance cameras to see if they get provide a trips of the suspects. now a story that our new jersey bureau is following, the ocean prosecutors office is issuing a warning for this, a cell phone case shaped like a handgun, look at the photos at first glance it looks like they have a gun sticking out of the jeans but the handle and hammer

are part of a cell phone case it's raising concern among law enforcement, because it could be mistaken for an actual weapon. ocean county officials poefrt posted the statement with the photo saying please folks this cell phone case is not a cool product and not a good idea. a police officer's job is hard enough without having to make a split decision in the dark of night when someone decides to pull this out during a motor vehicle violation. >> the ocean county prosecutors office says they look dangerous it's not illegal to have a cell phone case shaped like a gun but urge everyone to use common exception. >> this is 42-year-old kevin minor, he is facing charges in delaware for allegedly grabbing a 6-year-old girl and dunking her repeatedly in a pool while

police say he was drunk. it happened at the hotel in rehbo rehboage beach. it's down to the wire for lawmakers intel wear, the 20 is a session will enin 24 hours and city officials are keeping a close eye on cuts for state aid and transportation repairs and hope for last minute deals to be worked out. >> it's a messy system especially when things are tough like they are right now the economy is not good. that is exactly how our founding fathers set it up. hopefully we'll get some compromise there are concerns over budget challenges next year. >> time to get a check of the traffic scene how are we looking on the major highways and byways quite literally in a

lot of spots, with the storms rolling through so much rain came down so quickly in delco the drainage system conhandle it, a lot of smotss like this one approaching the blue route it looks better than the last half hour, the shoulder is completely submerged causing a big delay coming away from naaman's road, if you are headed to ppl park it's a slow go with the travel times the phils game 95 southbound, the rain is coming down and speeds are way down and the southbound travel time is three times what it should be. and at neshaminy a crash at route 1 at business 1, a shoulder squeezing by north of woodhaven road. in glassboro use delsy drive at 47 and 55 instead. be safe getting home tonight.

>> okay matt thank you. new fallout from the prison escape. what escaped convict david sweat told investigators from his bedside. and we'll have more on mystery copeland's major achievement. >> the thunderstorm watch remains in our area until 8:00 tonight and we are tracking a line from pittsburgh and the latest from timing and future tracker in the accuweather forecast. >> plus, jaime apody with eagles and phillies and u.s. women soccer when "action news" comes right back.

new fallout from the prison escape from new york the prison security and chief are off the job, they are being row placed as investigators look deeper into how david sweat and richard matt broke out. both were shot by police and matt dies and sweat is hospitalized from his bed he told them he used a hack saw blade starting in january to begin cutting cell block walls, before his capture a police officer walks by a tree stand that he was hidden in. and david muir will have more on the prison escape watch it following "action news" at 6:00.

>> time for sports tonight, another day and another announcement for the phillies. jaime apody is live in the sport centers with the update. >> it's the day after and phillies and their new manager will make an announcement, pete mccannon was thrown in after the sudden firing of ryan sandberg. for now it gives the players some stability in what has been an uneasy situation. >> it just brings us closer together and as player we go through the same thing together the more we stick together and be together in the clubhouse, the stronger the bond grows. >> it's not uneasy thark is not the right word, obviously you come every day and there seems to be a new story but at the same time we are used to distractions and things going

wrong obviously this is a crazier week than most. but at the same time you ask the guys, we have to play baseball. >> all of this changeup talk has done little to change the phillies luck, the brewers fired off six straight hits and ramirez here, a season high 12 hits in five innings, even when they hit a ball great like franco did in the eighth it doesn't fall for them. phillies fell to another last place team they dropped four of their last five. cole hamelss on the hill tonight. two months before eagles report to training camp but today connor bar win reported to a different camp, he hosted his first summer camp and had a blast coaching the future nfl hopefuls and is optimistic with his own new look team.

>> the best offseason i have ever been a part of it's my sixth offseason and the best as far as how far along we are as an offense and defense and how well we practice and how much stronger we were in the weight room, it was impressive. >> a picture perfect day with barwin. the 4th of july is this weekend, start to feel patriotic this weekend, team usa faces germany in the finals the germans are the top seed and scored 15 goals in six matches. >> we are thrilled to be in the semi finals playing a tremendous opponent in germany who we haven't faced in a couple of years, obviously they are a terrific team and it's going to be a great match.

>> historically when u.s. and germany meet the winner goes on to win the world cup. temperatures hover near the 90s in a tournament known more for rainouts than wins. raval nadal and andy murray advanced today. >> thank you jaime. african-american ballerina, misty copeland just made history named a principal at the american ballet theater. she has become a strong voice for diversity in dance and is named one of "time" magazines most 100 influential people in the world.

if your day feels a little longer today there may be a reason the world's official time keepers are adding an additional min, it's called a leap second it happened at 7:00 p.m. people are are bracing for the shift because it crashed some of the websites in 2012, a second here and a second there matters. >> a long day for you adam? >> a long afternoon and evening and we have a watch up until 8:00 as we watch storms pulling

in from the west. not a lot going on in the area but a couple of clusters of storms that we are presently watching on double scan live radar parts of northeastern land caster county in effect until 6:00 right around everda and adams town, and strong winds with these storm only 2 lightning strikes, near lincoln at 5:56 and watch the storm near rossville heading towards 222 heading towarded the east and lincoln where there could be damaging winds left over with that particular storm and a cluster of storms we are watching south and east of the city near cherry hill and woodbury, the atlantic city expressway in camden and gloucester county as well as glassboro and 55 in gloucester county dealing with a cluster

of storms not severe at this point but as it heads north and east there are strong storms with it and heavy rainfall we are watching with this as it passes by north and east of philadelphia earlier this afternoon there were tornado warnings in parts of the lehigh valley including northampton some damage as this branch came off the tree and hit the siding and pulled it off and damaged that window. we see a lot of damage reports coming in across the region especially chester county and the lehigh valley and numerous trees down and wires and in honry brook and phoenixville and west goshen, where we had tornado warnings at this point that after none. temperatures are overall in the 70s across the region winds coming in across the atlantic, temperatures in the 70s and a decent amount of sunshine most of the activity has been inland and will remain that way in the

evening hours, we have the severe thunderstorm watching up all the way to the west watching the cold front to the west of pittsburgh and until that front pulls through and we run the risk, and spots at 8:30, future tracker dry south and east in southeastern pennsylvania near i-95 where we could see the thunderstorms erupt at any time and the trend continues through the midnight hour and the wee hours of wednesday morning before we push the front away, and early clouds at the shore give way to sunshine in the area and spotty shower north of the poconos tomorrow afternoon a moderate risk for rip currents don't go in the ocean because of strong winds from the east, at the shore tomorrow the rip current risks reduce and give way to a mixture of sun and clouds and 72 and overall looking like a decent day at the shore tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast, 87 the next two days any early morning showers or clouds give way to returning sun tomorrow and a spotty shore on thursday and not a washout and 87 a front stalls to the south and maybe a brush of rain in southern areas on friday, and 86 on 4th of july and a spotty storm and 80s, sunday, monday and tuesday and quiet weather is on the way. but be on the lookout for storms tonight until midnight. when storms happen be sure to check the 6 abc storm tracker app, you can report what you are seeing in your area, the 6 abc storm tracker app is a free download for your mobile device. rascal flats coming to atlantic city in august, the band behind the hit bless the broken road and life is a highway will play on the beach

august 20th unlike past years atlantic city's beach concerts will not be free, tickets start at $20 and maroon 5 will perform that week, they are expected to generate c

. right now jim gardner and the "action news" team are coming up at 6:00. storms caused damage in the lehigh valley a live report from whitehall township. and it's official chris christie is running for president, ahead how he made the announcement today. and the itinerary for when pope francis visits physical. for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass have a good night "action news" at 6:00 is next.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night and the vatican releases the itinerary for the pope's days in philadelphia and new jersey governor christ christie makes his run for president official and the big news is two funnel clouds making their appearance in the area this afternoon. an "action news" viewer took this video in south coventry chester winter and honey brook parts of the area have been

drenched by torrential rain and it's another afternoon of tumultuous weather and meteorologist, cecily tynan is keeping track of all types of watches and wantings. >> we still have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect tonight what this means the potential exists for severe weather to occur and a warm front is moving through now and a cold front across western pennsylvania and that rolls through later tonight and by then we have lost the heating of the day and really the most intense storms came between 2:00 and 3:45 when we had the multiple tornado warnings stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing although this is not severe, we have strong thunderstorms rolling through camden, gloucester county, new jersey, into burlington county five lightning strikes associated with this, you hear the rumble of thunder and have to get inside. what is