first alert meteorologist erica martin has your most accurate first alert forecast.cooldown today, almost felt like spring but a potential heat wave now on the way this week? >> that's right. coming up, we'll talk about that heat wave. but something more immediately of concern would be this coastal flood advisory issued starting at midnight till 6:00 a.m. for the new jersey shore as well as the delaware shore including cape may, cumberland and ocean keens. we're concerned with wave heights anywhere between 6 to 10 feet. the hours of 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. localized flooding including road flooding. now, doppler estimated rainfall totals already for the jersey shore at least for atlantic city it, over 5 inches, cape may over 3 inches for you. so this is a really big concern as far as that coastal flood advisory that has been issued. so once again, we have to talk about flood safety. avoid floodwaters, evacuate if you do see that water rising. turn around, don't drown. that's really my best advice to you. we also have a small craft advisory that has been issued through

and meteorologist erica martin has your most accurate forecast. looking for tomorrow? >> you know what? i think we're going to have a nice stretch. tomorrow's expected high, 92 degrees. 88 on tuesday. that's the fourth of july. and then 86 on wednesday. the only thing is, we could be tracking a couple of scattered showers moving through. however, it really just looks like a mix of sun and clouds, until wednesday when we see more clouds develop. expected high on monday, 86. the lehigh valley, 80s on tuesday. upper 80s for tomorrow. new jersey, 87 as the expected high temperature for the fourth of july. jersey shore, 85 on monday. 79 on tuesday. and delaware seeing a high of 92 tomorrow. and 89 for independence day. coming up, i have your wawa welcome america forecast. back to you, denise. >> all right, erica, thank you. >>>>> the man accused of an act of road rage is behind bars. 28-year-old david desper turned himself in this morning rngs charged with the murder of 18-year-old bianca roberson. the two were trying to merge into traffic when he shot

meteorologist erica martin has your most accurate forecast. sunny clouds tomorrow morning, but it could be a different story for the afternoon rush? >> that's right. we have rain in the forecast, but let's focus, the holiday is not over until tomorrow morning. a live look outside here. looks really fun right now. mostly clear skies for tonight. you take a look up and towards the northwest, you'll be able to see the big dipper, venus and saturn. the forecast, we are seeing developing clouds as denise mentioned. tomorrow, 6:00 a.m., 67 degrees. by 10:00 a.m., upper 70s. a mix of sun and clouds. for the p.a. suburbs, same deal there. 10:00 a.m., we are picking up on the threat of isolated showers moving through at 10:00 a.m., seeing 77 degrees. the lehigh valley, 74 with a mix of suband clouds. jersey shore, sun shooun aine a clouds. coming up, scattered showers moving through, and i have your most accurate ten-day forecast. >>> the driver of this car is dead after crashing her minivan into an animal shelter in new castle. that crash started a fi

. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica martin. we've been tracking storms all afternoon, all evening and tonight. a live look over center city. we are seeing dry conditions, plenty of clouds. at least it's dry right now. i can't say the same for everybody else across our viewing area. satellite and radar image picking up on showers moving across our area and one or two isolated thunderstorms moving through parts of the jersey shore. here is our satellite radar image giving us an idea of when you may be expecting one or two more storms. approximately 11:59 p.m. atlantic city. just the break it looked like 12:02 a.m. right around midnight. ship bottom just after midnight. we're not done yet. we do have more rain and isolated thunderstorms moving through. we have several reports of damage, in fact, throughout this entire evening and for tonight, we've seen hail it, walnut-sized hail, also marble sized hail, strong wind gusts, downed trees and just west of the lehigh valley, we even had a report of a tornado. thankfully, not around he

nbc 10 first alert meteorologist eri erica martin with what's happening right now. >> we're tracking storms moving across the area from west to east, line of storms, really strong storms moving through the delaware valley across the viewing area. we have a severe thunderstorm warning that has been issued until 6:30 p.m. and a severe thunderstorm watch here in pink in effect until 9:00 p.m. of course, we'll be tracking that for you. we've had several reports of downed trees, downed power lines, lots of wind damage. follow us on facebook, social media, get more updates on that. we're focusing locally on what's going on in and around philadelphia. we're seeing showers, strong storms moving across the area. let's time this out. 6:11 p.m., trenton, will see thunderstorms moving across the area. 6:45 p.m., jackson for you, and 6:53 p.m. looks like you will see stronger storms moving across the area from west to east. trenton, 6:11 p.m., keep that in mind. gloucester, seeing the threat of thunderstorms moving across the area at approximately 6:20 p.m. these are fast-moving storms so keep th

let's go to erica martin. >> we are seeing a clearing as far as philadelphia is concerned, but notice the jersey shore, delaware including newcastle and kent counties, you guys are not done. the area of low pressure is just off-shore but kind of rotating and spinning, bringing us more rain in the forecast. this is what radar and satellite looks like right now. however, hour-by-hour forecasts starting at 6:00 p.m. is very promising. we will pause and notice by 8:00 p.m. all of the green is staying south of us. by 11:00 p.m. notice we are seeing clearing skies. by early tomorrow, lots of sunshine for the entire delaware valley. so i think coming up in just a bit in the full forecast you are going to love, lauren, what we do have in store for you tomorrow. see you in a bit. back to you. >>> now to south jersey. a four-year-old girl died and ten others are hurt in an early morning house far in camden. the flames spread quickly through two homes on morten street. nbc 10's drew smith explains the obstacles faced and what has com poundinged the grief for the family. >> reporter: the williams

first alert erica martin has a look at the forecast. >> that's right. we are tracking a first alert for the dangerous heat for the entire viewing area. feels like temperatures 100 degrees and higher. we are concerned with heat exhausti exhaustion. potstown 84 degrees. atlantic city at 91 and millville along with wilmington. even more impressive we are talking about the feels like temperatures very muggy right now, very humid. it actually feels like it's 103 in port richmond. it is 104 in the area it also feels like the triple digits. be sure you stay hydrated, wear light cloegt, apply sun careen a sunscreen throughout the day. i recommend exercising indoors coming up in just a bit. we do have your extended forecast. we'll talk about a break. it doesn't look like it's not going to happen until monday. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> remember, you can track the heat and any summertime storms that can pop up. you know it's always possible with our free nbc 10 app. you can track all of the weather right to your neighborhood. >>> lawmakers are rall

nbc 10 erica martin is tracking this forecast for us. >> we are tracking really hot temperatures and feels like temperatures that are very uncomfortable. philadelphia 88 degrees for you. upper 80s for wilmington and dover. we do have a little bit of a northwesterly wind. it helps just a bit. everything is pretty much stale right over our area. duo have a first alert that has been issued for dangerous heat. it includes everybody in the viewing area. so please be mindful of this throughout the entire day. it is extended through 8:00 p.m. tonight although conditions will be very hot through saturday and sunday. temperatures will be in the 9309300s. we are already seeing it at jersey shore. your feels like forecast for the past couple of days, notice this trend here, from uncomfortable to steamy. it is because the feels like temperatures are mainly or have been in the triple digits. lots of mid-to upper 90s. allentown seeing low 90s for ocean city. atlantic city expected high 90 degrees. smyrna your expected high 94 degrees. your weekend high temperatures trending in the 90s through mond

let's bring in erica martin for a look at what's happening right now. erica?want to give you a wider perspective of what's going on. we have a little bit of a hook. this is what i'm concerned about. i'm going to show you a little closer what we're seeing locally, right around the border of atlantic and cape may counties. so right now you can see this box right behind the radar. this is where we are seeing the tornado warning. it has been issued and in effect until 12:15 a.m. i'm going to step off camera for just one second because i am seeing some more warnings that have been issued, so i just want to click on just a few here. so if you don't mind me, there you go. flash flood warning in effect there. i do want to clear that off the back of the tornado warning in effect until 12:15 a.m. so doppler radar picking up on activity moving through the area. it's moving pretty much from the southwest towards the northeast here, seeing lots of lightning strikes and there is your tornado warning. i'm going to use a product here that we refer to as velocity. and the reas

erica martin, who has two children, an 11—year—old boy and ten—year—old girl.using costs she has about £140 a week to live on for her family of four. welcome both of you. erika, i know you get free school meals during term time. what happens during the holidays? well, during the holidays, there is an organisation called the stjames there is an organisation called the st james centre who offer free meal to say anybody. they offer breakfast and lunch. it takes the strain off most people. and that is for anybody whether they are working or not working. so it's really helpful. and if that wasn't there, if the st james' centre wasn't there, what would you do in the holidays? just try and spread the meals out and work out what, how we can sort of eat the best way, but it's the same for anybody i think. there is a lot of struggles in the suller holidays with days out arthings like that so you need to work it out the best you can. let me bring in frank field then. a report from a group of mps this year talked about three million children being hungry during the summer