galloway township by 5:44. egg harbor 5:50. long beach by 6:04. heavy rain there and remember as it gets into your area you may be expecting localized flooding with it. right around laurel lake in parts of cumberland county especially near vineland locally heavy rain. in kent county around riverview, moving into milford, we have heavy rain there as well. that will all continue sliding through delaware. with what we're seeing in place we don't have any severe storms. what we do have is heavy rain winds near 40 miles an hour small hail possible and of course lightning. all this should be out of the area in the next couple hours. aside from that we are watching the heat continuing in the forecast. we did officially hit a heat wave today. we will talk more about that and the weekend weather coming up. >> check out this weather picture from a viewer. virginia bates sent rain clouds from townsend delaware. we want to see what the weather looks like in your community. send photos and video of the rain, any flooding or storm damage with the nbc 10 news ap

the over pulled over james galloway in galloway township wednesday. galloway drove off and hit the officer. the officer was not seriously hurt. police found the crashed car nearby. no sign of galloway. police found heroin in the car. >>> the widow of one of three people found at a shooting at a municipal building said town leaders failed to keep the meeting safe. frances laguardia is suing officials and a sheriff claiming leaders in ross township and the monroe sheriff knew that rocky newall was mentally unstable and capable of violence. she says they didn't provide security at a township meeting where he opened fire in 2013. her husband, james, was among the victims. newall killed him and two other. he pled guilty in may and is serving a life sentence. prosecutors say he was angry over the loss of his property after a lengthy court battle with the township. >>> 4:15. more than 8,000 volunteers preparing for the world meeting of families and the papal visit in philadelphia this september. organizers say more help is needed. they're hoping for an additi

two upward four plus inches of rainfall, from plane field township to franklin township, east galloway townships sin credible to have seen in such a short span of time. flooding obviously the big issue for thus morning, here's where we stand right now brunt of the storm for the most part has since moved out to sea. let me put this into motion for you. you will see what's going on here, in fact, let me step over to this side so we can show you more readily here. still a loft lightning out to sea, thank good fest for. that will see the rotation going on little bit of spin taking place here, almost like its own little micro come of low pressure, so still going to find the rounds of showers and perhaps few strikes of lightning along the way maybe few windy gusts but generally watch what happens as we move forward from noontime into the rest of future weather. do you see how we're still going to have scattered showers out there but they fizzle over the course of the next couple of hours? so that's good news specially the further inland go. probably start to clear things out no later than maybe six 7

gallon a away allegedly sped from a traffic stop on rangel borough road in galloway township after beingulled over over. his vehicle struck sergeant scott wind burger who suffered minor injuries. police found galloway's car crashed not far from the scene. if you have any information we ask you to call the police. >>> we are still dealing with excessive heat this noon. but we also are tracking the potential for storms later today today. let's get first look at the forecast with meteorologist katie fehlinger in the weather sent. hey, katie. >> day two of excessive heat and heat warnings that go along with that for our area. so that's the initial issue that we've got going in terms of the weather department. but in addition to that you can see right over my shoulder, stormy weather starting to head our way and we're start to go see hose clouds thicken in advance of these approach approaching storms as well. not a major severe weather threat lay that right out for you but some of these storms could have gusty with them with gusty winds. heavy downpours. we just got so much moisture in this a

but the heaviest rain is moving towards galloway township into burlington county closer to the shore. this is all moving right around 40 miles an hour or so. as we track this whole system it will be moving towards the shore by around -- in the next 10 to 15 minutes. ocean city could see it by 6:10. atlantic city by 6:14. with any of these storms we could see locally heavy rain causing localized flooding. i wouldn't be surprised if we had at least another flood advisory up with the heavy showers around also lightning and the potential for some small hail. we will track these storms as they head towards the shore. then we will see nice changes overnight tonight. before that today we have hot weather. chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is standing by with a look at that. >> those storms put an end at least temporary end to the heat although we did get into the 90s in at least part of the area. it was a close call but we had temperatures going up from the 80s into the 90s in philadelphia. we got up to 90 degrees at 1:00 and the official high was 91 but you can see how much coo

. >>> from our jersey shore bureau galloway township has a new top cop and she is the first female policehief in atlantic county history. the official ceremonial swearing in of chief donna higby. >> i am really excited especially because i grew up in this town. i was hired here 13 years ago. >> higbee's father worked on the force and retired after 27 years of service as the township's most highly decorated officer. >>> a man caught transporting stolen paintings is in prison. the man pled guilty to pawning four paintings for a loan. the family lived in delaware county for a period of time. only two of the paintings were recovered. the other two are still missing. >> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >>> we are still tracking heavy rain so we still have the first alert out but it will continue for tomorrow. we once again expect heavy down pours. if you saw the heavy rain today which much of the area especially new jersey did you were dealing with localized flooding. more is on the way tomorrow for part of the area. as you wake up tomorrow morning and hi

delaware beaches, the other bigger one, this one is moving toward the shore near brigantine galloway township. it will be heading offshore very soon here. now, more weather we're watching, that's off to our south and west that's a lot of moisture that will be moving in the part of our area for tomorrow. here's future weather, we go overnight into early tomorrow 6:00, south jersey and delaware you're going to have the best chance for a couple morning showers, through the early afternoon, 1:00 p.m. a better chance for possibly locally heavy rain for south jersey and delaware, there's a chance we could have showers move up into the philadelphia area. friday clouds mostly toward south. the rain should stay to our south friday. and as we go into saturday morning, notice rain just to our south, and we have more rain to our south as we go through saturday evening. that's going to stay in the forecast as of now, it looks like it could be staying mostly south of us. we'll be updating that tomorrow and for friday. poconos looking pretty good with temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, if you're heading

. >>> there's a new top cop in galloway township. higby is a native of the township. she has been working for the police department since 2002. >>> as philadelphia prepares for the pope a penn student had to travel 5,000 miles to realize the significance of the pontiff's first visit to the u.s. his epiphany happened in the pope's hometown where his host mother knows first-hand now it feels to be in the presence of a pope. the sounds of typical argentine song fills this home with impromptu percussion by penn student malcolm living for the summer under the family's roof. we first met the rising sophomore from dallas at this beginner tango class for a group of penn students studying in argentina for the summer. we asked malcolm if he would be among the masses when the first latin american pope comes to philadelphia in september. do you plan to be there on the parkway? do you plan to try to be part of any of those events? >> now i do. >> reporter: it was you who told malcolm you have to go see the pope, he's coming to philadelphia? >> yes. yes. i think it's very important

four and a third in franklin township, east galloway, well over three and a half inches, and atlantic city just shy of 3 inches, 2.13 inches in limerick pa. very localized those flooding flooding rains yesterday. barely an inch though, in philly international. one part of cumberland county, still flood warning for residual effect from all of the rain yesterday. that goes until 8:15 this morning. otherwise, nothing to show you on ultimate doppler radar. everything is out of here, all of the precipitation. temperatures, look how cool they've gotten. 66 degrees in philadelphia. fifty-eight in pottstown. 53 degrees mount pocono. 59 degrees in reading. 67 degrees atlantic city, 68 degrees in wildwood right now. but look at the dew point down in the mid 50's, in the 40's, in the mount pocono, so what does that mean in our measure of moisture? we are in the pleasant range refreshing to pleasant, dew point out there this morning. so, it is like you walk out the door and just go ahh this is nice. and winds are still out of the north now that the frontal system is passing, all the rain is gone,

expansion project in atlantaic county including $28 million unified science center on compass in galloway township. releasing this video on its website, the project involved a new $18 million building. it is expected to be finished by june 2017 for opening scheduled for fall of that year. >> meanwhile the show is over for the comedy stop cafe and cabaret at tropicana. it closed last night. it was the long of the running show in atlantic city. the owner producer of the show blames the economic downturn for the city. forcing them to shut down the show. >> we have it work to do more to ensure that every older american has the resources and support that they need to thrive. >> the president spoke at conference on ageing at the white house today. he he said a secure retirement is a critical component of what it means and he is asking the labor department to crack down on conflicts of interest in the retirement and savings people may get from financial advisors. he had the undivided attention from a group in sent are city today. >> this a huge opportunity for this nation to respond to the largest popula

where there was a lot of flooding franklin township, 4.33 inches and atlantic city and east galloway township 3 and 4 inches of rain and limerick over 2 inches of rain earlier, but the dew points the measure of how much moisture is in the air we saw flooding downpours because the dew points were in the 70s and that releases a lot of rain and north and west the line of where the downpours are are falling into the 50s and 60s and the droir air is coming in from the northwest to the southeast, and will invade quickly overnight tonight and set up a couple of days ahead. and well talk about some spectacular weather in the full accuweather forecast. >> talk again soon, stay on top of the watches and warnings by going to 6abc.com/weather, our live storm tracker images will show you what is coming and when. >> fire officials suspect lightning from the storms caused a house in feefrmville to catch on fire, six people are now displaced from the home at the 200 block of dayton street it broke out this morning as the strong storms moved through, the red cross is helping the families find a place to stay.

in northampton county close to 4.5 inches of rain, franklin township and gloucester 4.33, and galloway townshipnty coming in at 3 to 4 inches of rain earlier, and limerick just over 2 inches of rain these pockets of intense downpours in areas not a lot going on. 81 in wilmington and very uncomfortable out there. what is about to change. and low pressure is sliding off the coast drier northerly wind withes are filtering in and bringing high pressure from canada to drop the heat and humidity, and 59 by tomorrow morning, and lancaster and allentown and turns breezy and comfortable and the high temperatures tomorrow well above average, 80 or so degrees a gorgeous day with crystal clear skies and low humidity as we look at the four day at 4:00, not just tomorrow but we do it again on friday the only change late in the day is high clouds filtering in at 85 degrees, the heat and humidity is returning over the weekend 90 on saturday with an afternoon thunderstorm more than likely with another front passing through and it's just drier here on sunday hot and humid with a temperature of 92 degrees, well s

. >>> nbc 10 was at the galloway township meeting for the swearing of in donna higbee.'s been with the department since 2002 and has been serving as the acting chief since june. >> i'm really excited especially because i grew up in this town. i was haired here 13 years ago. >> higbee's father also worked on the force. he retired after 27 years of service as the township's most highly decorated officer. >>> and good morning, jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we are looking live right now at 309 on the northbound side where the taillights are headed at susquehanna road. not a lot of volume but everything moving along just fine. it's a wet one out there. first let's get a check on today's forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >> we've seen drenching rain. still tracking in the area. center city is one of the areas under a flood warning this morning because of the heavy rainfall that we're now seeing sent into new jersey and delaware. heavy thunderstorms that are moving through the area. they're pushing through at 22 miles an hour but more storms are poppi

township, in new jersey, 4.69 inches of rain, four and a third innings in franklin township galloway township an inches atlantic city international just shy of 3 inches, and limerick, pa, over 2 inches every rain in one day. well, all of that mess has sung to the south with this stationary front. this will stay there. so high pressure will keep us from getting any more rain for today and tomorrow. you are going to have nice chance to dry out it is refreshing, with lower humidity today. now, once this high pressure system moves off shore that is when the humidity will come back that's when the heat will come bang, that's scheduled to happen saturday. for right now, it is fine out there, things looking good in the area, we have this left over flood warning and it is for the morris river cumberland county, still at flood stage, but beginning to recede so this flood warning is out until about 8:15 this morning. and things will be getting better because we have no more rain in the forecast, temperatures right now, what a difference, in the 50's to the north of us, in allentown pottstown, reading i

one more in galloway township route 30 and sixth avenue there's an accident out there.great weekend monica and brian. >> thank you. >> still to come here on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. drivers going through a busy baltimore tunnel are stopped in their tracks by stacks of money laying there on the roadway. we'll show you. >> plus the phillies looking to turn things around now that the all-star break is over. we are live in south philadelphia with a preview of tonight's game against the marlins. adam. >> right now the heat index 82 degrees in philadelphia but notice the intense heat and humidity building just to our west. i'll have the numbers when we return. >> those stories and much more when "action news" comes right back. >> my gosh. >> take a look at that tornado caught on camera in central illinois. one nearby town suffered major damage. gratefully no one was hurt. illinois' governor has activated an emergency operations stoned help the town clean up. state emergency responders are on stand by tonight in the event more help is need. >>> two people rescued after a

this heavy shower near galloway township drifting to the south. the light showers around south philly have gotten even lighter. another shower near williamstown in new jersey. the heaviest activity has been right near the maryland border in extreme southern delaware getting some of that rain. as we go into tomorrow nothing more than isolated showers again. watch what happens as we go into thursday. computer models suggesting even a couple showers around in the morning. then with the heat and humidity of the day, feeling like close to 100. we start seeing showers and storms move through. behind it it's going to not cool off a lot, but the humidity's going to be going down. that is about the only significant change coming as we head through the rest of the week and into the weekend. it is just going to be hot day after day after day. we've got a seven-day forecast. every one of those days we have 90 plus. 74 tonight with the early showers, just isolated. even hotter tomorrow. still humid, mid 90s. nothing more than isolated showers. best chance of s

heavy rain is moving down the atlantic city expressway right around galloway down toward egg harbor townshipyou can see the bulls eye and lightning reported with this as well. so rain and lightning headed toward atlantic city at the moment. we'll continue to track that. i also want to show you the next system again back to the west. the storms moving through kansas city right now this moisture lining up and it's going start lifting north as we get into tomorrow. some of that moisture could head down the shore once again. so the same areas seeing the showers and storms tonight will see it as we get into the day tomorrow and here it is. showers and thunderstorms break out just for the shore points tomorrow afternoon. could put a little damper on early start to the holiday weekend. i'll have your full july 4th weekend forecast coming up. jessica. >> kate, see in you a bit. thank you. right now rescue teams are searching for a missing swimmer in gloucester county. they were called to a quarry on jackson road near piney hollow road in monroe township. we're told four people swimming in the quarry

almost four in east galloway township, almost 3 inches in one day in atlantic city, lot of flooded basementterday. well, today, what a difference. ultimate doppler radar, no precipitation, but we have one left over flood warning, morris river extends from salem count my cumberland county, and, still flood stage, it should recede by this afternoon, temperatures, are so comfy out there, 67 degrees, in philadelphia, 61 in reading, allentown, 656 trenton, mid 60s at the shore. that's because of the north-northeast breezes, wildwood 9 miles per hour in philadelphia. seven day forecast, high of 8310 today, ten tomorrow. then the humidity and the heat return over the weaken. probably making it to 90 on saturday, sunday, chance of pop you are showers, thunderstorms, when we get all of that heat and humidity built up over the weekend, back to the mess in king of prussia, because, the road is not open yet. big giant tow truck there is to get it off the off ramp, ram top get off the schuylkill expressway westbound, onto southbound route 202. >> pick up scrap metal but the tow truck in the lane where t

plainfield township almost 5is. east galloway almost four. atlantic city about three and counting. 78 degrees right now. still pretty humid and tropical if you're stepping outdoors. look at the humidity. 91% in atlantic city. 85% in wilmington. so one or two left over showers out there muggy right now but we're drying out as we move toward the overnight. coming up we'll talk about beautiful conditions to close out the week and if it will last into the upcoming weekend. iain and lucy? >> scott, thank you. >>> a 79-year-old woman shot twice while sitting on her front porch is recovering and now the search is on for the shooter tonight. that shooting happened on 25th street in north philadelphia last night. just after 10:30. the woman says she heard an argument and then moment later gunfire. she says she ran for her life but fell in the doorstep and was hit twice by stray bullets once in the ankle and then a second time in the left leg. >> oh, my god, i've been shot. and i called my son. i said, i've been shot, i've been shot. feel like sitting

township. east galloway almost 4-inches of rain. atlantic city almost 3-inches of rain.t's still pretty tropical and humid stepping outdoors. take look at the humidity right now. 90% in atlantic city. 82% right now in wilmington. so that humidity will drop late tonight. but if you're stepping outdoors maybe one or two leftover showers, not anticipateing the heavy rain that we saw earlier in the day but drying out later on tonight we'll talk about how comfortable it gets and how long it will stick around with the seven day coming up. back to you. >> all right. scott of course you can track the rain in your neighborhood with our fox 29 news app. you can see live radar images and get weather alerts sent right to your phone don't loud load the app for free on the apple or google play stores. >> knock at the door and terrifying site for his man. philadelphia police are hoping this surveillance video will help them track down four men who tried to bust in. it shows the men knock on the door of the home on the 500 bloke of we are numb road. homeowner opened the door slightly ma