congress may opt to pass a short-term extension while the negotiating continues. let's go to storm team 4 now, doug kammerer is in the storm system. what's coming our way, doug? >> we're looking at that shower out there right now. we may have a severe thunderstorm warning here. this could be, yep, brand-new severe thunderstorm warning, montgomery county, loudoun

let's get to it and show you what i'm talking about it on storm team 4 radar. i've been watching this storm, it's moving quickly. the biggest threat is going to be winds. let's zoom into this area, around leesburg, moving to the east and it's moving fairly quickly, probably at least 30 miles per hour. but right now, around leesburg. this is only going to be for wind. but we saw strong winds last night that took down some trees. this is until 4:45. i'll zoom in a little bit more, so you can see the towns. if you're in poolsville or darnstown, heads up in those regions. notice the lightning associated with this. if you're in this area, this is river road right around this area. there's more lightning there. heads up gaithersburg, rockville, germantown, severe thunderstorm warning until 4:45. there's a couple in our region, but i'm not expecting many more to

we have this front moving through, some down to the south. we'll continue to keep you posted on this, but once again, severe thunderstorm warning in effect for montgomery, loudoun and fairfax counties until 4:45. >> thank you, doug. our team coverage in adelphi where clean-up continues after last night's storm. derrick ward is there. derrick? >> reporter: i'm sure these folks don't want to hear anything else about severe storms. they had them last night. you see all those poles and lines? that's all new. a cavalcade of trucks just pulled out of here less than five minutes ago. but you can see the wood piled up here. that tells you what they were dealing with. these storms were quick and amazingly severe. clean-up and repairs went well into midday. the damage was localized and surprisi

>> about 15 minutes, all this happened in 15 minutes. >> reporter: the wind took down massive trees. some fell without hitting anything, but others took down power lines and came down hard on vehicles. >> i didn't see the damage until this morning, and i saw where the trees had come down and some people have obviously lost their vehicles, which is unfortunate. >> fortunately, no injuries occurred, but damage to cars, some buildings, town homes. >> reporter: hundreds spent the night without power. >> the rain was coming in sideways and i saw a big flash before the power went out. >> reporter: and a few spent the night without windows to keep out the rain and the wind. and we are waiting to find out whether this was some sort of tornado or whatever. more likely a microburst. that will be up for the national weather service to determine. we're live in adelphi, derrick ward, news4. >> thank you. now fairfax county police need help

responsible for killing an elderly man in a nursing home. cong huu nguyen was found dead in his home at the little river glen yesterday. the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is working on this story. he'll have a live report on news4 at 5:00 and at 6:00. we're learning how much mold was inside district heights elementary school and what the district is planning to do about it. the district ordered mold testing after people complained of getting sick last month. an initial test showed only one classroom with elevated mold levels. that classroom was closed and the school ordered retesting and found levels that were below federal guidelines. the school is now implementing two recommendations from the testing company, including cleaning the bathroom ceiling in one of the classrooms and adjusting the h vac system in another classroom. additional testing will be

if you life in spotsylvania county, you're being asked to boil your water. there was a water main break and it caused a significant drop in water pressure. that means things like bacteria and organisms could be lurking in the water. county leaders say boil tap water or use bottled water for drinking, food, and making ice. they hope to have it fixed in about 72 hours. now that police know the identity of a teenager found dead in prince george's county easter sunday morning, they can move ahead with finding her killer. 17-year-old tasia chase was stabbed sunday morning in forestville. she staggered onto a stranger's doorstep looking for help before she collapsed and died. final goodbyes today to a soldier killed in the black hawk helicopter crash on monday. a memorial service was held at the chapel at ft. belvoir to remember jeremy tomlin. th

mary's county during a routine training. he was just 22 years old. an alexandria woman could face more than a decade behind bars. jurors pound paula thompson marshall guilty of killing her husband after an argument over whether their aging dog should be put to sleep. the site of the deadly shooting in paris has become a memorial. one officer died, and two others were injured. the attacker was killed by other officers during that attack. well, spring means prom and graduation season is just around the corner. >> that's right. so do you think it's okay to let your kids drink at these events? as long as you've got your eye on them. if you say yes, i have some new information that may change your mind. >> and you've heard the forecast, so what are you going to do now that you got to change your plans from indoors to

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your plans from indoors t your plans from indoors t abdel fatah el sisi. doug and i keeping a close eye on storm team 4 radar this afternoon. scattered thunderstorms and showers out there right now, with the cold front that will be moving through, bringing cooler temperatures for the weekend. but what we're tracking now, notice this thunderstorm in stafford county and continuing to track the severe thunderstorm warning for loudoun and montgomery and fairfax counties. moving to the east at about 30 miles an hour. montgomery village, 4:20. gaithersburg, 4 clin 25. rockville, around 4:30. wheaton, around 4:45. heads up for heavy rain in those areas. 81 degrees right now, scattered thunderstorms through the evening hours and showers potentially overnight tonight. 80s today, 50s

more coming up later on. >> we'll see you then. as prom seasons gets under way, the group mothers against drunk driving has an important message it wants all parents to hear. mad released a new survey today and found 1 in 3 parents found it's okay for children to drink under their watch especially for on occasions like prom. research says when children drink at home, they drink more often and consume heavier amounts away. a maryland mom and her 6-year-old son spoke at a news conference today. they were seriously injured a few years ago when a teenage drunk driver crashed into them head on. >> it has just -- it's really made me aware of choices and what can happen when someone makes an inappropriate choice. >> m.a.d.d.op

about the dangers and the consequences of underage drinking. right now, one of the district's baby eaglets is at the vet. got its leg got in a stick in the neck occupied by the president and first lady. the american eagle foundation said a lot of people saw this and called and e-mailed about it. folks at the foundation say the bird was not seriously injured. the eaglets don't have names yet, but you can vote next week. find a link to the live eagle cam in the nbc washington app. just search eagle cam. a man brings wire cutters into a bike store in the district and then makes off with one of them. the whole thing caught on camera. and some local engineering students help a little girl born without her lef handt

you're watching news4 at 4:00. d.c. police want you to take a good look at this video. it shows a bike thief in action. this surveillance video shows the man entering a bike room inside a building on the 1900 block of florida avenue in northwest, and then he pulls out these huge wire cutters and then he takes off with one of the bikes. just enough to make you mad. if you've seen this man, please give d.c. police a call. >> unbelievable. for your weekend, an option if you like pirouettes and something to laugh at. >> and a new option at the box office, joining us, jason fraley, wtop. tell me about this new katherine heigl movie. is it truly unforgettable, worth going, sitting down and enjoying it? >> hey, guys, yeah, it's called unforgettable, but it's actually pretty forgettable. it stars

plays a woman who can't get over her ex-husband, so she starts to stalk her ex-husband's new fiancee played by rosario dawson. it's got a little bit of a fatal attraction potential there, and it's nice seeing katherine heigl try a different role. she's usually dog rom cing rom t the further it goes, it gets silly, devolves into horror cliches, take out the villain when she's down for the count, about you they leave her alone and you know she's going to come on back. so if you're into campier fun where you want to yell at the screen, you get that. but after watching "get out," this feels like a cheap movie of the week. >> glad i'm not katherine heigl

>> what about some laughs, what's in town for you then? >> yes, if you want to laugh, tomorrow night, sarah silverman is going to be at mgm national harbor doing stand-up. we talked to her earlier this week, she said leave the kids at home. a lot of her material is sort of more explicit and we remember the matt damon sketch, the famous one on jimmy kimmel that we can't say the title of here. but we talked to her earlier this week and she gave us some tidbits on her career. she said her low was when she was fired from "saturday night live" after only about a year there, about 20 episodes. but her career high was when she got cast on seinfeld as cramer's girlfriend with the jimmy legs. >> okay, and this is also a really good weekend for ballet fans. tell us about it. >> right. so if sarah silverman is your low-brow option, we have the high-brow option at the kennedy center, it's called ballet across american. misty

have come down here to curate some nights of their -- they've toured the country and found the best ballet that they're bringing to d.c. groups from miami, new york, nashville, and they've curated some of their favorite acts. we caught up with them and asked about their ballet celebrity status is transcending ballet now. >> i wanted to, with the platform i have, be able to put ballet in spaces that are really relatable and can reach the american people. and to have, you know sponsorships a sponsorships and endorsements with under armour, like that's reaching a broad range of people and it's not just being out there for the sake of being out there. so i'm fortunate to be in this position and it's absolutely not a burden. >> i think i remember one of the ads, doesn't it start low and then rise and they said i didn't do this, but now i'm misty

copeland. it was along that -- i'm paraphrasing. somethi >> something like that. >> i think there's a great level of talent that will be on the stage there and just a wide array of companies from all over the country together in one place at one time. so i think that's exciting in itself. >> so we got ballet, stand-up comedy and even a little thriller in the movies for you this weekend. >> something for everybody, thank you. have a great weekend. let's go back to the weather. for anybody that's out with the kids this weekend, if you're house-hunting, it's that time of the year. oh, boy, you're going to need the umbrella and the rain boots and everything else to go with it. right, doug? >> that's the also the time of year for the kids with the games. i've got three games this weekend, soccer, la crosse, baseball, that's just for the kids. we'll have a tough time getting the games in, due to the rain. right now, weather alert right now because we have the severe

that includes montgomery and northern fairfax counties. approxima the biggest threat will be some strong winds which could take down some trees. coming towards gaithersburg, i want to show you where this storm is and where it's heading. river road, darnstown, heads up, this storm means business for you folks. extremely northeastern portions of loudoun county, extreme northern fairfax county. but gaithersburg to rockville, around potomac and here's some of the towns that we'll see the storm move through. gaithersburg and rockville, great falls, 4:27, rockville, 4:29. wheaton, 4:42, bethesda, 4:44. heads up, be indoors. now, other storms, d

stafford county, moving over i-95 towards quantico, and up to the east of manassas, seeing a shower. this one will move right down and come to wood bridge. a few more as well and we could see a few more popping up as this front meanders down to the south slowly. behind this system, though, look back to the west. we have a pretty big area of low pressure, moving along this boundary. look at all the moisture with it. a lot of rain over the next couple days. and that rain moves in early tomorrow morning. by 7:00 a.m., already some rain around waldorf, southern maryland, back to the west seeing the rain and everybody gets in on the action around 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. we think it could be a wash-out between 2:00 and 6:00. this will be the heaviest rain overnight saturday night into early on sunday. sunday, also expecting some showers and not just that, let me get out of the way here, we're

alert day because of the rain. it will impact your day. no severe weather tomorrow, just rain. but it will definitely have a big impact. 56 on sunday. look at the temperatures on monday. only 56 as well before we start to rebound back in the 80s by the end of next week. we've been talking about a drought. we need the rain. we've got a chance, the next four days. >> all right, thanks, doug. a substitute teacher and basketball coach won't be back at school in prince george's county for a while. child porn charges landed him in jail. maryland and virginia both have

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♪ >> the guest quest for the cup heads back home tonight. the capitals are hoping to take the lead against the maple leafs. >> i love that music. carol maloney is at the verizon center with a look at all the keys to success for game five. take it away. >> hey, ladies, it's the calm before the storm. they drop the puck in two and a half hours. there will be no give-away tonight. no foam finger, no towel. i'm thinking the caps have game five here at home and coming back with home ice advantage again is gift enough.

and you just, you know that the other team, they're going to be very desperate. just as we were very desperate in game four, they're going to raise their game and we need to raise our game. they're going to have a better game and you've gotta be ready for a better game. how do you prevent that? by you having a better game and i think we're capable of that. >> caps are capable of that. they'll up their game, they promise. they also hope the atmosphere here at verizon center tonight is the best of the series. i know you guys were doing movie reviews just a few minutes ago. the best drama in town this weekend, here tonight at verizon center. carol maloney, we'll have more at news4 at 5:00. >> well said. >> thanks, carol. a young violinist born without a hand, but with a lot of determination. the one of a kind gift that she's getting from students at george mason university. from astrophysicist to biologist, from teachers to students,

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coach charged with child pornography. he worked at an leamtary school in prince george's county, and it appears none of those children were hurt. meagan fitzgerald was there when the man appeared in court. >> reporter: christopher speights was in court for the first time tonight, and he will stay in jail pending the outcome of this case. maryland state police have been investigating speights, who up until this week worked as a substitute teacher and basketball coach at brad bury elementary school. he uploaded more than a hundred videos of child pornography and then admitted it to police when they searched his home wednesday morning. investigators say child pornography was found on his cell phone, laptop, and ipad. this is an ongoing investigation, but the state's attorney's office says they have no reason to believe that any child at brad bury elementary school was a victim. meagan fitzgerald, news4. president trump has one

congress to avoid a government shutdown, potentially putting thousands of federal workers and contractors in our area on furlough. but funding for the border wall and other controversial plans are complicating the negotiations. blayne alexander is live on capitol hill with the very latest. blayne? >> further complicating those negotiations is just the short time frame. congress returns from recess on tuesday night, giving lawmakers three days to pass the spending bill before friday's deadline. for president trump, the clock is ticking. one week to get a spending bill through congress or face a government shutdown. >> the government is coming along really well. lot of good things are happening. thank you. >> reporter: the budget talks now include a controversial sticking point, the president's long promised border wall. >> we're going to build the wall, mexico's going to pay for the wall. >> reporter: mick mulvaney now insisting the spending plan

the wall. even some pro-wall lawmakers are against that idea. >> let's get the government funded, and move on to the debate when it comes to other writers. >> reporter: today the president tweeted about the deadline, calling it a ridiculous standard, saying no matter how much i accomplish, media will kill. this as the white house is pushing congress to revive health care by the end of next week, and today, a major win on the foreign front. >> we are very happy to have aya back home. >> securing the release of american aid worker aya hijazi, held prisoner in egypt for three years. even as president trump faces his biggest foreign challenge yet, by all indications, preparing for a nuclear test before the end of the weekend. and next week, the white house has scheduled a rather unprecedented

korea, planning to bus all 100 senators from capitol hill to the white house for that meeting. live on capitol hill, i'm blayne alexander, news4. continuing to track scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon ahead of a cold front. take a look at storm team 4 radar. tracking a powerful storm moving through montgomery county right now. moving east about 30 miles an hour. still under severe thunderstorm warning until 4:45, and then another thunderstorm in stafford starting to move to charles county. not a lot on radar, but with the heat and humidity, any storms that are developing today, very heavy rainfall, gusty winds, maybe even some hail. impact times, wreeton, 4:50, severn, 5:20. despite the rain from this morning, the tree count still coming in high, unfortunately for the allergy sufferers. mold spores coming in

over the weekend. we'll time that out coming up in a little bit. >> thank you, amelia. a bit of horsing around in northern virginia tomorrow. it's your chance to go home with a mild mustang or maybe a burrow. they're part of the bureau of land management adoption program. they come from public lands out west which are overpopulated. although the fee is only $125, there are living requirements that go along with adoption. those details are in the nbc washington app, just search horses. a helping hand from students at george mason university is hitting all the right notes for a young girl from fairfax county. she was born with an incomplete left arm, but she loves to play the violin. as shomari stone reports, with the help of a 3d printer, the music will go on. >> very happy.

isabella nicola likes music. it's soothing. she was born in fairfax without a fully developed left arm. five george mason university bioengineering students just gave her a new custom-made pink prosthetic arm. >> very grateful, because without these people i don't think that i could be able to play by violin. i don't think i could be able to play any instrument. >> isabella is great because she always gave us, you know, feedback. >> reporter: abdul and the team worked with her for about a year to perfect the design. >> as you go, there are things that we adjust when it comes to comfort. >> reporter: the first arm had a bit of a problem. one of the challenges she had while playing the violin was controlling the bow. well, this new arm allows her to make it a more comfortable experience. >> i feel like i have more control with t

with the other one. by control, i mean, like pressing down on the notes. >> reporter: elizabeth adams teaches violin at george mason and worked with isabella. >> are you getting tired? >> no. >> that's great. >> reporter: what do you think about the color? >> is that really a question? >> reporter: her mother is proud. >> she's been able to accomplish so much and she has so many people that love her. >> reporter: and for now, isabella loves the violin. >> but as i grow older, i may want to change instruments. >> and i'm sure with your talent it won't be too hard. >> thank you. >> reporter: in fairfax, shomari stone, news4. >> hey, guys, still tracking this severe thunderstorm, and new severe thunderstorm warning along that same path here, including montgomery county, northwestern d.c. and prince george's county, until 5:15.

associated with this. i'm going to zoom in for you. this storm moving south and east, affecting the bethesda region, just to the north, around kensington. rockville, right now and just parts of north bethesda, along 355 and it will come into play along the beltway too. so that's going to leave a lot of people going really slow once again. a lot of lightning, severe thunderstorm warning, montgomery, prince george's and d.c. until 5:15. a teacher accused of taking guns, money, and his wife's car before kidnapping a teenage student and taking her on a cross-country journey. what happened today when he went to court. and a local elementary school is going to be on jimmy fallon tonight. >> here she goes. >> there y go,ou

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take a look right now, a severe thunderstorm warning again until 5:15 for montgomery, prince george's county and parts of d.c. a lot of lightning associated with this very heavy rain. along i-270 and democracy boulevard, at a standstill, almost looks like snow. extremely heavy rain through the area. this is always a mess in this region, but it's going to continue to be a big mess as we move through the rest of the

overnight hours in that region. on this track, look at all the lightning here, on that track around takoma park, 4:49, college park, 4:54, and east river dale, 4:58. heads up, get inside, get the kids inside. move furniture off the back deck as well. because we are seeing winds up to even 60 miles an hour with this storm. amelia back in under ten minutes. >> thanks, doug. a local school will be featured on "the tonight show" starring jimmy fallon later tonight. fields road elementary held a read-a-thon to help raise money for their school. they promised if they reached their goal, the principal and vice principal would face off in egg russian roulette. >> here we go. >> here she

there we go. that's what i'm talking about. that's one for the kids, right? good to see their principals do that. >> yeah, messy fun with that. the segment airs tonight right after news4 at 11:00. and if you watch, you'll find out how much money the school raised. >> i love it. that's how you get kids excited about reading. tomorrow in d.c. and around the world, scientists and their supporters will hit the streets, what this protest is all about and what you can expect if you're in the district tomorrow. and it's the latest retail casualty. which store is closing down, thanks to customers wh

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n this week, tens of thousands will converge on the national mall to march for science. erika edwards is live on the mall with a look at what organizers are hoping to accomplish tomorrow. . >> i'm certainly close by the mall. protests and demonstrations have been happening in washington for decades, but never before has science been the subject. >> i've been to washington -- >> reporter: don is not a scientist. he's a lawyer from detroit

washington this weekend for the march for science. >> i felt compelled, i had to come and put my feet on the ground and actually participate in this, in this event, in this demonstration, to show that the country believes in science, believes in truth. >> reporter: while organizers say this march is non-partisan, many have come with a political agenda. a series of actions and statements by president trump, including his proposal to cut the national institutes of health budget by nearly 20% fueled such scientific activism. trump has also expressed doubt about global warming and has suggested that vaccines cause autism, a claim that's been debunked over and over by science. >> anti-science policies have been enacted by people on both sides of the aisle for a very long time. we might have reached a tipping point now, but acting as though this is a new thing is giving too much credit to the current administration. >> reporter: no politicians have been

>> to have thousands of people come out to say, this way of thinking needs to be defended, is really remarkable. >> reporter: supporters of the march say the time is right to come out of the lab and into the streets of washington. the list of d.c. road closures is right in the nbc washington app. search road closures. a showdown between students and their principal. >> it's one of the stories we're working on for news4 at 5:00. >> hello there, spirit week is a time of low stress, a time to show support for your classmates before students begin exams. but in one loudoun county schools, there was a controversy after some claim that they were not allowed to carry out a theme they wanted to

of, drum,king on that. and it may have been a while since you went to a record store or played vinyl in your closets, we are finding good reasons for vinyl to be making a comeback. mark segraves has a great story. we did a facebook live on this that will be posted on the nbc washington facebook page and i'll post it on mine. he's looking at a lot of recordings that were never heard before, that are now making their way to vinyl, of all things. it's really exciting. and if you grew up with vinyl, it's a nice stroll down memory lane. we'll see you soon. just a few minutes, with those stories and more. pat, i understand you're joining me at 5:00. >> yes, and i've got lots of vinyl. >> excellent. we'll have a record party. >> sounds good to me. >> thanks, wendy. amelia, some reports of hail? >> yeah, so congressional country club reporting dime-size hail. also reports of quarter-size in rockville. this is that severe thunderstorm warning we've been tracking and

app, you would have gotten a push alert for that if you're in montgomery, the district, parts of prince george's county. take a look outside at our rockville camera. 3:55 here. you can see the storm starting to push out, moving east at about 30 miles an hour. so here is where it is on radar. you can see impacting northern parts of the district, starting to move into prince george's county and then also some heavy rain starting to move into parts of charles county as well. so take a look at that. but i want to time out the severe thunderstorm warning for you. crofton, right around 5:20. scattered thunderstorms early in the evening. i think later tonight will be mainly dry. and this sets us up for a chilly and rainy weekend. say goodbye to the 80s and hello to the 50s. more showers on monday and tuesday, after that a big warm-up follows towards the end of next week.

90 degrees. right now at 81. scattered thunderstorms until about 7:00. by 9:00 p.m., still mild, low 70s. i can't rule out a shore ovwer overnight. we fall into the 50s and stay there throughout the day tomorrow. the temperatures near steady or slowly falling as we head through our saturday. so some showers possible during the morning hours, as we head into the afternoon hours, those showers turn to rain, periods of rain at times. the most and steadiest rain will be falling tomorrow evening for your saturday night. so you want to keep that in mind. take a look at your weekend weather outlook. yard work this weekend, if you're looking for an excuse not to do it, you can use the weather. the best time to get outdoors will be sunday afternoon. mainly dry at that point, but earth day tomorrow, a lot of outdoor events going on for that. definitely have the rain gear handy, the long sleeves as well. saturday night, have the umbrella with rain impacting the area. not the best weekend to get the car w

wait until later tuesday or even wednesday now at this point. because take a look here at the ten-day forecast. tomorrow is going to be a weather alert day with the rain around impacting your day. mid 50s again on sunday. showers around during the morning hours for washington, areas to the north. but if you're in southern maryland, fredericksburg, the northern neck, you could have all-day rain on sunday. more showers at times on monday, continuing into tuesday and then after that, we start to warm up. and we're talking about humidity on friday with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. another check of storm team 4 radar, the severe thunderstorm warning for prince george's parts of the district until 5:15. doug will have another check of radar in the 5:00 hour. another brick and mortar store bites the dust. bebe will close all stores bite end of may. there's one at montgomery mall, tyson's corner and potomac mills.

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a 15-year-old girl kidnapped by her teacher is home with

she may have been brainwashed. while she's on the road to recovery, her teacher is facing ten years in prison. >> reporter: after spending more than a month running from police, tad cummins is now facing federal and state charges for the alleged kidnapping of a 15-year-old student. >> this has been six weeks. it's been an ordeal for everybody concerned. >> reporter: elizabeth thomas is reuniting with her loved ones today. >> the family has a debt of gratitude that is really indescribable. >> reporter: the nationwide manhunt, over. a tip led police to this remote cabinet in northern california where the two checks in several days ago. griffin barry recognized them from the amber alert. >> we figured it out. someone showed me a picture. i was telling them, that's the guy. >> reporter: in addition to federal charges, he faces aggravated kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor. cu

seen march 13th. at one point, surveillance cameras spotted them at this walmart in oklahoma. with cummins in jail, the focus now turns to thomas's well-being. >> going to have to figure out what kind of state of mind she's in, of course, and probably get her some help. >> reporter: a road to recovery her family says will take time. sarah rosario, nbc news. news4 at 5:00 starts now. right now, at 5:00, solving a murder mystery. we are learning more about the young woman who was killed easter sunday in prince george's county. preparing for a shutdown. the white house orders federal agencies to get ready. we look into what's holding up a budget agreement. but we are going to begin tonight with part of our area seeing hail as severe storms move through our area. >> and doug is tracking some rain that's going to impact the weekend. doug? >> big rain for the weekend, but right now, tracking

still a warning until 5:15 for prince george's county, montgomery county and even parts of northern d.c. as well. we have numerous storms out here, but this is the game in town. right here, through northern prince george's county, a few more storms towards charles county. but we've been watching this one, has had a history of producing wind and hail through montgomery county and is now right on top of college park. if you're around the college park area, i'm going to zoom in and show you where it is. right around college park, along the border with d.c. look at the lightning here. a ton of lightning, and this has been enhanced over the last 10 to 15 minutes. that tells me the storm continues to strengthen on this trail moving to the south and east about 30 miles an hour. largo 5:19. heads up in these areas. get inside your house. if you're out and about, you do not want to be out when this storm moves in. no more severe weather this weekend but a lot of