and then another severe thunderstorm warning down to the south. more on that in a moment, but, first, want to time out this severe thunderstorm moving into ballinger creek and buckystown at 510:00 and continuing on towards the waterford area at 5:30 and hamilton at 5:42. also a severe thunderstorm warning for northern parts of fairfax county including thh ndon and reston area in effect until 5:30. this storm is not moving. it's just sitting there dumpg heavy rainfall. we have a storm that's developing right around the woodbridge area right now. we'll continue toee areas of rain and thunderstorms until 9:00 p.m. tonight. once the sun goes down and we lose ytime heating the storms will fizzle out. the biggest threats are heavy rain and, again, the winds, potentially gusting up to 70 miles an hour. these storms definitely overperforming based on the forecast. so you do want to take these seriously. also getting reports of hail out there. much more on this. doug is going to join me live

coming up at 5:15. jim? >> all right. we'll keep in close contact. thanks, amelio alsbreaking right now, a deadly acident near a park in the arlington, virginia area. >> police say a woman was killed when this tree limb fell on her. she was just walking on a path. jackie bensen is going to join us wi live report in just a uple of thminutes. now to yet another tragedy on our baltimore-washington parkway. >> this time a father of five was killed by a hit-and-run driver. mark johnson sr. was walking to a gas station last night when he wasd sudly struck. >> his car had run out of gas near the ramp to the beltway. news 4's darcy spencer smoke to his wife and son today about ible loss. >> reporter: he just didn't deserve to die that way. >> reporter: angela lost the

husbandnd a father to their five sons and high school sweetheart. >> i need you to listen to me and remain calm, okay. >> reporter: she had to break the news to her sons th their dad is nevuter cong ofmi gas on the bw parkwaywednesday night. his family says he was walking to a gas station when he was killed by a hit-and-run driver. >> the person without a soul, with no regard for human life, and i would ask that person put yourself in our shoes. what if it was your father, hour brother? > reporter: he had his own plumbing business and was on his way to an emergency call when he got stranded. >> unfortunately we're here now because some coward decided to e side of the road. aveim on >> reporter: it happened justf bee midnight on the southbound side of 495. u.s. park police say at least one, possiblymore, hit johnson. none of them stopped, and no witnesses have come forward.

>> whether it's tomorrow, 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, as long as i live, i will see justice for my father. >> reporter: johnson's wife told me that she hopes this driver will have a heart, come forward and tell police that they aresi respone for this crime so this family can have some peace. along the bw parkway, darcy spencer, news 4. >> quite a loving fami he leaves behind there. riht now police say they don't have a descriion of that car. they are asking anyone wh may have witnessed the crash please come forward. wendy. more now on that break news out of arlington, that large tree limb falling and killing a oman who was walking along the path. news 4's jackie bensen just got live at the scene to tell us what she'sne lear from there. >> reporter: wendy, no wind, no storm. the randomness of this is part of the tragedy. we have some video of what it looked like when police were out here on this path in a section of arlington known a lucky run.

very, very popular with people to use to walk their dogs and their children, get fresh air. 1:45 this afternoon, a woman was walking on this path and an enormous tree limb crashed down and, unfortunately, she did not survive those injuries. arlington county police responded. they did an investigation here as they always do cndalled it a death investigation. a short time ago we spoke to ashley savage. she is the public information officer for arlington county police and sheer's what she had to say. >> for someone to ose their life, this is a tragic accident and we'll completely investigate this incident. >> it's a very close-knit residential neighborho , and we've had several people coming birks you know, asking us what

happened, you know, just trying to figure out how could this random strange thing happen and te a life of one of their n ghbors. live arlington, jackie bensen, news 4. >> random indeedki jace, thank you. well, we are jst under fo hours away now from round two of the first democratic debate, and tonight's lineup includes the highly anticipated matchup of joe biden d bernie sanders. the two men will be center stage tonight, and the big question is will some of the other top polling contenders target either one of them? let's go bk live inside the hall where aaron gilchrist will join us rhtow. aaron, a lot more familiar names right now in this night. >> reporter: you're absolutely right four of the top five contenders, candidates will debate here on the stage tonight, so it's really high stakes, as you said, jim. it's about momentum and about attracting new support and quite

frankly about attracting new money to their campgns as well. obviously one of the top tier candidates as far as the polli goes. bernie sanders will be near center stage tonight. we'll show you some video. he was out and about and instead of preparing for the debate bernie sanders visited the detention center for undocumented kids just south of here. this place has brought a lot of attention from the democratic candidates, welcomed by some and shunned by others. bernie sand s said these people are not our enemies and he said he would close these migrant center if elected president. when he takes the stage tonight, he'll likely get a chance to make that point. take a look at the lineup here for ustonight. you can seat setup where bernie sanders is right next to the former vice president joe biden. they very likely will mix it up tonight. the headliners, if you will, the poll leaders for sure in the

middle and thenlower polling people farther away from them. the lesser nissan have an uphill battle. julian castro was not at center stage but he was slul in doing what others will have to do tonight. >> they will be competing for a lotf timend attention and i expect they are going to go into heated arguments and for the people not part of the top three or four candidates. they will have to be able to em rn a part of the conversation. >> reporter: that is the task for them tonight to try to remain ahe part of t investigation, and all eyes will be on center stage and then we'll be looking to see what other fireworks might develop from this. at the same time, jim, voters are weighing in on what they saw

last night and what they hope to see tonight from the top tier candidates. we'll have more of that comingu at 5:30. >> there's a lot to take it and a lot of faces and names. aaron, quick, one can assume the candidates watched last night and the danger is they don't want to rehashof the same topics and quotes from last night. >> you're absolutely right. i think some of those issues will come up, andith bernie sanders and joe biden, that didn't come up the other night but look at pete buttigieg who hasto get in there and make points, and you'll hear about this generational change that they part could be considering going forward, someone who is much younger and trying to leadr a proessive movement which includes aot of millenials. >> it will be interesting.u' yo got a front row seat. stay with ou thrghout the evening for complete coverage up leading o this debate.

inin our nbc washon app, you can also find a fact check from night one and aghguide for ni two. we'll, of course, join you with team coverage at 11:00 one thing we may be hearing about tonight are the two huge decisions from the supreme court that will have major implications. first the judge ruled tha the trump administration can't ask a citizen senship question. in the 5-4 decision written by chief justice john roberts, the government says they do have the right to ask the question but says the government's reason for doing so this time was not adequate. he ruling does leave open th possibility that the white house can come back with a better explanation, but time is running out. the census forms have to be printed by the end of this month. >> the government has been pounding the table sayin we have to have a ruling by the end of june because that's what we have to start preparing these

presi trump in japan in a deforms. tweet tonight says he's asking government lawyers if they can e y the process and give the government more time, but i still can't say whether this question will be on the census form aaln't. today another ruling, this one on gerrymandering in maryland and in north carolina. in a 5-4 deci con, thert says it has no role to play in policing the political districts that are drawnor partisan gain. in maryland republicans claimed the democrats drew the sixthdi trict to their benefit. north carolina, democrats said republicans did the same. maryland governor larry hogan called the ruling terribly

encouraging. when wecome back, we'll go inside a nationwide call center staffed mostly by veterans. how it will help with everything from benefits to health and appointments. >> and continuing covere from miami of the democratic candidates' debate. how tonight's round two could be different from last night. nbc's mark murray is going to be joining us coming up. >> and prepping for the fourth. we're just about a week away for a big show on the mall. what you need to know about whg.'s chang and doug is in rockville for backyard wet they are. >> that's riggu, , i'm here for backyard -- we're storking storms. storm team 4 radarshowing us where the storms are. the strongest coming into loudon and frederick county. wanings there until 5:30. amelia

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we are tracking severe storms in northernvi inia. amelia says this could cause some damage. it looks bad. >> and we have a new severe thunderstorm warning in effect for parts of loudon and montgomery county until 6:00 p.m. i'm timing it out in minutes. and here you can see that right now on storm team 4 radar, this is ming towards theoutheast at about 25 miles per hour, so heads up if you're in leesberg,

evthe gaithersburg area and also s tracking morerms to the south. again, i'll have the timing on this new severe thunderstorm warning. that includes montgomery and loudoun countys now in effect until 6:00 p.m. timing that out in less than fiveines. jim? >> getting wild out there. hurt? is always interrogate and this year it will be evente ti because president trump will give the memorial address at the lincolnaterial. look at all the changes this year and howit will -- this year's independent day celebrations will be diff ent as president trump will be speaking here from the lincoln memorial. now as you knowpl many peo come here year after year to sit in their favorite spot to watch the fireworks, but because of

changes, they may be wondering tonight where is the best place to watch? fireworks on the fourth of july are traditionally launched near the washington memonunt, but this yeara they moved to west potomac park. >> anywhere between the capital and potomac will be -- in the city's history. >> at thei loln memorial crews are building the stage where representatives of the white house secret service are working with the d.c.olice and national park police creating a security zone from 14th street to the lincoln memorial. >> i'm a big supporter of president trump and i appreciate what he's doing on the fourth of july. >> you'll be on the mall? >> i'm not going to the mall. thecrraffic and the ds are really a little bit much for me.

>> reporter: the national parks servic prohibit these items on the mall on the fourth of july. no guns, knives or itammn, drones, alcohol, glass containers, explosivesor fireworks. the natioseal park rvice says metro is the best way to get to the mall. trains will run from 7:00 in the morning until 11:30 at night. >> for folks whoma norly get off at arlington cemetery station to walk across the memorial bridge they would not be le to do that this year so there might be additional crowding at foggy bottom station to approximate lit linln memorial. >> reporter: suggest you fill uo ur smarttrip card before the fourth of july to avoid delays at crowded stations. that's the latest live at the mall. jim, back to you. > all right. a lot ofanges. chris, thank you. and we have a full list of the road closures, the access points and events for the fourtl of jy right on our nbcwa ington app. all you have to do is search

fourth of july. and back now to our coverage. first democratic debate round two am mi just hours away. tonight's group is ten cdidates currently leading in both polls and fund raisinging, and with the largest field ever in history, even the front-runners are trying to gaim sometum and joining us from miami is seniorca politi editor mark murray. the big four biden, harris, sanders and buttigieg. what do we expect from them? will they come out fa and pull ahead of the pack. >> reporter: this is the night i've been looking forward to and i love these debates and enjoyed covering and working on last night's debate and tonightha ing the big four, bernie sanders, joe biden, pete buttigieg, kamala harris, bernie sanders versus joe biden, but also as you were mentioning the ability for kamala harris and

pete buttigieg to be able to kind of make their own mark in this race. i think that there's so many naturalonflicts between able to insert themselves in and say, you know, we are big-time contenders in this race i think will be one of think goals. joe biden. is the front brunner wholieve that he and sanders, that it could get heated. do you think they will go there? >> reporter: it's very possible, and we saw all the incentives from people who were the stage, the people who were polling around 1% on the edges, people like bill de blasio, julian stro, whore able to make a mark, so the incentive is there. if you want to get into the debate, you can actually ld a blow, throw a punch and to be able to kind of help your campaign. remember, wendy, one of the

reasons why there's incentive to do so because theirli qcations of the making the next round of debates and the same after that. if you're 1% or 23% your chance of participating hinges on what happens so that dynamic with play and everyone wants to take down thenn ru. i do think joe biden has some work. >> and woun't it be kind of crazy if marianne williamson came out with her gloves off, totally out of left field. there's also andrew yang, wendy. i think it's going to be a lot of angles tonight. >> thanks. don't miss this second round of debate live from miami. biden, sanders, harris and

buttigieg among tdi cantes battling it out. you can see the candidates on our screen and it will be broadcast here an nbc -- on our nbc washington app. >> amelia is tracking strong storms. main and south, too, for the most ptthese are south and rpsy veer flood warnings as well. let's get right to radar a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for parts of montgomery and loudoun county. this is in effect until 6:00 p. and also have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for jefferson county and westvi rginia until 5:30. frederick county in maryland no longer under a severe thunderstorm warning. the this storm is moving northeast at 25 miles per based on this current track, it's moving into percenterville momentarily and leesburg about 5:40 and the woodburn arnada

around 5:40and in sterling around 6:00 p.m. then i'm take you farther south. this is fairfax county. the reston and herndon ea. if you live in this region, you know what i'm talking about. this storm has not moved and you still have that, the national weather service is issuing a flood warning this evening until 11:15 and if you're out driving and come acss a flooded road, turn around. don't drown. the biggest concern with storms uring the evening hours, heavy rainfall leading to flooding and winds potentially gusting up to 70 miles an hour with winds that we'll see wind damage out there. also, i've gotten some reports of hail in frederick county maryland already with that severe thunderstorm. head's up there. these stormsre definitely overperformingased on the forecast. >> looking towards alexandria,

syou can the rain falling out of the cloud, and we'll continue to traur rain and thunderstorms as the sun goes down at night. storms are going to quickly fizzle out. they are developing because of -- we're at 92 degrees and in day three of a potentially 12-day-long heat wave a that mugginess is going up tomorrow. it will feel close to 100 tomorrow afternoon. on saturday we're close to a heat advisory criteria with the heat index out thereto saturday afternoon. on sunday feeling about 95 degrees when you factor in the humidity. isolated thunderstorms are possible, again, tomorrow. a better chance for some thunderstorms later in the day on saturday. punch uld also pack a with a high of 97. maybe a few scattered thunderstorms later on sunday especial south and west of the washington. we'rereeadedo ba tk,

breaking news.d matic video showing secret service officerse jumping on th foot of a car and pulling a suspect out throgh the sunroof. a viewer sending us this video just a short time ago.de the vio shows several officers ontop of the car that you see there near the white house earlier this afternoon and then you see them pull him out of the

sunroof. the secret service telling us the driver stopped his car on e street blocking traffic on 17th street northwest between new york and d streets. you can see thefo officersrce the suspect to the ground and arrest him. ficers charged him with failure to obey. the arrest closed streets off in the area for some uttime, b they are back opegain. >> quite a scene there, erika, thank you. the federal aviation administration has identified a new poteial risk in the boeing 737 max software update that the company must address before the the skies.et can go back up in the problem with the plane's ought made the flight control syst wasdiscovered during a simulator test last week. now boeing tls nbc news it now expects it won't be able to submitll software updates to the faa for approval until sometime in septemb r. hhe jets, as you know, were grounded in marc in the wake of those twoly crashes within five months. just ahead at 5:00, the va

is transforming an office complex into a national call center and the news 4 i-team gets inside access to see how they are helping vets in crisis. >> plus, the strong storms firing up in parts of northern virginia and maryland now. when i was diagnosed with ms, the t was my famy.rsg fiabouthih i came home and cried. but, as i've seen my disease progress, the medicine has progressed right alongside it. trying to make medications more affordable is important, but if washingtoisn't careful we might leave innovation behind. let's fix the system the right way. innovation is hope, and the last thing you want to lose in life is hope.

. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper, the latest on the radar tracking a p.0ereoudon until evs this storm here headed towards the south and east at 20, 25 milestihere the acty in fairfax county is barely moving. i want to point out a feature here on the radar. outflow what we call boundaries here. this isn't actuallya. winds coming out of thunderstorms and i think that when we see theseo two bundaries come together, we'll see more storms fire right in this area here of loudon and montgomery counties and areas like

poolsville. again, a severe thunderstorm warning for those locations already at 6:00 p.m. and we also have a flood warningn effe for parts of fairfax including reston and herndon including 11:15 tonight. >> those skies are looking ominous. >> back now to the bi event. night two of the first democratic debate. >> we survived the first and the stagel be packed with several heavyte hitrs in terms of top polling candidates. >> news 4's aaron gilchrist is miami in terms of what vote remembers hoping to hear tonight. aaron. >> reporter: yeah, i think heavy hitters is a really term to use going into tonight. the top contenders will be on the debate stage talking abou joe biden and bernie sanders to see which one of them will have a stronger punch. let's take you inside theeb dte hall and live pictures of the setup there. there will be eight other people on the stage with biden and sanders all trying to make their voices heard to get their moment in the sun, if you will, att

li bit of the setup happening right now trying to make sure that the microphones are positioned well and the airs and podiums are all ready to go for tonight. a bit earlier today, we can show you some video. each the candidates had an thopportunity to walk rough this like.o see what it fe enu can see the former vice president bid there earlier ghday. they went throu there in alphabet call order, just a chance to see what the space is like and how far the podiums are spac apart fromach other and how close they will be to their competitors in making their voters who ocratic will be watching tonight. i believe kamala harris is the only one who di't do the walk through earlier today. now, i think an important thing that we were able to hear today from voters is what is it that they want to hear? last night bigtopics, immigration, gun control and healthcare. all things we want to talk about tonight. listen to some things voters told us about what to expect from tonight. >> the deductibles and co-pays are super expensive and i feel like we get charged too much, so having psonally been affected

by, that even at a young ages i would like to see them discuss medicare for all and other options for cutting costs. >> i tnk it's too early. too many candidates at this point. you know, too many options and too many inions, and needs to be narrowed down.po >> reer: raymond told us he'll still watch tonight because he wants to hear even with so many people on the stage, he wants to hear what their plans, are what they would like to be able to do going into -- going into the -- into the time after the debate tonight, the time when these candidates will hit the road again trying to drum up moresu ort and more money. jim, wendy. >> all right. aaron, thanks so much. we'll be checking back with you throughout the evening. we're waiting to learn if the justice department will file charges pgainst thk police officers who shot and killed a man on the gw parkway who was killed back in november of 2017. his family says he was unarmed, and a police report also said he

was unarmed, t last night we learned that one of the officers involved said he opened fire in self-defense. in a civil suit filing, the overs blamed gazar suffered. lawyers say they expect a decision soon. hard to do bike rides especially out there in the heat this week and cycling is a big part of summer and sunday there will be a cycling in the circle event in kensington, a free bike and helmet check for kids and a slow ridingycling course and a road safety curse from 10:00 to 1:00 on sunday at the warner circle park. that looks fun or painfu if you're not standing up right. work has started to fix an intersection here int northwes d.c. where a well-known cyclist was hit and killed in april. this work is along florida

avenue. ddot is eliminati a right turn lane on k street and installing new crosswalks on k street an12 street and adding protected bike lanes on florida avenue. now, those are planned f later this sue'er. wve got a strong storm, a few moments of hail and hundreds of damaged cars. how this storm that hit almost a month ago is keeping the body shops in our area quite busy. >> plus, we'v got an important recall tonight for parents. the latest product being pulled the latest product being pulled a

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we're in storm team 4 weather alert mode. hunderstorm re warnings just now. they both go until 6:15. the first one here is for parts of fairfax. the city of fairfax, parts of prince william county as well as manassas. the other severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for parts of jefferson and loudoun county, montgomery county, both until 6:15.

here's the thing.rm these sto are stationary meaning they are barely moving. not only are we talking about the potential fory very heav rainfall and strong gusty winds and hail,odlso flog concerns. also a flood warning in effect for parts of fairfax, the county. this is going to go until 11:15. i want to check that i'm hearing a beeping here. still have two severe thunderstorm warningyo there tht re seeing on your screen until 6 sack. much more on these storms coming a in moment. >> all right. looks like theyre growing out there. amelia, thank you. news 4 is working for you with a coumer alert tonight. fischer price is now recalling another one of those inclined infant sleepers. the recall is for the company's inclined sleeping accessory that sits on top o its ultra light kay and night playyards. re playpens themselves are not beingecalled. so far no deaths orinjuries reported with the product, but at least 30 infant deaths have been associated with

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you're looking at some live pictures. rain coming down by the buckets. this is in fairfax, and it's definitely slowing tc right there here in the heat of rush hour. we're going to have much more s coming up we take a live look at radar coming in from the west. the storms are popping up. amelia will join news just a bit. >> for military veterans this is aifferent type of war room.

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local veterans including exposing problems inside the d.c.v.a. medical center. if you have anything for them to inveigate involving the v.a., contact them by calling the dip line or sending them an email. well, when last we spoke with amelia draper, there were some nasty things on the radar. >> the storms really aren't mong all that muchad. i was track one storm leaving frederick county in maryland and moving into loudon and montgomery county. right now it's nearly stationary outhere, and we are seeing some flooding concerns. check it out. i have a flood warning in effect until f11:15 tonight parts of fairfax including the reston and herndon areas. you saw rain develop there at abo 4:15, 4:20, and it is still raining in those same locations, so because of that, the national weather servi has issued that flood warning.nt i wao show you a camera right now at 66th and 50 where

it is just coming down in sheets out there, so, again, if folks are driving right now, the roads are going tbe a mess where rain has developed, and let's show you that flood warning on storm team 4 radar. you can see it right here, this area in green, and i've looped the radar over the last two hours so you can see once the stin developed ju after 4:00 p.m. it really hasn't changed the locations that it's continuing to imkt a. the city of fairfax is getting pounded right now. i'm tracking three severe thunderstorm warnings across the area. the first in effect until 6:15. this is for parts of prince william county, the city of manassas and parts of the county of fairfax and the city of fair tax as well. this severe thunderstorm warning ineffect until 6:15. i'm not timing them out because right now they are not ving so it's going to continue to rain in these same locations potentially over the next hour, maybe even twoleading to more flooding concerns. also a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for jefferson and clark counties and parts of loudoun county until 6:15. this does include the bluem ho

nt area andot leesburg n in the severe thunderstorm area right now. parts of more eastern loudoun county are under sever thunderstorm warning until 6:00 p.m. this includes gaithersburg and you're sing some rain right now along 270. thankfully there nothing too heavy. we're going to continue to see rain and storms out there until about 8:00, 9:00 tonight. they fizzle out after that because the sun goes down, so what's happening. we have a mid-level disturbance moving through the area right now. that in addition to the heat really helps these thunderstorms to blossom. based on all the factors out there, they are certainly orperforming by whatur computer models are showing yesterday. see continue to thunderstorms out there until 8:00, 9:00 p.m. tonight. we'll lose the fuel and daytime heting. it's still warm at 11:00 p.m. 82 degrees at that point after our high temperature today of9 with this hot air mass, not only are we seeing thunderstorms

develop, but we're seeing an increase in ground level ozone. our air quality today was rated poor, and it's rated poor again tore. what does this mean, young kids, old adults need to take it easy and also if you have respiratory or heart issues, you want to limit your time outside and look at yourne plan very similar to today. isolated thunderstorms tomorrow. i actually think today we'll have a better rsk thatyou're dealing with rain compared to tomorrow but it is there. lunchti it's near 90s. tomorrow it's muggy as well. that 94 tomorrow is feeling closer to 100 degrees. 97 on saturday feels more like 103 with the humidity.e scattd showers and thunderstorms out there later on saturday. those could have heavy rainfall as well. on sunday there's chance for a shower or a thunderstorm with a high of 93. a bit of a break from the heat on monday, the humidity as well, and then we're right back into the mid-90s jim and went, next

tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday as well. the fourth, yeah, right now we could see some thu> erstorms. >oh, boy, to go with our fireworks. >> amelia, thank you. well, he's newest star in d.c., and today we're getting to know him a bit better. >> with the ninth pick inhe 2019 nba draft, the washington wizards selectru hachimura. >> today our sherreeburruss went one-on-one with him. she joins us now with some of that conversation. sherree? >> yeah, ji the media attention for rui hachimura is something we've never seen before, the first japanese player selected in the firstou rnd of the nba draft so he's drafng a lot o international n.tenti thankfully i got to spend aou le of minutes getting to know the rookie. hachimura says being from another country he said he appreciates d.c.'s cultural diversity. >> there's a lot of people in

culture here and i want to see a lot of different things. >> ee we'll s you out and about ting food and getting out to different places? >> yeah, restaurants. >> wanted to get you a little welcome gift because these are quintessential washington, d.c. thing, i'm told. do you know what this is? >> i feel like, i don't know, it's like a barbecue sauce. >> people putit on their wings, called mumbo sauce. no, i never heard of it. >> more from the wizards rookie. i surprised him with another one of the specialties. >> what could that be? >> the excitement the wizard need. >> super nice, super young. >> how tall? >> almost 7 foot. >> 6'8". >> i worrisome pretty high heels to make sure i didn't look so

little. >> we'll look forward to that at 6:00. >> when we come back on "news 4 at 5:00" tonightg a fast mov storm with a lasting impact. >> somebody probably just got out of that as you're driving llhome. and well you why the body shops are still busy nearly a month after this nasty storm moved through a month ago. >> remember the hail storm from few weeks ago, the owner of this c and hundreds of others in our area

right now we'ren weather alert mode, but so far this evening we haven't had any widespread reports of hail. >> but itas auch different story several weeks ago when a hail storm pounded our region. news 4's meagan fitzgerald shows us how hundreds of damaged cars are back in body shops. >> remember this hail storm from the beginning of jun chances are you might now because it was isolated, but if you ask the hundreds of customers who have taken their cars to auto body mentions in bethesda, they will remember the storm quite well. >> you'll see dang mage on the e here and the road damge is the roof. >> reporter: bob russell is the manager here. he says they are backlogged through august. >> this car has probably on the top of my head 60 to 80 dense on

the hood. >> reporter: so master didn't technician nelson humberto is keeping> busy. i have my tools. i'm going to go underneath and just work it out like thaure. >> b it takes so long to do them. when we do the etoimates we have circle every little didn't. >> reporter: it takes on average between two to four days to complete one job, and the cost to the customer can be pretty steep. >> you know, we're talking large $5,000 to $10,000 worth of hail damage. >> reporter: so if youhear that there's even a chance of hail,at do wh you can to make sure you and your car are out of the way. meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> now we know who loves hail storms, body shops. keeps them in business. >> yes, indeed. >> storm team 4ng trackithe storm still in our area. >> news 4 continues next with doreen and leon.

>> first at 6:00, showers and storms popping up out there a tonight aftelazing hot summer day. and this is having a huge impact on nohern virginia and parts of maryland, and they are packing heavy raining, lightning d ata tthese s l ivero pictures we're getting in from fairfax right now. this is route 50 at i-66. ts area haseen just a lot of rain in a short amount of time. >> a lot of it is on the camera amelia looks like, and draper is tracking this in our storm center. amelia, what's going on out there? >> this is the latest on storm team 4 radar. three severe thunderstorm warnings in effect and this one in mogomery and loudoun countys around the poolsville area and should be expiring within a minute. onother severe thunderstorm warning down int parts of prince william and fairfax counties until 6:15 and also a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of western loudon and jefferson and clark counties in effect until 6:15. let's zoom in on this severe thunderstorm warning right here including the bluemont area seeing very heavy down to the south, very heavy

rain over the city of fairfax and woodbridge seeing the rain as weifl. even you're not seeing heavy rain. areas of frederick and montgomery counties, alexandria, just seeing showers out there and i'm told that the national weather service did just allow the severe thunderstorm for montgomery county to expire. that was in effect until can have. good news there, but it has been raining heavily and steadily almost over the last two hours in parts of fairfax county, including teston. wit we have a flood warning in effect here until 11:15. potentially up to 2 inches of rain has fallen in this area. leon, i'm going to have more on when these storms fizzle out and what this means for the rt of the workweek and weekend coming up. >> all righty. ening got a busy e shaping up in the next hour, amelia. we'll keep you updated on air rightc up until "nb nightly news" at 7:00 tonight. and you can also track them by