and the big concern now is all of that slush on the streets could freeze as temperatures plunge tonight. it is thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the biggest snow storm of the year. the actual event went largely according to expectations and now it's time to clean it up. we have meteorologist, cecily tynan standing by with the latest from accuweather, and "action news" reporter sara bloomquist having fun with the kids in fairmount park and john rawlins in oaks and gray hall in allentown. gray lets start with you on hamilton boulevard in allentown. >> reporter: hi jim, well this area got 6 to 7 inches of snow and the snow has stopped falling but the repnants of the snow left behind you see here the piles of snow will be eye sores for sometime. thursday morning old man winter gave us a friendly reminder that he is still here. >> it was treacherous this morning. the 4 or 5 inches.

people are going up and down the roads slow and penndot does an exlengths job on our roads here. >> some say it was a nuisance and others say it was just a tease. >> i'm a winter person a snow person, i want more. if it's going to snow i want it to snow i want it to be epic snow. this isn't too epic but we are making the most of it. >> crews did a great job plowing the roads and the headache came in the way of shoveling, cleaning off the cars and clearing the driveways. you see the snow is gone it's past us. earlier this morning it was pretty heavy. but as you can see it's gone now. now it's time to come out and do some work. >> if you were fooled by wednesday's spring like temperatures in the 60s. let this serve as your wake-up call that winter is not over yet. >> you don't want to see a blizzard like last year? >> maybe not that bad but could

use a good blizzard make everyone stay inside for just a day or two. >> all right janice no blizzard for me. and we want to remind you if your car is sitting around wipe that car free of any snow we don't want you causing any accidents live in allentown, gray hall channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. lets switch live to oaks and "action news" reporter john rawlins overlooking 422, what was the impact of the storm there? >> it was a miserable morning in the western suburbs it lasts three or four hours and was proceeded overnight by rain or sleet. two things became apparent with the m when it hit treated pavement it turned to slush and people stayed home and traffic was light and it helped plow crews get their jobs done even on u.s. 422. the main roads are good it's okay. >> was behind the salt truck.

>> behind 422? >> yes. not everyone had to be out. >> i came from my house just to the snow. > michelle confessed -- >> i live in the northeast and it snows here and i live inhere embrace the winter? >> yes. >> by 9:30 the snow stopped and out came sunshine and brisk winds anic increased and snow free roads is no guarantee of issue free driving and something caused a mishap on 422 east and ta causes l cars off the highway and some needed help to get going. still not exactly what happened there. cars were pointed in every direction, once they got everybody out of the area thereof the highway and opened the highway open again, everything is normal since. live in oaks john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. snow made for a treacherous morning commute in trenton this morning. state offices were closed but others had to navigate the snow

and slush to get to work. cleanup crews were hard at work clearing the sidewalks near the trenton transit center before the storm cleared out and the sun came out. and newcastle county delaware just enough snow to make a pretty scene around the green and snow covered the grass and greens and benches and for the most part the streets remain clear. cecily tynan is live at the big board. substantial amounts of snow followed by fierce winds how did we match up with expectases. >> in philadelphia and areas south way below expectations winter storms have last minute surprises, in this case it was the speed. a lot of moisture out ran the cold air and the storm system is now east of cape cod they are gettinzzard conditionn parts of massachusetts and what we get behindm is wrap around winds. philadelphia underachiever but allentown 7.1 inches.

and the poconos got 9 inches and cherry hill 3.8 and valley form 4.5 and center city 2.2 and wear inches. those winds continue to the coast. a winte along the coastnty delaware 40 to 50 miles per hour winnd it overnight but with clear skies it gets very cold. overnight lows dropping into the teens with a breeze and windchills in the single digits a good idea to clear your cars season sidewalks now and anything left on the ground on untreated suffer as any slu will be refreezing we are warmer air on the way in the s forecast. >> crews were late this morning clearing sidewalks in city hall in philadelphia and mayor jim kenney lifted the snow emergency this afternoon, kenny said while the storm may have

moved out quickly he enco elphians to look out for each other. neighbors and help them clear whatever dust is on the steps and sidewy the older folks and this is really serious because it will get cold. our homeless folks need to be checked on. >> a cold blue is in effect until saturday at noon. you can call 232-1984 if you see someone that needs shelter. we had a rare chance to see something from a snowplow drivers points of view anthony o'toole is a driver for 1 rs, it was ee be the slushy side butes his b er drivers. >> you get one or two that want to try to cut in front of you or in front of the other plow it never seems to fail as far as is concerned. but all in all people obey the rules and see we have our

flashing lights on and here to do our job and make the roads safe for camden county. >> o'toole says this was nothing com he stayed at work then three days straight. the kids were off from hool and many took to the hills with their sleds,s go to our resident kid, sara bloomquist. i guarantee she took someurns herself. >> reporter: a fun day. this was the place to be on a snow day. some are not ready to give it up. there are a few people on the belmont plateau even though the sun has set. found kids excited to be out of school and playing in the snow a rare occurrence this winter. >> it's a great day for sledding. >> the city kids hit the slopes in their neighborhoods this after non- >> we get to go down the hills

really fast. >> and west philadelphia off to clark park. >> you go fast and have fun. >> she is waiting all winter and go ng. >> this is own our sec chance to do it we are pretty happy. >> the fairmount kids set off to go sledding. >> i love sleddis sledding weather and the news was on and said 4 to 8 inches oow. and the snow was deepner doylestown and this dog was digging it and so was the children testing their technique. >> i go face first for the tube. >> whatever way they went or the age one thing is for sure sledding can make you workup a sweat. >> it's a more cardiac endeavor than i'm accustomed to. >> here at the belmont plateau can you see the grass peeking

through and as i said the kids didn't care at all they were so excited to be out here and some are still lingering now. luca promise to do a snow angel with me. live at fair mown park i'm sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. rely on 6abc.com/weather for updates as win toward rolls on and our expanded coverage includes reports from around the dozens videos and your photographs sent us to withtion. coming up on "action n the flyers take on the islanders andas the break down of why i a game in the wild cardstandings. and a man finds a unique way tois dog durinrm this morning. and if you are directioned for it it's brutally cold tonight but weather air in the

exclusive accuweather forecast. those story and more when "action news" continues tonight.

time lapse video recorded b in havertown. giving us a good idea the morning snowfall lookshile most of us were asleep. it started as rain and changed over to snow. if you look closely you see the trees shaking in the wind. and by th sune up the whole yard was a blanket of snow. it didn't take long n manayunk a tractor trailer lost traction on ridge avenue and 10 septa buses and other vehicles got stuck behind the stuck truck and commuters had to get out and head to train on foot septaded

transfer passengers for the customers. four-wheel-driv method of transportation an guy own needed one wheel drive and we spotted the uncyclist pedding around with his dog he made it look easy today. the summers point school district in new jersey will begin searching students lockers and desks for weapons, the decision was made after students brought knifes to school onself occasions including to a school dancet month. nobody was injured but a student was charged with aggravate the assault. and they are encouraged to use an app called stop it to r problems and concerns. philadelp this woman, annette rodriguez was among people that broke into an apartment last month and stole expeng pensive shoes and handbags.

the value of the items $7,000 and rodriguez turned herself in on monday. >> the longest serving justice on the delaware state court is retiring. ju randy holland has served for 30 he was appointed in 1986 at the age of 39 and haspublished two books and is now retiring.

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supreme court and we'll have reaction to this story coming up on the world news tonight with david muir and later on "action news" at 11:00. >> lets get to ducis rogers and those philadelphia flyers and another crucial game against the islanders. >> in the middle of a five game home stand, one point that is the flyers lead and the islanders are just three points behind and this game is very important. the flyers went a bit cold lately because of a three game win streak just one victory in th they are shut are trying to keep their spirits up. >> the reality is we are 4-2-1 and yet you get the fielding on certain days we have not won a hockey game in three weeks, so mind set is everything. positivogether and doing it's things we do and going and do they will >> sixers are in action in orlando. the second half of a bac

back. the sixers lost to the spurs last night. okafor had 20nts and lee rebounds, still the subject o rumors he told us after the game that the rumors do not affect him. >> i have no idea. we have a big game tomorrow night. i keep doing what i do and work as hard as i can for this team and organization and we'll see what happens. >> in four days phillies pitchers and catchers report to clearwater for spring training can't wait. the phillies have not had a winning season since 2011.are looking up the front office office anticipates a better showing. >> we are hoping a expect this tea bet than 2016. the improvements will come from the continued development of young players, players that will be with usong time. and there is a lot of reason forx the way players developed last year and that is why we are so excited to

get down to florida and get it going. >> pete rose may soon be in philadelphia. mlb gave green light. >> and that could be an indication that major league is moving toward putting him on the hall-of-fame ballot. >> my personal opinion is yes, . >> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >> closed captioning in the country. ♪ ♪ and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. you can find it all, only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here.

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. an "action news" viewer used his drone to capture this view of the storm as it came in this evening. or this morning. this is what is looked like as the snow fell at 7:00 a.m. in bucks county. very smooth and pretty. cecily tynan assures us this is

the last snow storm of the winter. >> we barely got anything at all. still waiting for a snow storm in philadelphia. >> we have one snow shower stormtracker 6 live double scan showing most of our region is snow free however there is one little band of actually lake-effect snow showers it's pulling out of chester county and moving through newcastle county delaware and i-95 and dying out as it does. and this is an indication of how strong the winds are from the northwest. i want to thank our "action news" viewers for sending me photos like this. andrew tweeted me this from quakertown a beautiful picture heavy wet snown to the tree limbs and blue skies behind it and yesterday during my live facebook chat. i asked facebookends to do shoveling for their elderlyneighbors

and aun rosy posted this photo saying that maddie when and shoveled out the sidewalks for her nana so way to go maddie. didn't have too many shoveling in philadelphia with less than three inches of snow and man the cold air did move in. yesterday at 3:00 we reached a record high of 66 degrees and the same time today with the windchill it felt like 15 degrees feel can 51 degrees cooler today than yesterday. a tail of two seasons and right now the windchill prettiy brutal. and wilmington 12 and atlantic city airport 11 and and poconos got 9 inches of snow but the windchill 7 degrees below zero right now. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the storm system a fast mover east of cape cod and they will blizzard conditions overpass mass and more than a foot of snow. continue its pull out

and as it does it moves east. 18 in philadelphia and 12 in allentown and atlantic city 21 grees as drop down into the single digits overnight and tomorrow it won't be as windy as today but wind gusts upes per and increasing high thin clouds and 11:00 feels like 16 degrees and feels like 24 degrees at 5:00 and then the winds easing up. mostly cloudy skies tomorrow night and another wave of low pressure that will bring us light rain on sunday and again lots of clouds much theexclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow increasing 2 is the high and we are back in the 40s for the weekend and light rain on sunday. and behind that system. the winds pick up on gusts near 50r hour and 47 degrees andnds ease for a seaine's day. partly sunny and 46 and on wednesday increasing clouds and 47 and mostly cloudy and a

chance or but the wigtory tonights the cold hank you. wor channel 6 a news" ntinues at 10:00 o phl 17 with brian taff and sharrie williams. and we would like you join us tion news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. nydia han potential problems at the gas pump. >> most of us buy gas regularly but we never seeoduct so are we getting what we ride along with inspectors and a little undercover surveillance and watch the drama unfold and get money savin advice tonight on "action news" at 11:00. and. >> for cecily tynan and ducis the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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