let's go to bernadette woods she's tracking live radar. >> we want it to work, not only here but in all other parts of the state. they are firing over the mountains and moving ever so slowly off to the east southeast. what we're seeing in here is our biggest concern for baltimore. because all of this is moving in this direction. now, if it holds together we could have some issues, but of course we'll keep track of that. take a look though, this batch that was making its way over the mountains really starting to break apart so that's a sign of some hope for everyone. watching the thunderstorms move in our direction. the biggest threat is going to be southern parts of the state. a thunderstorm watch is in effect tonight for the southern part of the state. >> wjz is proud to be a sponsor of the ports america 4th of july fireworks. >>> we're all hoping for the clear skies tonight while other people are still cleaning up after some wicked thunderstorms. one man was killed and tens of thousands of people lost power in the dc region. andrea fujihi shows us the damage. >> reporter: families are

adam. >> all right, bernadette, thanks a lot. pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. cbs evening news. >>> it's a drug many take to ,,, ÷x# >>> we're wondering if the former president will be there watching the orioles tonight. adam is here with the wjz fan sports report. >> 102 degrees in arlington tonight. they did end the five game losing streak, the orioles did. they beat the braves yesterday. the birds have dropped 12 of their last 18 games. on the bright side, one of their young players selected for the american all star team. wieters, most notable his success getting out on stolen base attempts. wieters talks about being named an all star in just his second full season in the big leagues. >> i don't think you ever ever invision how it will happen. but it makes you very excited all the work you've put in in the past and able to make it into an all star game. hopefully one day, i was going to be able to get there and it might have happened sooner than i could imagine, but it's a great feeli

bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers. >> hello, bernadette and everybody out there. and once again, all of the showers and storms have been off to the south of us. that's where the front has been stalled out. we're going to show you, a lot of activity, all throughout southern parts of maryland and throughout the day. you can see most of it is trying to move away. however, there is another huge batch over northeastern parts of virginia. and that is going to move eastward and northeastward. we're still going to have to watch that cycle through before we are done with the storm. eventually, this front will kick out of here, just in time for another one to come our way. look at temperatures. 88 degrees in baltimore. 90. 92 in cumberland. the sun came out a little earlier, the farther northwest you go, with the rain over the northeastern part of the state. we will have that forecast coming up shortly. kai? >> thank you, bernadette. >>> let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at traffic control. >>> we have some congestion out there to watch out for on the harrisburg

why a well-known actor is getting involved. >>> i'm bernadette woods in for bob turk tonight. we'll have your complete updated five-day forecast coming up after this break. >>> and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories at this hour. for updates and the day's news, any time, log onto wjz.com. ,,,, p@j@ $, >>> we have some breaking news from california, where a short time ago, a marine corps helicopter crashed. the chopper went down at camp pendleton and 16 people are hurt. it is attached to the third marine aircraft wing is a modern version of the uh1 bell helicopters. >>> a fire plays out. two teenagers are hospitalized after setting a car on fire. police say they were tossing the fireworks out the window when one bounced back inside and set all of the others off. as i can see, the car was a loss, two other teens were treated for minor burns at the scene. >>> looked like the scene from a science fiction movie. this time-lapsed video shows how a powerful storm kicked up a 100-mile-an-hour cloud. wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. and viability was-- vict was reduced. du

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bernadette woods is tracking the conditions now. bernadette. >> we've had a good stretch running up to this weekend. now we're going to show you doppler radar, nothing going on in our area. just a gorgeous evening out there. you do see some storms over the great lakes, moving in our direction. tomorrow just a chance for a shower and thunderstorm. it's a small chance, but temperatures will start to build. humidity will start to build. then our better chance for showers or storms are sunday into monday, as that front crosses by the area. although these are just scattered showers and thunderstorms, these are not all day rain events. so not a washout of a weekend. keep your plans. we'll keep you updated here at wjz as we head to the weekend. for more on our weather, out to tim in the beautiful outback. >> it is beautiful! and you talk about the widely scattered showers, that's been the order of the day for the last month or so. let's look at some numbers. wrap up the old business from june. the normal amount is just around 3.43 inches o

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we'll keep you updated. >>> thank you, bernadette.heck on the roads with kristy breslin in traffic control. >>> hi, denise and everyone. delaywise, we don't have much of a situation here. northbound, 95, that's a minor delay to the beltway. as far as accidents go, in bel air, route 1, that's involving an overturned vehicle. brad shaw road and reynolds road, there's an accident. that's slowing down the drive at greenspring. edmondson, there's an accident and forest road. let's take a live look. that's 50, east of the bay bridge. we'll take another live look. that's 404, there at 50. no problems to report in either direction. this is brought to you by bill's carpet, laminate. , the >>> thank you, kristy. the celebrations were in full swing in catonsville this morning. everyone loves a parade! this year was no acception. cars and floats helped to ring in the festivities. the parade marched down brad shaw road. >>> wjz is a proud sponsor of the ports america chesapeake 4th of july fireworks show. it will begin at 9:30 tonight. >>> straigh

. >>> bernadette woods in for bob turk.ll have your complete forewarning forecast when wjz news returns. ,, if i were a customer, i'd like nonstop travel because it's quicker. because it's convenient. it's just the best way to go. keeps the cost down. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has added new nonstop flights from bwi airport to south carolina. it means more time doing the things i want to do. it's easy. it's hassle-free. there's no headaches. [ male announcer ] fly southwest airlines' new nonstops from bwi airport to greenville-spartanburg and charleston, south carolina. i like nonstop travel because... you don't got any more stuff. [ laughter ] [ ding ] >>> it is 80 degrees, partly cloudy in central maryland right now the complete forewarn weather forecast is coming up. >>> disturbing video from chicago as a mob attack is caught on camera. several youth punching and kicking a man while onlookers cheered. the victim was taken to the hospital. is in good condition. the people who taped the melee say it's the third

. >>> i am meteorologist bernadette woods a great start to the weekend weather wise but we have changes coming up. we will have the details and your first warning forecast coming up after the break. >>> complete coverage continues with adam may, and meteorologist bernadette woods and sports with stan saunders. it's wjz maryland's news station. ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a nice live look outside at 78 degrees and partly cloudy in central maryland. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >>> an i incredible accident in new or -- an incredible accidents in new orleans a honda civic land on top of a building killing the driver. they believe the driver may have been tired and speeding when the car hit the curb and bounced and went airborne. the crash is under investigation. >>> tragedy at an anewsment park in florida -- amusement park in florida. he took a plunge he's worked on a ride. they used harnesses and cables to reach the man but he later died. the amusement park is closed while investigators look into the accident. >>> an ohio lawmaker is arrest on suspicion of dui and

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meteorologist bernadette woods is here with a look at what we can expect for the rest of the evening. >> we do have a couple of thunderstorms. this is what you've been experiencing about the past two hours. you can see all of these around the delaware beaches. we have had a couple on the maryland beaches also. as far as our temperatures go, we have warmed up this afternoon. we are coming in at 91 degrees right now, 90 in d.c., 80 in cumberland and this warm weather is going to continue. we'll have that forecast, coming up. >>> if the ocean city beach felt a little crowded, it wasn't your imagination. tourism officials estimate more than 330,000 people visited ocean city over the holiday weekend. that would make the second largest city in the state behind baltimore. the population in ocean city yesterday was just over 354,000. that's a new record for independence day. >> it's too bad it can't stay that way. now, it's going to drop right back down. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news, a game of cat and mouse. a popular professor murdered, the suspect still on the run. the reason th

. >>> i'm bernadette, a new round of scattered showers and thunderstorms is headed this way. we'll have your first weather forecast coming up. >>> complete coverage continues with denise koch, vic carter, kai jackson and first warning weather with bob turk and sports with mark ,,,,,, if i were a customer, i'd like nonstop travel because it's quicker. because it's convenient. it's just the best way to go. keeps the cost down. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has added new nonstop flights from bwi airport to south carolina. it means more time doing the things i want to do. it's easy. it's hassle-free. there's no headaches. [ male announcer ] fly southwest airlines' new nonstops from bwi airport to greenville-spartanburg and charleston, south carolina. i like nonstop travel because... you don't got any more stuff. [ laughter ] [ ding ] >>> partly cloudy in central maryland right now. people in phoenix have seen all sorts of weather 1st and 10 phenomena. put it at a mile high and 100 miles high. the thunderstorm that fold put up an incredible lightning display. >>> a marine

>> thank you bernadette. >>> and hopefully the o's will have a good weekend. a good 4th of july weekend. >> they got off to a rough start last night but that doesn't mean that is the end of the world. o's, braves, we'll show you how they did in atlanta. it was not good at all. that and more your way just as soon as we get ,,,,,,,,,,,, . >>> welcome back, stanley is here with the wjw o's report, they hope to do better? >> yeah, they get another chance, mess up one tight, better the next. and the series opener of the three games set against the host atlanta braves, the starter, he had a no hitter going through no-7 before. base hit in the top of the 7th, one junction, retired 15 there straight before hurling a complete game one shutout. the starting pitcher had no bat, as far as pitching, he did well enough to win but needed a little more help from his teammates, who also wear orange, black and gray. and mccloud, hustling there, remember that golden glove back in 2009? strike them out, throw them out. the braves hand the o's their fourth straight loss. and with

. >> i'm meteorologist bernadette woods, it's officially the start of the 4th of july weekend and we'll have your complete forecast taking you through the holiday weekend, coming up when eyewitness news returns. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is 69 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. cloudy water helped conceal a woman's body for two days in a massachusetts public swimming pool. that's the conclusion of a preliminary investigation. it found that marie joseph died from an accidental drowning in the deep end of that pool. two inspectors who did not notice the body have been suspended. the state says there was no health risk to anybody who swam in the pool. >>> police in georgia say they are pretty sure a dismembered body is that of a missing maryland woman. 27-year-old lauren giddings went missing last saturday. a neighbor accompanied police into giddings apartment and spoke to reporters about what he saw. >> no sign that anybody had broken in. just nothing, just she was gone. all of her stuff was there, her id was there, her

for bernadette and mark. we leave you with the fireworks tonight from washington dc. good night.

bernadette woods is here. good afternoon afternoon. >> this is what we got going on. doppler radar, nothing around. it is gorgeous outside right now. what we are going to do is open up and show you there is a storm out there. it's not a big one. it will effect us by the end of the weekend, but as tim was saying, we don't have any major systems moving our way. the temperatures will be building and because of that an air quality alert goes into effect, code orange. it's just off to the southwest, d.c. metro region and northeast for the pa and philadelphia one. we will keep you up to date on this. >> thank you. good evening. >>> let's check on the roads at wjz traffic control. >> good afternoon everyone. and happy fourth of july almost to everyone. we have a bunch of problems if you are headed out on the roads. lots of people headed to the beach. that is 50 east wound. running slow to the bridge. a wreck on 795, in the north bound lanes, involving a motorcycle on the shoulder. watch for clean up continuing from this morning's accident on the east side. and an accident th