announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. chief lanier: i owe my life to the city, the residents and the department. alison: that is chief cathy lanier announcing her retirement and the next steps ahead. jonathan: but first this afternoon we are on storm watch. this is a traffic camera right now to show you in frederick. you can see it's already raining. michelle: the rain is coming down very heavy. you can see the water on the roads. there is a chance of severe weather this evening as some storms are rolling through. let's go straight to chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: no indication we'll see a repeat performance of last evening and last night. we have a smaller area, mainly the metro washington area and points north and northeast. under severe thunderstorm watch until 11:00 tonight. there is a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for carroll county and baltimore county. they are out of the viewing area. there is an area to the west we will keep an eye on. this...