a severe thunderstorm watch in effect right now. >> and some of these storms could produce hail and strong winds. meteorologist melissa magee in now for cecily tynan. tracking it all. >> hi, sharrie and rick. we are tracking those showers and thunderstorms some of which are turning severe at this hour. storm tracker6 live double scan radar and a broken line of activity pressing into the region extending from that 95 corridor and pressing to the east. there's actually a severe thunderstorm warning for new castle, kent and salem counties until 5:15 this evening so the counties included the -- the states include -- the townships i should say wilmington bear also salem middletown down to smyrna and dover the storm systems vi ttheast at about 40 miles per hour. winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and the possibility of penny or quarter size hail. street level with storm storm tracker6 you could see as we track the precipitation as it moves eastward out of salem it will be in alloway at about 5

5:12 and fenwick at 5:13. a cluster of 80's along route 301 in middletown and also between newark at around 5:07 this will be in stave landing in 5:25 it will be pressing into canton. we'll be tracking the moisture throughout the rest t evening hours. what to expect? a broken line of storms on the way tonight. tropical downpours as well. locally strong gusts and possible penny size or nickel size hail. we'll take a closer look in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> melissa, thank you. with more thunderstorms possible this evening, count on 6abc.com/weather for the hourly forecast. and storm tracker6 live radar, your eye in the sky for what's coming and be sure to follow our meteorologists on facebook and twitter for updates as well. >> in other news philadelphia police are searching for the suspect who has been assaulting women in the city. they say over the weekend the violence escalated and one assault in kensington turned deadly. "action news" reporter chad

pradelli has the details tonight. >> reporter: philadelphia police are on the hunt for this man. wanted for questioning in the saturday murder of ricky morgan. investigators say the suspect beat morgan with some type of brick and stabbed her around 11:30 p.m. >> some type of deal was made with the individual. we know ty went to tack of a location and during that time he beat her. he stabbed her multiple times. and she was able to run from that location but then she collapsed and succumbed to her injuries. >> reporter: investigators say the suspect is wanted for at least two other attacks on prostitutes in recent weeks. on july 12th, police say the suspect slit the throat of a prostitute on the 3800 block of jays per. the victim played dead but lived. this mountain bike helped police connect the cases as well as his method of operation and the victims he targets. >> 30 to 35 years of age, white females that are prostitutes in the a he goes, he has some type of conversation with them, tries

to make some type of deal. he takes them to a secluded area and then he attacks them. >> reporter: residents who live in the area say ricky morgan basically lived in this vacant lot where she suffered the brutal death. police want women in this kensington area to keep a watchful eye for that suspect. again, riding that black and blue mountain bike who strikes at night. in kensington, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." >> ♪ >> the republican national convention is officially under way in ohio. and in the last hour, the anti-trump movement started making waves on the convention floor. "action news"'s sarah bloomquist is live now in cleveland for us with the developing details. sarah. >> reporter: sharrie, moments ago we watched what appears to be something of an uprising on the convention floor. truly extraordinary. a group of delegates from about 11 states tried to force a roll call vote in an over to the stop the nomination of

donald trump. it was a chaotic scene unlike anything we've seen in recent conventions. >> roll call vote, roll call vote, roll call vote. >> point of order. >> is anybody seeking recognition. >> reporter: that roll cl vote was denied by the chair and the fallout was precisely what party leaders wanted to avoid, shouting and screaming. the entire colorado delegation walked off the floor. we thought the stop trump effort had been stopped last week for lack of support and now this is happening. we will continue to monitor the action on the convention floor as it unfolds. this is all happening on the very first day of the rnc, a day dedicated to a conversation about national security, something donald trump has talked extensively about. today we spoke with the new jersey delegation. they talked to us about how they believe their man is the one to make america safe again. >> good morning, new jersey. >> good morning.

>> isn't it great toe a trump republican this morning? >> yes. >poer:e caught upu] with the new jersey republican delegation this morning their hotel outside of cleveland. the mood was celebratory. >> january 20th, 2 things will happen. donald trump will raise his hand and be sworn in as the next president of the united states. and on january 20th, the infamous obama apology tour ends. (applause). >> reporter: and it was clear republicans from the garden state are ready to nominate donald trump. tonight's theme of the convention floor is make america safe again. and today we asked local delegates how they think trump will accomplish that in the oval office. >> i indoldru i going to bring reality back to the united states. we need to protect our borders. we need to protect the citizens of this country. we need to bring our military back and i think donald trump is the candidate to do that. >> you can't lead from behind like we've been doing. creates a vacuum in the world and hopefully he'll come in

and fill that vacuum and provide the strong leadership and stability and a march forward to create a safer world for our children and our families. >> has woken up arica, individuals that more r less have walked away from politics or voting because of things that go on in their own lives but i think that he has woken up them and they are looking to see what's going on in their town, their county and their state and across the country and they really don't like it. >> reporter: the delegates are scheduled to take a break right about now. they'll resume the convention business a little bit later. it will be interesting to see what happens then. coming up at 5:30 in just a few minutes jim gardner is going to be speaking with one of our favorite political experts at "action news" and no doubt they'll be discussing that apparent uprising on the convention floor unfolding just moments ago. for now live in cleveland, ohio, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." >> all right, sarah busy day one at the convention. jim gardner and sarah

bloomquist will be in cleveland until thursday with gavel to gavel coverage of the republican national convention. be sure to tune in for their live reports throughout the week. >> well, hillary clinton took her campaign to ohio, the host state of the rnc of course. the presumptive democratic nominee addressed the naacp convention in cincinnati today. she called for policing and criminal justice reforms on the heels of police sotings of african-americans. clinton also dee cried the ambushing of police officers. she said all around there needs to be more trust and accountability. clinton and donald trump are neck and neck in ohio. in less than a week as the focus shift to the democrats in philadelphia, we will have complete coverage. the entire "action news" team will bring you every angle from the democratic national convention. our live coverage begins on friday. >> get back to our weather for a moment before the rain moved through this afternoon, folks were struggling to keep cool in day five of our current heat wave. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes is live in

fairmount park where some people spent the day trying to cool off in the nearby pool. jeanette. >> reporter: sharrie, mother nature has been all over the place today. it wasunny and then it started raining with some lightning. it's the rean w kelly pool here in fairmount park was closed temporarily. but it is back opened right now. and, you know, the good news is sometimes the pool might not work out for these hot days but there are a couple of things that almost never fail you. much needed rain is now cooling off the region but not before a scorcher of a day home runs, no problems for these dedicated players and loyal fans in marlton new jersey. >> it iatt . we're used to it. it is baseball season. we're always hot. >> reporter: younger spectators killed two birds with one stone dividing their time between the side line and the cooling station. team players vying for a spot in the world series found other ways to keep cool. >> lots of water. lots of gatorade.

we filled a team cooler with gatorade keep the boys hydrated and in the shade as much as possible in between games and lots of sunblock. >> reporter: senior citizens in germantown decided to let mother nature win this round avoiding the heat altogether. >> they keep us hydrated. plenty of water to drink. they have water upstairs and they keep us hydrated. they tell you what to to. >> reporter: center in the park is a nonprofit organization that assists senior citizens offering food, opportunities to socialize and today an air conditioned building. >> definitely when older adults are coming into the center this immediately come in about how cool -- comment about how cool it feels. >> reporter: in broomall henderson plumbing and heating camcame in after the middle of the night. >> jones is ready to take on the heat from inside his home. >> i'm happy the air

conditioning is back on at this point i'm fine with it as long as it's on. >> reporter: rick and sharrie, it's easy for most of us to kind of get around, get to the pool or air conditioned building which is why it is highly encouraged that you check on your neighbors, the elderly senior citizens make sure they're good to go, at the very least they have a fan and a ventilated building and that way everyone stays safe especially because this is not going to be the last of the hot weather that we'll see this summer. reporting live in fairmount park, jeanette reyes, channel6 "action news." rick and sharrie. >> jeanette thank you. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. how was your weekend. >> the weekend was good. a lot better than the drive home this evening. what a mess. first came the heat then the storms. now drivers are little bit heated because it's taking forever to get home. northbound 95 is a parking lot from tasker in south philadelphia through this point in the work zone at girard where we still have this truck accident t out the two right lanes. so traffic is only squeezing

by just barely in the left lane and it is a mess. stay local on columbus boulevard, delaware avenue or else stay on the numbered streets instead. 95 nthd is not where you want to be. delays there are spilling back onto the vine street expressway eastbound aa parking lot and those delays are spilling onto the schuylkill. so that's the highways and the secondary roads there are a ton of downed trees and wires this afternoon. one set blocking 322 in delaware county by lark's corner shopping center. bethel road is an alternate. across the river in gloucester county 322 eastbound has reopened but the heavy rain still moving through that area and it rained so heavily along 295 in camden county that there's flooding in both directions by 42. this is the southbound delay very heavy right now and in mount laurel have some emergency construction blocking a lane on 73 northbound, so it's jammed there as well. we'll check it again including the mass transit situation rick and sharrie, in the next half hour. >> busy monday night. thank you, matt. much more still to come on "action news" this evening. what health experts are now

saying about the spread of the zika virus. >> plus new details in the investigation into yesterday's deadly police ambush in baton rouge. what investigators have revealed about the suspect. >> also an officer has been acquitted in the freddie gray case but find out what baltimore's mayor is saying about it tonight. those stories and more

>> late today police in louisiana sd e ri who shot six baton rouge police officers over the weekend was on a mission to kill even more cops. at a press conference today they showed images of the 300 to 400-yard crime scene investigator its say gavlin long scouted his crime scene then methodically assassinated three officers. he used a pistol an rifle with a strap to take aim at close range. >> strap kept that rifle place so that when he he engaged those police officers, they were deliberate and they were extremely accurate. >> this guy was going to another location. he was not going to stop here. after he was finished here i have no doubt he was heading to our headquarters. and he was going to take more lives. >> online long said protests against police don't work and

he urged people to fight back. investigators are tracing the internet for more clues about his past. >> a baltimore police officer was acquitted in the 2015 death of freddie gray this morning. but now the city's mayor says lieutenant brian rice will face an administrative review. gray died after suffering a spinal injury while in police custody. his death set off protests and rioting. lieutenant brian riceth highest ranking officer charged in the case. two other officers have already been acquitted in that case. >> health check tonight. yet another twist in the trail of the zika virus in the u.s. the first american to die of the virus apparently passed to it a caregiver yet no one knows exactly how. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with details. >> once again we're reminded about how much is a mystery about the zika virus.

they don't know if zika was the cause of death for the elderly patient but they know their high levels of the virus in the blood. the caregiver a family member also contracted the virus but that person the not travel to an area affected by zika nor did he or she have sex with someone infected. the caregiver has recovered. the investigation on how the virus was spread is still ongoing. there's another g endorsement for healthy fats like olive oil and nuts. a study from there college of physicians says a mediterranean diet with lots of mono unsaturated fats but no overall fat limits can can cut the risk of heart disease, breast cancer and type two diabetes. study authors say reducing fat of all kinds in the u.s. for the past 30 years led to eating moury fined grains and added sugars and that likely contributed to the obesity epidemic. it was not our consumption of fat. and also today, the american academy of pediatrics is urging parents, doctors and

the media to help limit the amount of virtual violence kids are watching on tv, the internet and on video games. some studies link it to aggressive behavior but even without these scientific evidence of this, most experts agree it makes sense to limit kids' exposure to violence whether it's real such as on the news or in video games. the academy says parents should shield kids under six from all violent images. and for older kids, it also says that parents should play the video games their kids are playing with them so that they know the content. also recommends banning first person shooter games altogeth and they are urging the entertainment industry not glamorize violence. >> thank you ali. another check

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>> time for accuweather at "ac wsbig board. >> of course we've been tracking these storms in our area. meteorologist melissaage is in for cecily keeping an eye on the system. hi, melissa. >> hi sharrie and rick. we still have strong showers and storms. here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar. you can see the moisture pushing out of philadelphia pressing into south jersey sto delaware and in delaware we still do have that severe thunderstorm warning. it stays up now. it's been extended until 6:15 this evening. winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and the likelihood of hail. smyrna heartily dover and woodside included in this as it moves to the east at about 40, 35 to 40 miles across the region. we'll track it for you now. storm tracker6 live double scan slowing you the towns affected. by 5:30 kenton, clayto into smyrna. a lot of lightning associated with this.

just to the north of townsend more moisture that we are tracking here. you can see for salem there in salem county over into port penn also into canton and bayside if you're traveling along route 49 and also just to the west of port penn along highway 13 we've got a lot of heavy rain coming down in a short amount of time. another cluster one more down across areas in south jersey from lakewood to lakehurst to browns mills it is intense but certainly not as bad as areas to the south and west. ology moving along route 206 into charts worth and speed well. eventually we have relief on the way. as far as the storm reports so far, 54 miles per hour wind gusts report there had in wilmington today. south allentown 62 miles per hour gusts. orfield that's also in lehigh county reports of trees and wires being knocked down because of the strong showers and storms. in blackwood new jersey 47 miles per hour wind gusts with the cold front that moved

through. the severe thunderstorm watch stays up until 8:00 p.m., damaging winds and hail and tropical downpour is also a big concern as we go throughout the rest of tonight. currently it's 75 degrees in philadelphia. when you factor in tea dut earlier today we had a high of 95. 92 the heat index in reading and it feels like 86 degrees there in cape may point. here is the five day at 5:00. you can see that the relief is coming by tuesday. sunny with the humidity dropping, a high of 89 degrees. it's comfortable on wednesday. that's my pick of the week. a high of 85. then turning hot and more humid as we get into thursday, a high of 90. summer steam bath on the way on friday and at 95 and we are in the uner 90's as we get into the start of next weekend. we'll have more details coming up in the next half hour, guys. >> all right. k melissa.

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with anger and confusion. we're live with what happened on the floor. philadelphia's not far behind from cleveland as the city is getting ready to welcome democrats for their national convention but officials want everyone to know that getting around will not be a problem next week. and philadelphia district attorney weighs in on the investigation into eagles player nelson agholor. >> ♪ >> fireworks inside cleveland, ohio, this afternoon. you're taking a live look at the quicken loans arena, the fight over presumptive republican nominee donald trump has pitted republicans >>e e ly several hours into the first day of the republican national convention and already several delegations have walked out. >> anti-trump delegates demanded a roll call vote on the convention rules and were quickly silenced. "action news" anchor jim gardner live now inside quicken loans arena with more on what just happened, jim. >> reporter: there is a break in the action right now

but there was a lot of action here a couple of hours ago right on the convention floor. >> delegate from the state of west virginia. >> reporter: there was call 81st day dustup a couple of hours ago when the anti-trump movement made a last gasp effort to bring a vote to the convention floor, a vote to change the rules and let delegates vote for any candidate, any other just the candidate who won the primary in their state. and when the chair called a voice vote to approve the rules of the convention including the binding of delegates the anti-trump forces erupted in protest. the whole thing lasted about 10 or 15 minutes and it appears that the anyone but trump movement has officially breathed its last breath. and so there you have that. let's talk to terri madonna, the director of the franklin and marshall college poll and one of our favorite political experts around pennsylvania.

this protest seems to be over. let's look ahead to the next four days. what does donald trump need to accomplish this week in cleveland? >> that's a great question. the first element is unity. donald trump wants to lead this convention with a party that's unified behind it. there are a fair number of no shows. the other thing he wants to do is present himself as presidential, does he have the lettership to govern. can people trust him in the oval office particularly with national security. this is one moment, 24 million people on average watch the conventions in 2012. the romney speech drew 30 million. obama 35. so, there's not arguably a ton of people are going to watch and he needs to leave that impression, his best opportunity. >> reporr: yr ago let's look back in time when this whole thing really started, you look at the state of pennsylvania. if you looked at hillary clinton and donald trump, the

margin was substantial but now this state is in play. >> that's correct. we've had divided polls. some of them show clinton up six, seven, eight but a couple, one, two, even trump ahead. i don't think there's any doubt that last week when we had the situation with the e-mail, you know, the fbi director calling her careless and reckless that that's had an impact not doing as well as she did before among women and independent voters but the bottom line here is i think we were not in play in pennsylvania in 2012. i think we're back in play given the tightness of the polls. i think we're going to see the candidates in. remember, biden and hillary clinton go he to scranton where every politician was born but unfortunately dallas occurred and they didn'o there. they're new jersey play and there's going to be a lot of an o state. >> political advertising on pennsylvania television stations. >> reporter: telev stations are going to do quite well. you're right jim. >> reporter:.

>> reporter: tonight at the convention melania trump and we have every expectation that it will be donald trump who introduces his wife to the delegates here. that's the story now from the convention in cleveland. >> all right, jim, thank you. all eyes on cleveland jim there in the thick of it and our expanded rnc coverage at 6abc.com includes live streams from abc news along with images and highlights from the convention floor. and we invite you to join the conversations on facebook and twitter where we are sharing constant updates from the "action news" team in cleveland. >> ♪ >> well, this time nex week philadelphia will be all swarming with activity surrounding the democratic national convention. we know there will be road closures around the main venue in south philadelphia. >> but what may be unclear is how other transportation services will be impacted. the bottom line is officials want to make sure it's smooth sailing for everyone. >> as we mentioned the main action is at the wells fargo center in south philadelphia. parts of pattison avenue darien street and hartranft

street are closed. broad street between packer avenue and 95 closed in both directions. signs are already up along major roadways like the boulevard warning drivers of the impending closures that go into place this saturday. >> and thousands of extra visitors will put our transportation systems to the test. taxis will be out in force across the city. septa's regional rail is already working on a reduced schedule. uber is operating on a temporary reprieve. >> but will a strike threat and a major travel hub disrupt the balance? john rawlins live now at philadelphia international airport and john, what are you hearing from the workers union there? >> reporter: well, organizers say up to a thousand people poised to walk offer the job, that could be the case. timing is everything of course with the dnc just now kind of getting prepared to launch. at this point though the group not giving an actual strike deadline. >> these workers have voted to

strike and keep in mind, you know, these workers are not -- >> reporter: the potential walkout by the people who check bags at the curbside transfer luggage inside the terminal, direct passengers to the right t.s.a. line, attend to wheelchairs and clean airplanes. they work for private contractors like prime flight which is hired by the airlines. they want a $15 an hour starting wage and union representation. the thinking arriving dnc delegates will embrace their cause should there be a walkout. >> i think that what we're asking dnc delegates to do is exactly what the dnc is going to ask americans all across the country to do which is support a pro worker ached day. as for impact on airport operations. >> we'll have to see. >> reporter: as far as other transportation issues during the dnc septa doesn't believe its currents rail system woes will have much impact. most delegates are expected to use chartered buses or the subway.

uber has been given a temporary green light to operate in the city. they're still working off if the car service can pick up an drop off at the airport. getting back to that potential strike no deadline given. workers are planning a big rally tomorrow as when the strike ve s ken lt week the mayor put out a statement saying he supported the workers effort but he said he didn't anticipate that airport work. customer service said it was not anticipating any customer service issues should there be some sort of job action in the near future. live at the airport, john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you. >> john thank you. and as democrats get ready to come to philadelphia, 6abc is ready to bring you all the action of the democratic national convention. our our special coverage gets under way this friday. >> let's get a check of the roads and the railways this

afternoon. >> maelman back in the traffic center. it's only going to get busier this week. >> that's right. 'theamp closures as you said coming up in just a few days along 95 rick and sharrie. even without ramp closures it's a mess this afternoon here along 95, close to washington avenue and columbus boulevard. northbound traffic still completely locked up from the walt whitman bridge up to girard avenue. that's where a truck accident and some flooding both have now been cleared out of the way. so, everything is opened northbound at girard but you're still seeing a massive backlog. southbound you can see we're also on the brakes headed toward the walt whitman bridge up ahead there's a broken down truck in the right lane. got a lot of downed trees, a lot of downed wires this afternoon because of the storms but this one is because of an earlier crash in upper dublin. still closing butler ike. tennis avenue is an all the around it. by lark's corner shopping center in upper chichester downed wires blocking 322. bethel road to the south a possible alternate. still have the traffic trbl tre ang02 the concorde pike slowing things down and emergency construction in mount laurel is blocking a lane and jamming us up on 73 northbound and we

still have delays across-the-board on the septa regional rails. luckily routes 10 and 36 the trolleys are back to normal. the 102 shuttle busing because of power problems. something for everyone rick and sharrie. >> spreading the love. >> that's what you cl it. >> uh-huh. >> a stunning recommendation for a once proud athletic dynasty. still to come on "action news" tonight more fallout from alleged doping involving one of the largest olympic teams in the world. who may be sitting out the olympics. >> also president oba calls him our john wayne. we'll introduce you the man who earned the medal of honor for his bravery during the vietnam. smell is in for adam tonight. >> you can see showers and storms prsi nth and east. they'll clear the coast later tonight. the humidity will dro as we get into tuesday and the middle half of our week. details coming up with the accuweather forecast. >> melissa jaime apody has sports tonight including phillies and sixers news when "action news" comes right

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coup arrived in court. 6,000 people are under arrest. turkey's president wants to reinstate the death penalty if they're convicted. more than 200 people died in that coup attempt. president says this muslim cleric now living in the poconos helped lead the coup. u.s. officials say no evidence so far actually indicates that. the world anti-doping agency wants all of russia's olympic team banned from the upcoming games in brazil. that came after 312 falsified results according to an independent investigation. the alleged doping happened between 2011 and last year. russian president vladimir putin says officials responsible for doping will be suspended while his country does the own review. >> all right. jaime apody here now talking sports and the phillies getting ready for their next opponent. >> yeah, let's go. another divisional opponent. out with the mets in with the marlins. history could be made this series it's a citizens bank park as ichiro suzuki comes in six hits shy of 3,000.

they should get the game in. one hit by the mets yesterday. losing two of three over the weekend chasing both these teams but they're down playing the importance of yet another divisional matchup. >> i think just in general every game is important for us. i don't think we look at one series or one game as more important than the others. i think the most important thing for our team is to just take things one game at a time. >> everyeries is important. but we got to come out and just play our game. we can't try to do too much. you know, we got to have good at bats, got to play good defense, pitching has got to stay where it's been. just play good baseball. >> phils get aaron nola back tonight and hope he's back to his own several. his last five starts he had an era over 13 and wasn't able to get past the fifth inning in any of them. >> try not to think about any of the negatives, trying to think of the positives away from this past month and my last outing that i had against

the royals but i'm going start fresh. i let my body rest. i took some days off from throwing. i feel stronger right . >> eagles training camp gets under way next week. nelson agholor will be able to focus on football. seth williams announced today after a thorough investigation no charges will be filed against the eagles wide receiver stemming from an alleged sexual assault at cheerleaders gentleman's club back in june. agholor's attorney maintained his innocence from the get go. jahlil okafor will join the men's basketball select team. he the sixers decided to limit him to only noncontact drills as he continues to recover from knee surgery to repair his meniscus in march. okafor has been back in the gym but yet to participate in any five on five action. colangelo says he's not in can condition to compete at that level yet. i scream you scream we all

scream for ice cream. all fun and games until someone gets leveled right. yesterday president's race on national ice cream day and a giant ice cream cone jumps out of the stands to tackle thomas jefferson. then he goes after a fleeing abe lincoln. jefferson gets up and goes on ay on to win the race and lincoln made like a banana and split but then that didn't work. what are you going to do? >> looked like a rocky road that's for sure. >> i was waiting for you to come up with something. >> that was not your best. >> well, i'm hungry now so it doesn't matter. thanks jamie. >> jamie thanks. >> vietnam war vet credited with saving 44 american soldiers in one day has received the nation's highest military honor. president barack obama presented the medal of honor to retired army lieutenant colonel chuck kettles. in may 1967, kettles directed several helicopter flights into the scene of an ambush against those soldiers. he did it all knowing that there was incoming enemy fire.

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>> sparks flew as fht ioex t to storm drain to rescue two people. a man and a woman crawled for miles down there. they were looking for a lost dog. the man and woman they were pulled out both of them were unhurt. no sign of the dog unfortunately. firefighters are reminding residents there upcoming monsoon season will flood the drains so they need to be careful. >> melissa here now to talk about our weather, rainy and stormy and we've got watches and warnings still in effect. >> yeah, that's right. we're still tracking a severe thunderstorm warning. a lot of activity right now guys shifting to the east so we'll show you what's going on with storm tracker6 live double scan radar. for the most part pressing out of philadelphia but it is in south jersey and also into delaware and because of one specific storm that we are tracking we're going to go in a little tighter. we have a severe thunderstorm warning up for portions of new

castle and also kent counties. this will stay up until 6:15 this evening. it's moving to the east but the places included smyrna dover and woodside. winds in excess of 60 miles an hour possibility and also little is anothehailis a possib. along route one in between smyrna and dover and if you move into the north and east into bayside for salem and cumberland counties we've got a lot of lightning moving across the region along route 49. another cluster acrossaas in jersey. along route nine all the way down along that garden state parkway into oceanville and mays landing so keep in mind if you're in surf city or you want to head to the beach, you want to head to the shore in atlantic city keep a watchful eye to the sky because we've got a lot of lightning moving in with these showers and storms. here's what's going on as far as a picture we can share with from you michael. if you're traveling along the delaware memorial this is what the scene who would earlier as those showers and storms were

moving in. had some ominous clouds associated with the rain so definitely be careful down across areas in south jersey and also into delaware. all of the showers and storms are sparked because ofe heat and the humidity. this is a five day heat wave right now. starter out on thursday with a high of 96. and today in philadelphia maxing out at 96 degrees. well above the average of 87 this time of year. starting to cool off here in philadelphia but still terribly humid outside. 75. 90 though in reading. 78 up in the poconos. 88 in dover at the coast in cape may 81 degrees and watching outer for those showers and thunderst in atlantic city with the current number of 82. here's satellite6 along with action radar. broken line of activity from new england across the midatlantic region. as we go throughout the rest of tonight clear skies will come back as we go throughout the overnight hours and for that matter into the day on tuesday. so the call from accuweather over the next 12 hours early thunderstorms around humid and quiet overnight. we'll drop down to 67 in the

suburbs and 76 degrees in philadelphia for the overnight low. a change is coming in the wake of the frontal boundary on tuesday that front pushes off shore. it's sunny. we'veot northwesterly breeze coming in with high pressure situated just to our west so the high tomorrow 89 degrees. it will not be as hot on tuesday and the humidity will drop as we go throughout the afternoon and right through the evening hours. on wednesday, it's the pick of the week. very comfortable with high pressure in control, high temperature tumming in at 85 degrees and plenty of sunshine as well. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. sunny on tuesday, the humidity will drop. high up to 89. sunny and comfortable on wednesday and at 85 degrees. then we get hotter and turning more humid on thursday, a high of 90. summer steam before this on the way on friday an at 95 degrees. hazy, hot and humid a we get into saturday, a high up to 97. the upper 90's continue as we get into sunday and not so bad on monday for the start of the dnc, a high temperature then coming in at 92.

so, the storms are around for the rest of the evening guys and then you'll notice a big change as we get into tuesday and wednesday. >> okay. thanks melissa. >> you got it. >> okay its summer swelter, it did not dampen the enthusiasm for these kids. they got damp enjoying a day cruising on the brandywine creek in new castl i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare,

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>> ♪ >> monday night, jim is on assignment. he'll join us in a mome i'm monica malpass. the big story on "action news" tonight is the steamy day turning into a stormy night. umbrellas were out earlier today. of course to block the searing rays of the sun and that heat fired up a line of thunderstorms that is now packing soaking downpours and potentially damaging wind gusts. meteorologist adam joseph in for cecily tonight. adam, some folks have been seeing damaging winds already with these storms. >> that's been the major culprit with these storm is the rush of winds as they pass through and the heavy downpours. hit 96 degrees in philadelphia today. this front is busting the heat and humidity. it's now in southern parts of new jersey and delaware on storm tracker6 live double scan. we have a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of long beach island from old barney down to surf city until 6:15, 60 miles an hour winds with this storm as it pushes through and you can see some intense lightning, close to 157 over the last 15 minutes. you see the deep purples with

the torrential rain now east of route nine and about to head off of long beach island but still getting walked all the way down from harvey cedars to surf city. we flip the radar to storm velocity and the red you're seeing here rushing away from the lightning and the storm is that powerful wind, the straight line winds that have moved with this storm now pushing off of the coastline. we have another severe thunderstorm southern parts of delaware around dover and kent county. this also until 6:15, damaging winds, the major culprit with this. dover to canton bury you can see all the lightning, 118 in the last 15 minutes now pushing south and east of dover but again winds near 60 miles per hour. as this pushes over the bay you'll get that rush of wind heading towards cape play county with no friction over the water so this will be watch -- we'll be watching as it slides into southern parts of new jersey over the next half hour. monica when i come back we'll talk about the break in the heat and humidity for the next couple days and then another heat wave in that seven-day