ee three hours ago. we obviously have a lot the to talk about tonight and we will doo, thhe the the help of "action news" reporter walr perezho is in cter city. jeffhirico is the jersey shore where is there sis concernbout flooding. and dn cuellar is skedut on i-95 in newark so he can talk to travelers hoff bn trygo notiate some very difficult conditions. but, first thing is first meteorologist cecily tynan and am shave been tracking e start of the storm. weillegin with cecily the "action w big a. >> jim, thinks a deep, damic storm andt will be intensifying in the overnight hours. storm tracker six live double scan showing th ' already binning to see these horizontal bands of heavier snow rking through. as the storm system intensifies these will be ft d fious a they wi so get a lot stronger. these band rit now across route one right now i-95, north of wilmington, th has snowfall coming at a ra of an inch hour. at the height of the srm e

snow will be falling at a rate of two 3 inches per hour. we willee more of e bands. another band right n is beginning to develop ne millville and fortecue and we ll seeoreut already the snowfall totals, amazingt seems like the sw just started and they are ding up. lliamstown 2.5 inches. cape ma 2.5 inches. in newark delaware 5. warn te 2 inches and west dover reporting neay 4 inches of snow. wider view showing g picture on double scan live, and wt is happening, tt low pressure is starting to form, d startingo tsifynd to t south of pe lk t north carolina a e it wi hug the virginia cape. itill gradually head to sea but y can see all this moisture it will be pulling from the e aantic. we will s th rain bandet closer to the coast, as we head to the overnight hrs. buthis system is going to be crawling. and that means weave hrs d hrs of a o and that will be pilingp, ve qukly. detailsn tt, let's head

over to ad sh. adam. >> we will see a lot rg ovnight hours as we go to bed and wake tomorrow morning. if you take philadelphia, for example here as we break it down between now d ge, 7:00 o'clock in the morning. eight 10 inches onhe ground. then an additional eight to 10 ches on top of that during the day ti on saturday. andhen sarday evening an adtional two to 4 inches of snow. son philadelphia you put these together t e range will be a18 to 24 inches once all is said d done. visability will be a big issue. that is why theres a blizzard warning in ft. right now dropping throughout a half me across much of e area. better to the the nth. mile to milend a half. but at mes the visibility will be nearly zero during the day tomorrow. that is youhdo n want to ventureutside on the road. the will be blowing drifting snow. road crews wi ha a hard time kping road car. of course, you won't be able to e a car in front of you. looking at thexpected gusts as we go le tight in turday, far to the north and west there iso blizzard

warnings here because wind will be le around 35 miles an ho. blizzard warning criteria has to do wi visibility and wind. philadelphia trenton wilmington ierior uern new jersey and most of delaware, 45 to lesn ur. a high wind rng at the coast, athe hght of the ormomorrow morning wind there ne 6miles an hour. astal flooding, between 0o'clock in the mning and noonan sunday. there will be moderate to major flooding at t o at times of the gh d. partsf ltic county could see t ten high tes. cape may county top five high tides and that is why there have been evacuationf w lying aa. waves up to 20 feet just off ore which ll use significant beach erosion at the time of gh tes fst one, jim, will be 30 tomorrow morning. meteorologistecily tynan will comeack to show you a map how much snow y should expect where you vin the fullccu weather forecast. well, snow is coming dn heavily as we look apenns landing in pladelphia, live on sky six.

eat picture there. but it is ill not nearly as force fl as it will bin theorning and through the day tomorrow. but let's begin o tour of the region, first with "action news" rorter walter perez on southroad street in nr city tonight. walter, what about ts snow emergency in the cy nown effect. >> reporter: jim, that declaration went in efct at 9:00 o'clock tonight. meanwhile we will give you a liveook right re broad street south city l as you c see is a ow windy but ju a prelude of things to co. this is anow emergency route so any parked cars along this stretch c an will be towed at atime. the this means many us here in the delaware valley are prepared to slter in place untilhis ormlows rough. at you'llften notice a the a snow eency declaration is fewer people on the lol roadways and mo people in the local sermarkets. plenty of folks from t local state store as l >> i guess peoplere

hunkering down for what they know is coming. >> reporter: little wine lps? >> it keeps you warm. >> reporter: but many of the restaurants across the region do not see this as a laughing matter. officials from iette foy's on u rt sd, sply put snow bad for business. >> this is like snowarmageddon so people a rlly skeptical abouteaving their homes at least. if u lo oside is there tuch there. iteels li there is 3 feet ofnownhe ou right now bause there carly nothe a lot of people in here. >> reporter: upside means that means we are eng e warnings and preparing for a nasty stf nr weatr. the city's emergency operations center is already activated on a limited s. oec gs io fly affect at 8:00 tomorrow morning. with the snow emergency now in place all ca pked on snow emergency routes in philadelphia will be towed by the parking authority. getting your car back will cost you up to $125, that is why parking authority officials areryingard to get the word out before the the the w trucks reach your

vehicle. >> what i wld like to stress is we do not want to w ur car or write you a ticket. what we ay wanteople to is cooperate mo their cars and no oneetsodnd makes everyone's job easier. >> reporter: all right. back outere liv parking authority garages e only charging five bucks during the thsnow emergency. also ur vehicle does get towed, you can fd out where to retrieve it by calling 215-686-snow, of crse, all that iormation can be found on six com. reporting live from center city walter perezor channel six a "action news". >> thanks, walter. talk about touring the the area mobile six isn the go tonight, and it is currently northbound on the roosevelt boulevardxtension. the it was following that ow truck, in i we. i hope y are not tding to pass th pl uck g be cservative, dving that snow. obviously very tough conditions the northbound roosevelt boulevard eension

right no penndot officials a urging eone, to st off the rds. thughout the weekend penndot trucks will be spreading salt, over 40,000 milesf highways. ofcials say that they he 4,000 eloyees ao the the state. that will be working 12 hour shifts. >> the the more tffic a roadway ha the the more attention it will receive from plows. >> penndot has reduced t speed limitn highways, to 45iles an hour, and officials say that uave to drive, do not pass the ow trucks. we will say th again and allow at least ten car lengths hind them, did you hear th mobile si the blizzard will bring operation to philadelphia internationalirport to a stand stl. all flights in and out of philadelphia are nled tomorrow. nationwide more than 6,000 flights will be out of service. airlines hope to be back in full sedule by sunday afternoon. septa as spending most

ofts service starting at 4:00 o'clock tomorroworning. on the broad seet and market frankford lines will be running. amtrak will operate with few trains on a modified schedule. new jersey transit is suspending buses and trains beginning at 2:00 in the morning. in delaware, dart buses are out of services torrow. governor chris christie turned to new ry tonight, fromhe presidential mpaign trail. about two hours ago he declared a a of emergency. >> we have certainly concerns about beach esion. i'mot all th coerns, i think we will haveome rt flooding at the shore but i don't think we will he mh more than that >> new jersey is bracing for up to ches of ow a there e lot of people at thehore who are concerned that the situation could get worsehen being described by the gernor. coastal flooding is the concern. therere also res that fierce winds ll down trees andis causing major power outages.

"action news" pter jeff ico is ve margate tight jef there is a lot of concern at the shorend with gd reason. >> reporter: jim, did you say fierce wds? theinds are gusting d they are erce right now. only expect to get worse. take a lk, if y lk up abovee you can actually perhapsee the wind it pushes the the snow seways righthere in the light. nowhiss what is hpening tonight about an in or son theround here on au enuexcuse me, aantic enue in margate but e re sue, the the real concern is tomorrow morning. with the high tides and the spectations of so flooding. ashe storm mos in the wind pi up and snow quickly covered roadways, in longport. the blanket of whiteot a problem for warmly dressed man, it is wh else the storm ingsh brings his pal ve. >> it thinkt wi miss us here, you know but it will turn toa a we ha to where i about the flooding.

>> reporter: predictions about coastal flooding prompted officials order mp try evacuation for sents of barnegat who live between the beach and st y ie. expected rising wate during this weekend's tides ve sinesses piling sandbags. at the ocean city fire dertment. >> we have five vehicles in operation right wtwo and three people vs, two bumpers. >> reporter: crews are ready to ro out military gde trucks toight fis and evacuate residents if needed. is there rm for like 15, 20 people. >> reporter: what are chances you will needhis is ekend. >> we will beeeding e forecast is 2eet lor th san which is a lot lower so, in the t area of flooding prone we will use these vehicles i'm su. >> reporter: are meanwhile resident of ts apartment building feet from the beach iaantic city en the tang any chances and they are moving to higher ground. neighboring buildings were stroyed by super storm ndy. >> this time i'm terrifiedt will pno m out here. reporter: despite the threats atlantic city's mar says the city a for e storm and opened to vitors.

>> when are living here, when are working herer whether you areomingo party, we will make su thaw e f you have a good time. >> reporter: back out here live a block from the beach we're looking the atlantic avenue. road is covered in sw. windsre gusting. again, real concern here tomorrow morning wi high tides ten seven and 8:00, officials here expecting some flooding. nowhe highinds and the cncef flooding, has officials both in the atlantic city and ocean cy, opening possibly possibly opening emergency eers. they say they willetermine torrow eer they will be needed but once again is a very nasty night o here, alonghe shore, we are ve in mgate jeff cher co -- chirico ael six "action news". we want to you join the action and se us videosf how youre pg, and so howou are enjoying the ntry wther. just use the hashtag six a abc action onocial d e-mail us at join the action at six abc.com.

coverage of the blizzard of 1 ntinues. youre looking ve newark delaware. we will update road conditions in that area, they are difficult. and, philadelphia police officer whoas injured in an ambush leaves the hospital today. well, snow is picking up, sore the wd, this buoy off the coast of delaware reporting wind gusts up to 45 miles an hou 9-foot waves. conditions will g worse before better. weill he all ofhe deils in the accu weather forecast. snow has created changes forocal sports teams their schedules, haveeen altered those stories and much more wnaction news" continues tonight.

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mobile six hding southbound on the roosevelt boulevard extension. as you can s it is now approaching or over t schuylkill river and mobile six will be heading stbound on the schuylkill expressway, to begin to cck tngsut in cter cy philadelphia. the road, t completely white, not mpletely snow covered, here on the extension. weilleeow thgs are on the schuylkill expressway in just a few ments. we are hearing it from governors, from mayors, fm anyone who has responsibility for others. stay off ofhe roads ile the storm barrels through the region. unfortunately some people are either ignoring that advisor they sply don't ve a chce. "aionews" rorter dann cuellar isive athe new washing service plaza on i-95 in delaware. dannt goes without sing but conditions a only going to get worse. >> reporter: that is right jim. it has been coming down in sheets. we had heavier band that moved in here a half an hour ago. look at hd me itas been

coming down straight for over five hours n in wk, delaware, and it oy increasing. dell dot is reporting that despite best effortsundreds of the workers operating more th 330 plows the ros and bridges arenow covered, they are having a a hard ti keeping up wh it l. take lookere at e e ground you get idea is what happening here in newark laware. wea a ni fluffy snow coming down and increasing right now. we have ch d a hf. it willet worse before it theets better. >> reporter: the the state of the laware fgso the storysto ma i way here at 5:30. >> we know we're heading in to it so, not pretty coming up here. >> reporter: how far are you ing. >> to annapolis. >> wow, you will goight throughhe it of the storm. >> unfortunately. >> reporter: a lot of truckers were sitting this out hunkered dn in the lme nter parking lot waing to see what torrow brings. this is as de dot ewhere is doing their besto keep i- etional.

at is rd in wkt was all non dk as th wo roughout t the any to keep up witt. >> at some pointuring the orm it wi be too ch to actually keep lng so it will a complete thely mechanical oration at th point. >> reporter: meanwhile some of the back roads were beginning to get swy t storm hammered a where are you mg from. >> pennsylvania. >> reporter: what sit like on the road out there. >> well, they are getting bet. >> reporter: getting bad. >> yes. >> reporter: time to get home as soon as you can. >> as soon as you can. >> i just got ba fm pennsylvania, and they were starting up really good there. >> reporter: trying to t home. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: across delaware these scenes were typical as the t ow pt comingown in the steady i ridents re doing their besto ke up wi shoveling and brhing snowff sidewalks before they gotoo dp youa your work cut out here tonight. >> yep. >> reporter: you will have a long timeay mrow. areou rea for it.

>> yes. >> reporter: yeah, he dt look too rled. i don't bme him one bet. dell dot is report ago this i-95 remains enedut the governor has declared a a of emergency which means if ey deep it unsafe, it will be shut down. we wille li in wk delaware i'm's dann cuellar for cnnel six "action ns". >> thanks, dann. the expression neither rain, nor snow, r e. >> yes. >> well, not tomorrow. there will be no delivery of mail tomorrow, in the philadelphia south jersey and laware post offices sometimes the the blizzard just wins out. >> yes, i thinkh is a od move. more peopleh can st home betr a lot ofirst responders, shout out to them, they haveo go to wk. nurses have to go to work. >> keep those mail trucks off the road. >> absolutely. that is key. youanto sy off the rd, cause the storm is pretty d, it will get a lot worse ovnight. orm aer sixi double scan showing we have a heavier band right or us right now.

you can s that pink over philadelphia, it is wking up to the north. media, west eer a snow is falling at the rate of to annch an hr with that. we have another one developing tuite as concentrated ne fortecueumberland county andou c see th rai snow li. that is getting cser. that is creeping to the coast andhat will be moving inland over t overnight hours and changing the snow to rain in cape ma but do i want to live to cape m this is sky six and it o it is still snowing. if you ok you can see how that snows really being blown horizontally, the nd are cranking up, w gustness cape may 32 milesnour right now inland, philadelphia lngton, dover 31 miles an hour. wind speeds ang the shore will be pretty mu doubled as weead through the the day tomorrow. the combination of the temperatures in the 20's, and the wind, ather reason y do not want to be outside right now. theind chillsave dropped down into the ne digits.

philadelphia feels like 8 degrees. that is why thehe snow is light, powderyt will get a little bit heavier as hd through the day tomorrow. now, tlite six with action radars ong we have feeder band of the snowight now, the aual low pressure is south ofape look out. youan see t streamline. its starting to t its act tother but ihas not bombed t yet. hasn't ay exploded. that will pned around 3c in the mng and tn continues to deepen. thinks when we ll really get the heaviestands of ow with thateep pple. thinks where we will get this that in tng closer. 9:00 o'clock in the morning when we wake up tre is 10 inches of snow on the ground alread we do he tt mix ago lo e e coast. 30till we will get an ebb andlow with the snow band and then finally saturday night, it beginning to taper offith showers snow showers, and look at is by sunday morng it is out of here, the sshine is c but we ve got a lot to get through,

until then, the height of the storm about 12 hearst o3:00 in the morning until will:00 in the afternoon. snow fallingt ra ofne to 3 inches p hour. that snow is just thumping. thundernow possible, phadelphia area south. it is t a crack withou more ofhe deep me. wind gusts to les an hr. you shouldn't be traveling at allomorrowut if you have to, do not do it, between 3:00 o'clock in the morning d 3:00 o'clock in t afternoon. that is wh the visibility will be the worst. so pted snowfall will be a lot. mou pocono, you are missing out on most of the action, three to 6 inches. cape may county the, to 6 inches dueo mixingut the heart of the philadelphia area, will t8 to 24 inches, philadelphia, wilmington aboro norristown downingtown reading, quakertown, trenton mount holly millville hammington smyrna, little bit the lower here but still a foot the to a foot and a half. this is really a big or as far as the flooding, mar

to moderate flding. the these e m gh tides. we have three cs to get through. thexclusive accu weather seven day forecast, we en the thickf it mrow. the iard, of 2016. but then, look at what happens after th. a nice increase with temperatures. good amount of nine tuesday, and dsday. temperatures will be u in the 40's. i do want to mentionheck in on your eerly neighbors maybeffer tohov their driveway and don't forg out the the pets. >> thanks, cecily. we have an important story, it is not o-related but the philadelphia li office shore was injured in thatmbush soting is back home tonight. officer sse hartnett was released from the hospital toy, nearly three weeks aftereas attacked, hartnett was shot three times in the arm while sitting in s patrol car. you lremember th picture. according to pice suspect edward archer told them the assassination attemptas carried out in t name of

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philadelphia sports world has bn, impacted by the snow. >> yeah, obviously the the tesreoing right thing. better safe than sorry or snow in

sixers decided to postpone tomorrow's game against ltics. it wille now played sunday night at 7:00. players are okay with the change and theyre okay with the snow. >> i ren when i w just 16 riding my dad's camry around in the cy, you know, in 10 inches of snow. i'm okingorward to it. it will be fun. >> hopefully the roads will be clear, if not i wl dve 1miles an hour. >> philadelphia rappereek mill to in practice today. he can pl defense although, i think block might ve been ten years old. meek mls a huge sixers fan. surprise from the nb cleveland cavilers has fired david blat surprising because calves ha thehe best record at 30-11. blat is blasted afr just 19 nths onhe

as we to uast ght villanova moved its game sunday at 1:00 due to t storm. fourth randildcats coming off wednesday's win at seton hall, a rw vtory jus one point. coach jayrightays his team canearn a lot from that e. >> those games help you actually more than games you play realell andin by 20. those ges help you a lo youa toind your way, you know tout it out and find different ways to win. >> a few re scheduling updates temple bketball ge against smu will be playedt noon sunday. drexel and unc wilmington will be held at the same ti on

sunday. valparaiso and wright stayed grant fm 07 feet away accuracy of a cecily tynan rast. >> yes. >> how about that. >> the shot beats the first half bzer. >> right on point. >> yes, he banked it in. >> she gets the squish. >> "action news" has you covered, throughout this stm on channel six. we wantou to ow this, around the clock coverage on six abc.com and we wi ovi constant updates on x abc "action news" facebook page anon ttter. so be sure to sheour izzard pictes on social media, using hashtag six abc action. jimmy kimmel li next on channel six followed by night line. "action news" continue at 0a.m. with tamala edward and matt o'donnell meteorologist david murphy a karen rodgers with traffic, of course, we wi all be here throughout the weekend to bring you the very tt and most comprehensive coverage of the iard of 26. >> yes, we will.

>> for cecily tynan ducis rodgers and the entire "action news"eam, mim gdner. have a good night and have great, and se weekend. ♪♪

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