newark and moving to the northeast at 14 miles per hour. we have four lightning strikes and the main problem with this storm is heavy downpours. christiana and salem and chesterville are all in the path of this thunderstorm and more are on the way. we have heavy downpours with embedded thunder and lightning heading into berks county and this is drifting up to the north at 10 miles per hour, heading to wolmersdorf and more activity is on the way. the wider view showing the cold front, that sour humidity buster it's still out to the west and this is what will be moving through in the overnight hours and it will be able to squeeze a lot of moisture out of the air in the form of heavy downpours. because of that the national weather service posted flash flood watching for our viewing

area. we do have the flash flood watch in effect until 9:00 and we look at the potential of rain falling at the rate of 2 inches per hour, i'll have more details on this and what it means for your weekend in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. we'll continue tracking any storms heading our way at 6abc.com/weather, with storm tracker 6 radar and a street level map and hourly and seven-day forecasts. philadelphia police are searching for a predator today and they say that two women have been attacked in the last six weeks on the cobb's creek golf course and they think the same man is behind both assaults. sara bloomquist is live with more on what police are doing to track this man down. >> reporter: well, both attacks happened here off cardington road off the golf course, the woman was pulled off the

sidewalk and behind that tree there, in the second the victim was pulled beneath the bridge just beyond the trees, both women were sexually assaults and police believe that the same man is responsible. >> we believe this to be a pattern based on the geographic area, it has happened twice now in the same area of the cobb's creek golf course, on july 11th, a 26-year-old woman was walking along cardington road on route to the 69th street termal on her way to work and it was 3:30 in the morning, she was approached by an unknown male that took hold of her and grabbed her and dragged her into the golf course area, and sexually assaulted her there. and a 39-year-old woman was cutting through the golf course as people do here, a man grabbed her and tried to remove her

clothing and she fought back and a man punched her if the face. she awoke on the golf course. >> she came to and she was being sexual assaulted by this male. >> he is described as a mispanic male in his 30s, short hair and clean shaven, if the first instant he wore a white t-shirt. the police have steeped up security on the course making rounds on dirt bikes and golf carts. >> police want people throughout the expansive golf course property and surrounding neighborhoods to be on the lookout for anything unusual and take precautions to stay safe. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> okay sara thank you. brand new at 4:00, we learned that a second young person has died after a pedestrian

accident, she died from her injuries last night, she was one of the victims from the crash in south hampton, two other children are in the hospital right now and another family member was with the group and was not injured. the driver that hit them did stop and police say they will not file charges in the case. we are just 36 days away from the pope's visit to philadelphia, and today city leaders announced a resource for anyone that is affected by the security in town. chad pradelli is live with more. >> reporter: yes, officials with the world meeting of families are calling it the papal play book, it's an online hub to get your questions answered and learn about the event itself. that play book launches saturday

afternoon. >> we will offer one place to go foristribution of vetted and correct information. >> it will provide correct information for the world meeting of families and the visit of pope francis, and provide transportation details and septa will run a largely weekend schedule, from thursday september 24th through friday night and no papal passes are needed but come the weekend limited septa service is available and septa passes are needed on regional rail line. >> septa will begin selling one day regional rail papal passes in jefferson and outlining stations tomorrow friday, august 21st. >> mayor michael nutter announced that trash pickup will be suspended inside of the traffic box, on friday and monday. they are asked to hold their

trash until the next pickup. >> there is no excuse for short dumping any trash at any time at any place, especially at this event in philadelphia as we are on the world stage. >> you can find those centers at 6abc.com. and we'll have a link to the papal play book, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meanwhile, "action news" continues to explore the pope's home town, jim gardner is in buenos aires, argentina, he got a look inside one of places the pope used to live. >> i'm jim gardner in buenos aires, we are in the saint elmo neighborhood, a big plaza surrounded by shops and stores and has a bohemian type of feel and it reminds me of northern liberties in philadelphia. we'll take you inside the apartment where pope francis lived years ago while he was

rector of the jesuit college, it's tiny and cramp and it's where he lived and worked for six years. that is coming up on "action news" at 6:00 tonight. this reminder, can you find our coverage of the pope's upcoming visit and jim's reports at 6abc.com/pope and we have information you need to know with maps and security zones for the pope's visit next month. it's a businesser sweet day for phillies fans, the chase utley trade is official. one of the most popular athletes to ever play in this town is heading west to los angeles, that has fans sad for the loss but happy for the chance to look back on the second base andman's time right here. >> why would they do that? >> the trade is officials, six time all-star chase utley is now an l.a. dodger.

>> why would they trade chase utley, he is the best second baseman they ever had. >> he did not play in the victory over toronto and got a standing ovation nonetheless and tipped his hat to the crowd. >> he brought spirlt to the team and to philadelphia. >> i want him to win and succeed, it's the right choice for him at the time. >> utley was the last athlete in philadelphia that played at veterans stadium and a huge part of the team that won the world series and five straight nl east titles, he brought the grit that phillies fans like, and had a hard nosed mentality. he reminded me of the 1993 phillies, a hard worker and everyone appreciated that. >> he was involved with the community off the field, with his wife to raise awareness of animal cruelty. he loves the city and the city

loves him back. >> that makes him the person he is. and his actions makes a big difference. >> i think even when he comes back and plays in philly he'll get the same response that jimmy rollins got when he came back. >> they will be reunited back in california, and fans were excited about that, it gives them a reason to root for the dodgers in the post season. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." switching gears to traffic on the road and the skies, we hear a ground stop at philadelphia international airport until 4:45. >> it's weather related we presume, lets check the highways with matt pellman. people are trying to get home. >> they are trying and we are chasing delays. on the westbound lanes of schuylkill, they are not hard to fine, they start at university and extend the whole way out to conshohocken, it breaks up a

couple of times but overall a lot of slow traffic, they did the tree trimming westbound by montgomery and it just cleared out that is the reason for the extra heavy going on the west side of the schuylkill and things are damp as we embark on this thursday afternoon ride and watching a crash on lan caster avenue near rittenhouse place, one clears in haddon township on nicholson road, and normal slow speeds on 95 northbound by the betsy ross bridge and problems in warrington bucks coins, a crash shutting down 611 between bristol and turk road is one alternate in that area, or stay through the construction on 232, york road getting wet in delaware, and now a crash in smyrna, northbound lanes of 13 past 300, watch for the emergency crews converging on the scene there.

lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday. on the roosevelt boulevard northbound side by wisconsin we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> that is really your name. matt daddy matt. >> matt thanks. still ahead a major retailer announces plans to open a new store right in the heart of center city. and a personal announcements from jimmy carter, what he said about his health and treatment and prognosis going forward. and another concert on the beach at the jersey shore, we are in atlantic city where the crowds are staking out their spots. it's time for another edition of down the shore and melissa magee is in avalon. >> reporter: hi there rick, hi sharrie, you don't have to check

out rascal flats to have fun at the shore, we are in avalon, thursday on dune, we are on dune drive, where am i? inside of a fire truck it's about kids friendly activities, i have my girls, grace and kate. i'll send it back inside.

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former president, jimmy carter revealed his cancer is melanoma and spread to four spots on his brain, carter says that doctors don't know yet where the melanoma which is almost always a skin cancer all started. they discovered the brain

lesions the same day a one inch tumor was removed from his liver, he started radiation today and is receiving a drug to boost his immune system. >> i feel good, i haven't felt any weakness or disability. the pain is slight. right after the operation on my liver, a little bit of pain in my stomach. >> a personal news conference, the 90-year-old former president says will he cut back his work at the carter center but hopes to go on a house building mission in nepal in november. nearly 29,000 firefighters are fighting wild fires. just yesterday two firefighters died in new york state when their vehicle crashed and became engulfed in flames. washington's governor has asked for a national money declaration to get more help on the front

lines. from our delaware newsroom, people looking for work have the chance to apply for dozens of jobs today in wilmington, foot lion is holding a job fair on concord pike, they are looking to fill 75 positions from the deli and dairy as well as cashiers, there are positions available at all four delaware locations. that runs until 6:00 tonight. the company that makes the pill to increase female sex drive is striking while the iron is hot, they are now selling the business, sprout pharmaceuticals won approval for the pill addy, they have sold it for a billion dollars, it's a privately held company with 34 employees, the pill is expected to be availableable by the fourth quarter of this year. meanwhile, target is

building a store in the heart of the city, it's moving here to chestnut, and plans to open in july of this year, the second new location they plan and one near rittenhouse square. there is another concert on the beach in atlantic city and fans are pouring in the action cam was there when fan as rived for the rascal flats show. look from sky 6 hd, the crowd is there, this is a ticketed concert, just like the maroon 5 show this weekend, so many people out there today and there were complaints that the people that paid for better spots could not get to them because of crowd, so for tonight's concert there are two separate entrances for people with seats and one for general admission. >> you are a rascal flats fan.

>> i am i would be there too but i had to be here with rick. >> have you to be with this rascal. >> at least you tell the truth. >> that is even more entertaining. there is rain heading to atlantic city for the rascal flats concert. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing heavy rain in parts of lancaster and newcastle county as well. all ahead of a cold front moving through in the overnight hours, this has been a line i am tracking moving out of newcastle county and it's beginning to weaken and no lightning strikes associated with this now, at 4:22 it's headed to wilmington and pennsgrove at 4:26 and this is moving to philadelphia and another heavy cell to the west and this is over lancaster county, crossing 322, eight lightning strikes associated with this, lifting to berks county with heavy enough rain that the weather service issued

a flood advisory until 5:30 since the rain is falling at 1 to 2 inches per hour and likely is causing flooding, for most of our viewing area, it's heading in eye warm and soupy air mass, philadelphia 82 degrees, allentown 81 and millville 82 and trenton 84 and wilmington has dropped to 77 degrees with the showers moving in. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the actual cold front that is pressing through is near pittsburgh, we have a couple of rounds of rain to move through before that clears our region and that won't happen until tomorrow morning. future tracker 6 showing at 10:00 clouds are in place with downpours around and as we head through the overnight hours don't be surprised to hear a rumble of thunder or rain and 5:30, 6:00 it starts to push off

the coast and then tomorrow it brings back sunshine and the key to this, the humidity levels will be dropping substantially and tomorrow a transition day, nicer in the afternoon than early morning hours. here is what to expect. heavy thunderstorms with downpours, you are looking at the potential of 2 to 4 inches of rain and localized flooding and that is why the flash flood watch is posted and not expecting damaging winds and it will kick up the wind gusts of 30 to 40 miles per hour. in the meantime, tropical storm danny became hurricane danny, it's heading to the northwest and it likely will hit the northern caribbean, early next week as a category one hurricane near guadeloupe and heading towards san juan as a tropical storm. tomorrow the get away forecast, philadelphia morning showers and afternoon sunshine and 87

degrees, down the shore with clouds and a lingering thunderstorm, and the poconos the first place to clear out turning sunny after a few morning clouds and a high of 77, looking at the four day at 4:00, it's weather is improving for the weekend and tomorrow transition day and morning clouds and afternoon sunshine and a few morning showers, saturday a breath of fresh air, lower humidity with a high of 86 and sunday that front will move closer, and bring in more in the form of clouds and perhaps a shower east of philadelphia and monday we get back into the soupy air mass, warm and muggy with a high of 89 degrees, the good news is that front will clear the coast and all in all the weekend is looking nice. >> good news, thank you. the philadelphia housing authority launched an ambitious housing project, they broke ground on the bloomberg neighborhood transformation, the first will have 57 rental units

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how the dating app is explaining itself to her and other parents today. >> we begin this half hour into the mysterious death of an active young man, now they are trying to figure out what killed a young army reservist during a run yesterday. >> we are waiting to hear what caused a seemingly healthy man to die while out on a run at fort washington state park, we learned it was 25-year-old christopher brawn from plymouth meeting, investigators say it doesn't appear to be foul play but the heat could have been a factor. >> the normally peaceful fort washington state park was the scene of tragedy last night, they found the body of christopher vaughn in a ravine that boarders the parks. >> when the sun came out it was

stifling and hot and high humidity without a nice breeze as we have today. the sun was very strong, very strong. >> i got texts on my phone this morning though. because i live right on the park, people were curious if i heard anything. >> police learn that brawn an army reservist went on a lunch time run and separated from the group on a steep hill, they waited for him and went back to worthying he when back because it was close by and then called authority about 3:00 because he had to the returned. they found him in the park last night. >> we don't stay as long as we would on a day like today. where there is less heat. because i'm sure it's not good for me here. >> i never heard tf happening

over here before. >> i spoke with the montgomery county coroners office, they have performed an autopsy but are still awaiting other test results before they give a cause of death, they say that those results will take four weeks to come in. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> each athank you. reckless, stupid and selfish, that is the words that a pennsylvania judge used before sentencing a new york father to prison, he is ordered spend the next 6 to 16 years behind bars after he allowed his unlicensed 16-year-old daughter to drive her friends around killing four council rock students. philadelphia police are

looking for two men that terrorized two people while robbing a cricket store in juniata park, they caught the suspects entering the business on the 1300 block of east airy avenue on august 3rd, one of them grabbed a customer around the neck and dragged her to the store, when the man realized there was no safe they made off with cash and cell phones, nobody was seriously injured. if have you information call east detectives. >> police are trying to determine if the driver of a pickup truck was responsible for a serious accident, chopper 6 hd was over the scene where a minivan and truck collided head-on at 9:00, "action news" viewer sent us this video showing us several passengers being freed from the van, there is no word on their conditions or why the truck drifted in on coming traffic. >> when you see breaking news or

weather, we invite to you join the action, email your videos to 6abc.com or use the #6abcaction. a new jersey mother that left her toddler in the car while she went shopping has another chance to argue her case, according to documents, she left her sleeping 19-month-old in a locked car well it running she was in the store for 5 to 10 minutes while it was 55 degrees outside. she was later arrested and appealed the case and a lower court said it amounted to child neglect and today the state supreme court reversed the ruling, the circumstances should be considered before a decision is reached. now the woman can have her appeal heard by a judge. the newest ivy league students are embarking on a new

career today. they moved into the university of pennsylvania campus, student orientation begins tomorrow and classes start next wednesday. >> next week alicia vitarelli is finding some pretty creative and locally made products to celebrate the upcoming visit from the pope, she takes us to plymouth meeting were they are producing a cute and cuddly version of the catholic church. >> in what universe could they hang out, only in the bleacher creature -- >> i was at a phillies game and was looking at chase utley, and i thought if he was a muppet what we he look like. hoffman and his team used photographs to bleacherize some of the biggest stars. >> it started in sports with

these iconic athletes. lebron james and sydney cross by. >> and now standing tall with iron man and rocky balboa another leader from other realm. >> he wanted him to be with our heroes, they were working on part action figure and part plush prototype before our announcement. orders are coming from as close to home as city hall from across the globe. >> we love his message about inclusive and diversity. >> bleacher creature says the pope is so popular he is selling out fast. >> a t-shirt with real philly attitude being sold here in the city. some local senior scitizens are helping the homeless, they

delivered donations to the abandoned animals to the shelter in bensalem. the treats and blafrk ets will be distributed to the four-legged friends, they previously owned pets and wanted to show suptoday. it's thursday on "action news" at 4:00, that means it's time to hit the beach. melissa magee is live at the shore in avalon. hey melissa. >> reporter: hi rick and sharrie, we are in avalon for what is called the final thursday on dune. we are on dune drive between 30th and 31st street, this is the second annual event where avalon invites a lot of kids to have a lot of fun, i have kiran a firefighter for a year now he tells me this jacket is 12 pounds heavy and i have my other firefighter in training and in is henry. how much did you weigh. >> 90. >> and the gear he has on is

about 60 pounds, try to walk. >> i have your brother, over here, we have the bounce house going on and a lot of kids friendly activities and disney celebrities, ariel and jake from the neverer land pirates. lets see what is going on this weekend down at the shore. >> start the weekend off right with a show in the ask a, check out the summer fireworks extravaganza in wildwood, cool colors light up the sky in pine avenue and the fireworks are visible almost anywhere on the beach, it starts at 10:00 p.m. this is the seventh annual event that benefits the alliance for a living ocean, a group dedicated to protecting clean water, the long board classic

starts at 8:00 a.m. and it's free to watch but a small fee to ride the waves. >> get your pick of fresh and local produce at the farmers market in stone harbor, you can make a selection from a wide variety of veggies and fruits and breads and local finds. head to the plaza this sun and every sunday until november 6th. hope to see you down the shore. >> oh my goodness, guys we are inside of the bounce house and by the way we have the rascal flats concert going on in atlantic city and it already took place, i think i'm too old for this stuff. if you come down to avalon today right through 7:30, you'll have some fun on dune drive, and 30th and 31st street. i have to get out of this bounce house, i'm winded already.

>> are you not too old melissa. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, from chips to water, do you need the extra boost? we investigate. >> and alarming new details about the mysterious disappearance after rosie o'donnell's daughter, why police say that tinder may have helped the 17-year-old run away to meet a grown man. and melissa magee has the full forecast from down the shore. consideration

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rosie o'donnell ail's daughter was found safe with a 25-year-old man in barnegat township, ocean county, that man was a convicted criminal but that 17-year-old chelsea was

some how able to meet him through the popular dating app tinder. she was found hiding in the attic with steven sheerer, with a long history of drug distribution and child endangerment and more. >> driving while intoxicated and drug possession and disorderly conduct. >> many parents are now asking how an underaged girl could meet a stranger on a dating site meant for adults. >> tinder responds users ages 13 to 17, can only connect to other users in that same age range, if a user lies outside of their age group, they delete their profile immediately. >> finally, from napping to eating, new parents can tell you they receive a whole lot of

unsolicited advice from friends family members and strangers. >> the baby won't sleep at night, have you to carry your baby all the time or she will never love you -- everyone has a different opinion and everybody wants to offer it to you but you have to trust your own instinct. >> that is where tommy tippy comes in the uk brand says they finally figured out what to do with all the opinions, they recycled a mix of parenting books and blog posts to create something useful. >> tommy tippy advice made from real overwhelming baby advice. here is what you can do with those opinions -- >> that is getting a laugh here in the studio right, advice wipes are not for sale yet but that is not the point, they created the website for

parenting on.com encouraging new parents to take a deep breath and trust their own instincts. >> what do you think rick? >> before was the wipes when i needed them. >> used paper towels when i was a kid. >> matt pellman is back in the "action news" traffic center with an update, trying to wipe out all the traffic news out there. >> you are asking for advice from me, you want the tips, 95 southbound side budget extra time if you are traveling from the airport through this point at 420, an accident that they got pushed off to the left shoulder and caused an extra backlog coming down to philadelphia inter nation. if you are traveling northbound on 95, from the airport to the girard point bridge, speeds in the teens, at the bridge there is a broken down vehicle at the center lanes. coming and going on 95 through southwest philadelphia and delco this afternoon.

watching a truck fire at peco headquarters at 23rd and market, fire crews are on the scene there. watching for a crash near oak avenue and providence road at goth, suds and soda, and jimmy buffett is in camden at 7:00, we'll see extra people headed over there, and plenty of extra people on the vine street expressway, look at these jams, the annual tree trimming on the westbound schuylkill is giving us a jam all day long, you'll see delays here wrapping up an opening for a northbound ship get ready for an opening at burlington bristol bridge in an hour. we'll check it again rick and sharrie, hopefully that was no too bad just a couple of tips for you. >> thank you. quick break and meteorologist, melissa magee, has the forecast

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but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank. tult fobbed agencierererer tult of . time to head back out to avalon to melissa magee down at the shore. >> we are having fun in avalon, the final thursday for avalon, the final thursday on dune drive, a kid friendly activity and family friendly as well. live entertainment and fun for the kids and we are tracking unsettled weather, stormtracker 6 live double scan you notice a cluster of showers and storms mainly to our west, we'll go in tighter on street level with storm tracker 6, in northern newcastle and southern chester county we are dealing with

showers and storms and those are moving slowly to the east as the evening wears on and dealing with a cluster across northern lancaster and berks county as well. some of the activities and locations we are looking for manheim and wolmersdorf, watch for that. a flash flood stays up until 9:00 p.m. this evening, some places could find up to 2 inches of rain per hour, it's for the i-95 corridor and the counties bordering i-95, the coast is not included in that and all of our pennsylvania counties as well. keep that in mind as we track the moisture, this is day six of the heat wave, heat wave number four, right now we are cooling down to 82, reading at this hour, and poconos 71 and wilmington 77 and down in a.c. 87 degrees, here is satellite 6 along with action radar we are

tracking a cold front that is out of pennsylvania and swings back down to the ohio valley, west of that we have clearing west of pittsburgh, that is event you'lly heading our way into the tail end of the day on friday and into the weekend, future tracker 6 has you covered in the rest of the evening hours, we are tracking numerous downpours scattered in nature from trenton and back to wilmington and out to the west, it looks like this moisture will continue as we get into 6:00 tomorrow morning, a broken line of activity from new york city all wait down to jersey and it's clearing off to the west. keep in mind the showers could linger in the early half of the morning hours until we get late day clearing and sunshine. traveling down the shore tomorrow, clouds and a thundershower early in the day, the high temperature coming in at 85 degrees, saturday that is my pick over the weekend a nice pick of sunshine and clouds and 84, up to 85 degrees, a pop-up

shower is likely with more clouds and sunshine with a cold front off to the west that wants to retro grade across the region, tomorrow clouds to sun and a high up to 77 and sunny and nice, and 77 degrees and sunday partly sunny and 78. here is the seven-day forecast, as we go throughout the day tomorrow, a morning shower is likely and then after noon sunshine on the way a high up to 87 degrees, once the front clears, we have a drop in the humidity and you'll notice the difference, saturday the eagles are home in another preseason game and mostly sunny and a high of 86, sunday clouds and sun and 87 degrees, it looks like we are tracking the low offshore, muggy and 89 and tuesday partly sunny and 86 degrees, wednesday seasonably warm, and 84, and lots of activities twoing on at

dune have jake, do a dance jake, and aerial under the sea from the the little mermaid. have fun at the shore, we are staying dry and we'll keep you posted on the weather. >> not bad thank you. what is the deal with pro teen being added to everything? >> i always wondered that.

move over fat free and gluten free protein is the latest buzz word. most people say they want to boost the amount they eat but consumer reports said add said protein doesn't always mean healthy or tasty. you see protein touted on

everything, added to foods from tortilla chips to english muffins to breakfast cereal. >> we need protein in our diet and some studies show it could help curb hunger. but do we need it? most americans get enough protein in their daily diet and foods with added protein is not necessarily better for you. >> it's best to get your protein from whole foods, dairy products, soy, eggs and lean meets. >> saying the word protein on a label can tempt you into poor choices, if you see it on a browny for instance, you think it's better for you, but this protein browny has 400 calories and 24 grams of fat. consumer reports did taste tests on a wide range of products.

>> most of the protein versions did not taste as good and could cost more, you could be paying more for a nutrient you don't even need. >> the one exception is protein shakes, some scored high on taste test but they get their protein from real milk. rather than a processed protein. >> for more information go to 6abc.com. >> how much protein is in a chocolate chip cookie. now for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli i'm rick williams. narrator: first pat toomey

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. downpours and thunderstorms are hitting parts of our region tonight, stormtracker 6 live double scan live is tracking the storm system that lingers into tomorrow morning. thursday night and the big story on "action news" is the storms that prompted flash flood watches this evening. meteorologist, cecily tynan, has details from accuweather on exactly where these storms are

hitting now. >> hi rick and monica, we have a juicy air mass and these storms can drop down a lot of rain in a short period of time, most of the activity is south and west of philadelphia, i am tracking one band and it started as a pretty intense thunderstorm and now just one lightning strike, it's the heavy rain all advancing to the north and east right along i-95, so brooklawn, pine hill, bryn mawr and south bellmawr in the track of these heavy downpours, as they press to the north and east and a pocket of heavy rain now across route 322, manheim heading towards 422, this is tropping a lot of rain in a short period of time and there are flood advisories posted for parts of lancaster county because of that cell, i