right now bernadette joins me with more on tornado activity, bernadette. i guess not. denise. >> thank you, bob. the storms here produced damaging winds in other towns. >> reporter: members worshiped with tears of sorrow and voices of hope. standing by what's left of their church. >> reporter: for one member, this hymn has new meaning. >> i can feel at peace, i knew he was with me. >> reporter: dale thrasher was inside the church when the tornado hit, he hid under this communion table. >> i just asked the god to help me and protect me and it was like he put his arms around men and sealed me under the table. >> reporter: the storms damaged towns. rescuers look for anyone unaccounted for. >> you've worked for something for 44 years, in a matter of a minute or two and it's all gone. >> reporter: residents now focus on cleaning up as the national guard patrols from the ground and the air. in a helicopter, mississippi governor, haley barber toured the devastation. this images of a ravaged yazoo county is some he takes personal. he grew up here. because of the sheer magnitud

a few clouds in the sky but mostly sunny and mild. >> bernadette woods has your >> bernadette woods hasour first alert weather ,,,,,,,,,, z hey there, this is your lamp. why don't you show the lady how romantic you can be by turning me off? you'll set the mood while using a lot less energy. maybe later you can hook me up with a cfl. it will show how much you care for the environment. [announcer] learn to speak the language of energy efficiency at bgesmartenergy.com, where you'll find plenty of energy-saving tips. ahhhhh. the passion. >> announcer: in our, breaking weather, complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> beautiful day outside today. nice day to be outside. >> just about perfect. >> look at that. this is absolutely fantastic. you can see all that green. everything has popped and filled out. as we were saying the last half hour, not doing so well for the allergies but does look pretty. temperature-wise topped out so far today at 70 degrees. above that average of 63, now tomorrow we're going to take a dip but we're going back up later this week again. this is

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thank you, mary. >>> time now to turn to bernadette, and what a beautiful day. but you say changes are coming. >> i agree. >> it couldn't be better. >> one of the top ten of the year. tomorrow isn't going to be quite that way but we're going to get back to it. here's how it looks like outside. a lot of sunshine, we're sitting at 70 degrees. but there is some rain on the way and we'll have that forecast when we come back. [wind rustling] ,,, [sound of waves crashing] [upbeat whistling in background] discover all that northwest florida has to offer. seventeen hidden beaches, one revealing destination. fly southwest's new nonstops from bwi airport to panama city beach starting at $99 one-way. (ding) >>> welcome back everybody. okay, this is what we have going on weather wise. just beautiful outside. temperatures tapped out around 70 degrees. 71 the official high. way above the average which is still down at 63 degrees. we've just been above it for the last few weeks. we're coming in at 71 right now in baltimore. 69degrees cooler along the coast. there was is a bit

bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods have our updated forecast. we'll start with bob. >>> we've got about a 36 to 48 hours. cool temps to deal with. and then we'll talk about the warmup. radar now. we have clouds around. down to the south, a couple of sprinkles along the coast. they have finally cleared out. for the most part, areas are going to clear out tonight. and because of clearing skies, low to a point. dry air. we do have some advisories that will be going into effect. bernadette woods in the outback with a look at what we expect to happen. perhaps overnight. bernadette? >> that's what we're looking at for tonight. i want to show you the graphic. frost advisories go into effect from 2:00 to 9:00 a.m. and that is for a good portion of the state here. far west, we see a freeze warning out for allegheny county. and the cool air is going to linger into tomorrow. sunshine in the day. and clouds building up in the afternoon. the thing is, temperatures only topping out in the low 60s. that is before the warmup kicks in. by thursday, we're up to 7

. >> thank you, bernadette. >>> let's check in on the roads with kristy breslin on wjz traffic control. >>> looks like we are having some slick spots. liberty road off-ramp, that is closed due to disabled vehicles. 20 minutes' drive time there from southwestern boulevard to liberty road. plenty of activity on the north side. inner loop slow from green spring to falls. outer loop also heavy from york to providence. 70 eastbound is bumper to bumper there, as you make your approach to the beltway. and as far as accidents go, bel air road, at roth co boulevard. and two in baltimore city. north paterson park. now, here's a live look. you can see the congestion at liberty road and over there, the volume building there, the beltway at 70. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. many continue to be $5 each. like the magna licious meatball marinara. subway, eat fresh. >>> still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00. to the rescue. see the drama unfold, as two firefighters risk their own lives to save a victim in a car crash. >>> the safety of facebook. revamping its internal site. hea

hi, bernadette. >> hello, kai and everybody out there. the air is unstable. that's building up to clouds this afternoon. temperature-wise, we're at 58 degrees. so still on the cold side. it was a chilly morning. and as the clouds break up tonight and the winds start to die down, it's going to be another cold one. i want to show you more frost advisories in effect through the overnight. we've got those for tonight and into tomorrow morning. and again, a freeze warning out west. in addition to the winds up, a red flag advisory on the eastern shore. a little going on. but big changes coming in our future. we'll have that shortly. >>> let's check in on the roads now with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. >> hi, mary. so far, the problems out there continue to be pretty light, a couple of accidents and minor delays. we have a carfire that is attracting plenty of attention there, eastern heavy at tonka street. outer loop, slowing from delaney valley road to york road, about five minutes to get through. inner loops, some suggestions also as you approach delaney

meteorologist bernadette woods is here now with the updated numbers numbers from first warning weather>>> it is fantastic out there. i want to show you first warning doppler radar. there is nothing going on in our area. that's why most of the east coast now, we have pretty nice weather setting up. i want to open this up and show you, here's the next storm. if you're traveling westward at all this weekend, you could encounter some problems. this is going to move our way. and we'll let you know what that means for our forecast. >>> let's check on the roads now with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hello, kristi. >> hello, denise and everybody. because of the accident we just reported at the university of maryland medical center, we have some closures. green and lombard streets. if you are in the area at all, try to avoid that particular spot. it's going to be congested for quite sometime. >>> we have a situation at the harrisburg intersection. southbound, also heavy from pedonia to timonium. people trying to get a look there. northbound jammed from stevenson to falls road. about 15

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are live with complete first warning coverage and weija gang that is more but we will begin with bernadette woods. welcome back and good afternoon. >> thank you. at this point we have the rain out there, we are not seeing the severity with the thunderstorms last night but we have the rain out there and here's how it looks around the state. we have got a few areas where it's coming down and that's where you are seeing the brighter colors. in the city itself, heading up to the northern parts of baltimore county, decent rain and that's what's adding to came down over an into have two inches last night. some cases three inches. perry hall picked up in bel air and about to aberdeen. westminster the rain is around for you a break as you head towards frederick letting up at this point. but it will pick up again for sykesville and to the south we will show you where annapolis about to pick up as this batch comes through and there's heavier rain right now to the east of dc in pg county and it's going to pick up for upper moral borrow and clinton. could be a rum bevel thunder in this patch. we will b