south of fredericksburg, westmoreland and points south. so we're not concerned about severe weather in our area. live doppler 9,000hd, you can see we have showers toward warrenton and storms in fredericksburg, but no severe storms. a lot is pushing through, most of the big storms are well south of us into the richmond area. you can see around the beltway, we could see some showers and light rain come through. it's not going to be a washout tonight. warrenton around 66. manassas, fairfax, you may see light rain come through. for tonight, here's what we are expecting. generally partly cloudy conditions. we can see some showers and storms. i think some, especially south and southeast could be strong. not severe. lows 69 to 75 degrees. winds are west at around 10 miles per hour. when i come back, i'll break down your weekend forecast. i'll let you know which day has the better chance for storms and which day will be nicer for you. derek, back to you. >> coming up, virginia gets an answer on his request for federal aide to cover some of the cos

fredericksburg, you're at 94 degrees. still hot for you.o muggy with more storms the next couple of days. storms are likely tonight. watch for damaging wind gusts, 40, 50, 60-mile per hour winds are all possible. saturday some storms are also possible once again and then sunday only a stray storm possible. here's a look at your future cast. the most of the activity should be south of us and after 9:00, 10:00, it should be much quieter. saturday morning we'll see sunny conditions with some clouds out there. again, the afternoon could get active again, but as of now, the severe threat isn't existing for tomorrow. tonight, partly cloudy and muggy. strong to severe, lows 69 to 75 degrees. in downtown, mid 70s. outside the beltway, low 70s, a couple 69s for winchester and martinsburg. for tomorrow morning, kicking off your weekend, partly sunny and muggy. air quality is code yellow, which is moderate. no concerns there. now for the afternoon, grab the umbrella just in case if you're going to be outside. partly sunny and humid with scattered stor

this is from a camera on an auto shop in fredericksburg. damage in the fredericksburg area is expected to take weeks if not months to clean up. >>> we know, tom, meter yo lo meteorlogically that a microburst and tornado are different, but the results look the same. >> good morning. certainly more cool and pleasant. a little less humid overnight, and there is the vow friew from space. radar echo showing light rain, patches of green from north of charlottesville to west of fredericksburg, traveling west to east, and fredericksburg may get a little shower activity and showers in the northern neck. that too passing east. north of there, partly cloudy sky, a half moon in the southern sky this morning and temperatures around the region, much more pleasant, right now, frederick and gaithersburg, sensors are not connected to the network. in the 60s. montgome montgomery, frederick, howard county. prince georges, 70. fairfax and arlington county, 70s, upper 70s by the bay. day planner for tuesday looks like a beautiful day. small chance of an afterno

it is south of fredericksburg.etter news for folks who are closer into our immediate viewing area. here's a lock at the live doppler 9,000hd. we see some showers out to the west and south of us. this is really light stuff. no severe warnings right now. radar lightning, you can see the big stuff is really well south. you can see some showers could be approaching the district and here into the beltway. not all this hitting the ground. you can see out to leesburg and fredericksburg, we are seeing showers come through. i think showers are going to be fairly light in nature. further south, those storms that do bubble up could be strong to severe. now we are under a slight risk for severe storms. that includes the district and also basically areas south and east of town for tonight. main threat being damaging wind gusts. so, just be careful. our michael and son weather camera. 93 degrees dew points in the 60s. winds are north, northwest. outside of the beltway, already in the 80s. 84 in gaithersburg. fredericksburg, you

we will continue to track this storm of cross fredericksburg. -- across fredericksburg. >> the storms in our region -- investigators are responding after a tornado touched down. and some reports indicate trees have been uprooted and buildings have been damaged. >> more problems for the metro system. thousands of stranded today after a system wide shut down. right now, the trains are back on line after everything granted to a halt. >> it was quite a saint. we're learning more about what happened. we have the breaking details from alexandria. >> lemaÎtre says it has a team of technicians -- metro says it has a team of technicians trying to figure out what was behind the trouble. it began just after 2:00 on a busy saturday afternoon. metro was forced to match wrote -- forced to temporarily shut down all five lines. >> they did not tell us anything about -- until about 15 minutes ago. >> the agency said it was a computer glitch. a metro spokesman said the signal system was not affected. train operators were instructed by radio to stop at the next station. the computer was eventually rever

severe warnings south of town and including fredericksburg. and stafford county, virginia until 6:45. so for the next 45 minutes or so you can see we have hail around south of fredericksburg. these are slow moving thunderstorms producing also very heavy rain. looks like these storms are going to be generally come in from the -- coming in the from the doubt. points northward you may have a chance to see storms coming through. we also have flash flood warnings and watches to talk about. west of town we have flash flood watches until midnight for today. this includes west of town, which is a frederick, page, shenandoah county. and essential and northern shenandoah valley. the main concern being storms could cause creeks and streams to rise quickly and out of their banks. you can see a lot of the activity right now is south of us. we have lightning associated with these storms. some of these storms could produce rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour, so we are expecting more storms to come through tonight and also tomorrow. we'll talk about

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fredericksburg -- just near route 1 in fredericksburg. >> we are having trouble with the audio and willk. he's down 50 is back, good news for commuters. >> it was closed in the bowie area because of heat-related road buckling. the rains were expected to remain closed through rush-hour but the crews were able to get them sooner than expected. troubling news for measure commuters to use the green line. both tracks are back in service, meaning you can expect a normal commute. metro officials believe the heat caused friday afternoon that a partial derailment in prince george's county. they repaired 1,000 feet of damaged crack -- track near the west-built station. >> firefighters are looking for the cause of a house fire that happened last night. crews were forced to evacuate the home on marjorie dried in largo after flames engulfed the house. no one was hurt but the home received a significant amount of damage. >> investigators trying to determine what caused enough -- a fire that gutted an apartment building in laurel. dozens are displaced. the fire broke out at the country meadows apartme

>>> 102 in fredericksburg, so intense heat again today. there will be a chance for more strong storms over the coming hours, severe thunderstorm watch goes until 10:00 this evening, but the bulk of the severe threat is now out of northern maryland. you can see here there is a stretch of strong thunderstorms just to the south and east. we'll start there, that storm is going eastbound, losing sbrensty, but still that has lightening associated with it. this storm just to the south and east of fredericksburg, this one is producing some small hail and gusty winds as well and then out into southern maryland. this thunderstorm also needs to be watched carefully over the next couple of hours. so the most biggest threat is down to the south of washington and i think that's where it's going to be stay iing from this point. still 87 here in washington. 75 in lease burg. your sunday evening planner, teps in the low to mid-80s for the next couple of hours, but most of the storms out of here by the 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 time frame. on the seven-day, which i

yesterday in fredericksburg was 105, the day before 104. finally as you'll see with temperatures today, our high temperature today actually a little below average at 87 degrees, believe it or not. now or dulles high 85 and bwi thurgood marshall 86. we did have showers and rumbles of thunder early this morning, very vivid lightning and loud thunder, but all that activity has moved down to our south. check out the temperatures. yes, we've even got some low 70s out there. your eyes do not deceive you. this is actually more reminiscent of what our overnight lows were last week with the worst of the heatwave. overnight tonight i think we'll see some 60s out there. that's some very good news indeed. also wouldn't rule out a shower here and there especially for maryland. a little bit of activity is trying to push on south from pennsylvania, but the bulk of the stronger stuff, the severe activity, is well south around the richmond area. i'll let you know how temperatures look as we progress through the rest of this workweek, but it's good to have t

that is the very latest from here in fredericksburg. >>> monitoring metro now, fully restored service to the green line trains now running on both tracks after a derailment outside the west hyattsville station friday. made row was single tracking to allow time to -- metro was single tracking to allow time to repair. high temperatures kinked the track. no one was hurt. >>> a group of dedicated veterans and school children coming together to help with a project focusing on renewal and remembrance. >>> some londoners are not happy to the a government's plan to position missiles on their roofs. >> that wind you may have heard earlier today, was a sigh of relief coming from everybody in the mid-atlantic the heat wave is over. how things are looking as we head through this workweek. >> good time for an all-star break. >> yes, gnat skipper, davie johnson is keeping an eye on his all-stars. news edge at 6 continues  >>> less than three weeks to go before summer olympics kick off in london. the flame was put out during a trip down the olympic canoeing slalom course. quickly relit from t

fredericksburg reporting 77. the doppler radar is quiet but we will see showers and storms began to pick up in the afternoon. here's the futurecast. daytime highs in the low 90s. tomorrow morning i have concerns. heavy rain depicted across the district, montgomery, and fairfax county round-the-clock tomorrow morning. the showers will move out quickly, then another round tomorrow afternoon. daytime highs will hover in the low 90s. nighttime lows in the '70s. tomorrow, a little cooler at 83-88 degrees. let's get a check on traffic and weather lisa baden. >> i thought we would start with virginia, looks good, moving well. on 66 inside and outside the beltway. nothing to report in tysons where they have been doing construction. looks good on 95 and 395. showing you the pace of traffic moving very well to and from the pentagon on 395 towards the 14th street bridge. travel times in our favor. looks pretty good on metro rail as well as vre and marc rail. 270 has normal travel times. looks the beltway to montgomery and p

in fredericksburg, peggy fox, 9news now. >> what an incredible story. arlington county police say they are following several leads in their search for a hit- and-run driver who killed a pedestrian. the incident happened about 5:30 this morning on southbound route 110. investigators believe the victim was hit while he was in the middle of the road. police identified the man as 62- year-old robert shepherd of lawrence, massachusetts. his girlfriend back in massachusetts reported his missing about two weeks ago. >>> coming up tonight at 7:00 on 9news, a five-year-old boy becomes a hero when his dad collapses from a seizure. hear the 911 calls to help save his father. >> and still to come in this half hour, house republicans work to make good on a promise to appeal the president's healthcare reform law. topper. >> not too bad. temperatures in the upper 80s. we'll take you out with live doppler 9,000. nothing severe, but one heavy storm inbetween manassas and lorton. that's headed off to the south and east. we'll tell you when the heat will return. >> but fi

fredericksburg south showers and that's it for now. keep you posted. temperatures, man, 86 downtown, 82 manassas and andrews, 84 leesburg. i'm just not buying that 90 in frederick. tonight mostly cloudy, comfortable, run the risk of a shower, a thunderstorm possible south and blows 66 to 72. we'll come back and tell you how long we can start a new streak with the 80s after ending the streak with the triple digits. >>> visitors from out of town won't be riding to the top of the washington monument any time soon. we're told replayers might keep the landmark closed until -- repairs might keep the landmark closed until 2014. today the national park service says it's in the process for taking bids for repairs which could take more than a year. >> we're hoping to get it done sooner, but i think we have to say it could be 12 to 18 months and if it is the 18 months that, would take us into 2014. >> crews will need to build scaffolding all around the monument. the price tag for the repairs? right now we're looking at a lost of $15 million. >> in 2014. >>> tonig

south, but all the showers now down towards fredericksburg, more showers back into west virginia. we'll watch these. we have might see an isolated shower tonight but primarily south. temps nice, 82 bethesda, 81 arlington, springfield, looking at rockville 90, probably steaming that beer already, 85 college park and laurel. 78 in vienna, 77 reston, 82 sterling. that sounds nice. so here we go. staying seasonable, isolated thunderstorm possible south of town, comfortable in the burbs. you might open your windows tonight. a lot of clouds tuesday, more sunshine on wednesday. so for tonight mostly cloudy, shower or thunderstorm possible, mainly south of town, mid-60s to low 70s downtown. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy, pleasant, shower or storm possible, 60s and 70s. that's nice and by afternoon we'll call it mostly cloudy. there will be a little sun but comfortable, shower possible, thunderstorm possible to the south, high temperatures near 85. the next three days, for now we'll keep it code green, green and green on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, 87 wednesday, 87 thursday, maybe a

fredericksburg 74. annapolis still hot in the upper 80s. the wind gusts at 21 miles per hour here at the andrews air force base and 16 downtown. 20 in culpeper. it will be breezy in some spots. you're looking at wind gusts around 28 miles per hour. when i come back, we'll talk about the dryer air that is moving in. we'll have a really nice day tomorrow and then we're talking about triple digit heat after that. back to you, derek. >> better enjoy tomorrow, anny. >>> a shift in the issues out on the campaign trail from the economy to foreign policy. that as republican candidate, mitt romney, prepares for his international swing through england, israel, and poland. romney took shots at the president's record while speaking at a veteran's conference in reno. he questioned president obama's leadership for publicizing details about military operations in afghanistan. >> what kind of white house would repeal classified material for political gain? i'll tell you right now, mine will not. >> there are those who argued against a time line for ending

a week after the area was slammed by severe weather, another round tore through yesterday in fredericksburg. the storms destroyed a cheer and dance studio and damaged other buildings. >> and some crews are working around the clock and this is where things stand and that is nearly 4,000 customers without power and bge are reporting more. >> and there is some school closings because of the storms that hit and in ann arundel county, the schools are cancelled and to prince georges county, francis fukes childhood development center and thomas klagett element's schools were closed. >> and at least -- at least the temperatures are feeling better and there is some localized storms and dealing with areas of heavy rain. >> yeah. >> and well their is some pictures. >> yeah. >> and that is a building ripped a part. >> wow. >> and that is enough to do the damage and most of the thunder and lightning to the north there and&that is to frederick and that is some good complex to the north and east and to ocean city and getting some thunderstorms as well and that bottom line, showers and storms here for the

fredericksburg to culpepper got a lot of rain. you can see right now month naz getting light rain as well. flash flooding and high water forcing the closure of a street on wilderness lane in fredericksburg earlier today. another storm report, where we had flash flooding and a road closed. here's a look at what we're expecting for tomorrow. as you're waking up, generally mostly cloudy skies, still mild and muggy. temperatures bottoming out in the, around 69, 75 degrees. by 11:00, we're warm again into the 80s. we also have a better chance for strong, maybe even severe storms tomorrow and also getting hotter. we'll talk more about that a little later. bruce, back to you. >> thanks, anny. >>> computer glitch brings metro rail service to a stop for a short time today. all five rail lines were affected. tonight, the transit authority still trying to figure out what caused that problem. every metro train was ordered out of service just after 2:00 this afternoon, when operators at the system's main control center suddenly could no longer

these are live pictures from news choppers seven flying above fredericksburg, virginia. you can see the damage caused by the powerful storm and is bird's-eye view. we will continue to survey the damage and recovery efforts. we will have the latest reports on abc7 news starting at 5:00 p.m. >> what has culminated into a police shootout has left someone dead. >> this was the scene on the road in mount vernon for several hours this morning. just before 11:30 p.m. last night, fairfax police said two of their officers on patrol saw two men acting suspiciously. they approach the men and one of them ran off forcing police to chase them down. >> at some point, the suspect produced a handgun and began firing toward the officers. >> one of the officers was able to grab his gun and shot back, hitting the suspect. that man was taken to mount vernon hospital and later died. the other suspect got away. one witness said she heard the loud cracking noise and thought it was our works -- thought it was her neighbor shooting of leftover fireworks. >> than we saw the police and we got scare

live in fredericksburg. >> thanks very much. >>> new storm knocked out power to thousands of people across our region pepco is report 540 customers without electricity at this hour, dominion virginia 984 people without power in northern virginia bge reporting 600 people without lights anne arundel, hartford, howard, prince georges counties. >> we are continuing to track storms on the radar tonight but the big red line here is relief from the heat, sue is down in the weather center seems like we can't get a break first it is hot then we get storms now we are cooling off still seeing damage like fredericksburg >> that is jaw dropping damage shawn. ablouisly the national weather -- national weather service will look to see if it is rotational or that fan like burst. the heat wave is over our temperature 8 of degrees the cool -- 86 degrees the coolest we have had since june 26th when it was 82 degrees. check around the region, frederick a warm spot a lot of sunshine there, most places are in the 80s and that is the best news we have had in a long time not the mention, it is not very humid look

. >> the cleanup begins after the weekend's storms damaged several fredericksburg. good morning. now it is monday. i am cynne simpson. .> i'm in today for steve your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. adam.orning, >> we have a frontal boundary will lead to some unsettled weather all this week. we could use the rain and we're it.ting plenty of d some moderate rain pushing eastward and moving into culpeper. we have had our fair share of overnight. ur andk along the 270 spo beltway.the flash flood warning in frederick. all these showers continue to east. there could be some strong morning south of washington. limited sunshine today. highs in the mid to upper 80's with stormeekend daily. >> you will find things slippery around town. road service buckled in bowie. this is the 50 east. they are making road repairs to ready for theg hour.g rush eastbound 50 at 197. closed is the george washington northbound. traffic is forced to go across memorial bridge and into town. a tree has fallen on the parkway. you can see the wet pavement on bridge.ican legion the light volume is he

live in fredericksburg, virginia, melissa mollet, news4. back to you. >> thank you, melissa. >>> the excessive heat that scorched our region for more than a week is finally coming to an end, but the record-high temperatures took their toll. 74 deaths are attributed to triple-digit temperatures across the country. 13 of those deaths were in maryland and 10 were reported in virginia. illinois was the hardest hit by the heat. 18 died there since the beginning of the heat wave. >>> two schools in prince george's county are closed today because they have no air conditioning. they are frances fuchs early childhood center and thomas claggett elementary school. >>> weather is causing problems on the roads as well. danella sealock is here with more on the trouble spots. good morning, danella. >> good morning, aaron. still tracking breaking news on gw parkway. northbound lanes are closed because of a downed tree. closures are from memorial circle to route 123. also, we see high-standing water. this is in reston. burfoot lane is closed from lawyers ro

west of fredericksburg. and maybe far north as perhaps around quantico, a passing shower over the next hour. elsewhere, we are dry and temperatures are in the 60s. these areas in green. north and west of washington, we're in the mid and upper 60s on this july morning. we'll take that. as well as much of northern virginia from loudoun county, in the 60s. and morgantown. 61. mid 70s in washington and our southern and eastern suburbs. day planner, sunrise, 5:52. 9:00, upper 70s, and partly sunny noon time to the mid 80s, and spe isolated storm may be popping up, chance south of the metro area. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. a look at tuesday traffic. >>> good morning. traveling on goldsboro road, closed because of a water main break, might have heard about it yesterday. blocking your path between macarthur boulevard toward tulip hill terrace. all lanes blocked in both directions. i-66, road work along i-66 is gone. hay market, headed all the way in both directions toward the beltway, nice and

the best chance is south of washington and to cocleanual beach and fredericksburg, the best chance of showers and storms and into that southern maryland, too. 76 at bulles -- dills; 77 at bwi marshal and some high temperatures in the 80s and that is not to 95 and above. 85 in washington and annapolis, and almost everywhere. >> and i love it. i felt like when we were walking around this weekend. >> right. >> that you would step outside and can barely walk. >> it was bad. >> and the heat is causing major trouble on some roadways. several lanes on eastbound route 50 and they were shut down yesterday. the roads buckled from the heat and according to the maryland state highway, the lanes have been reopened for the morning commute and light get the latest. >> reporter: so far so good and working around the capitol beltway and to the wet pavement. in some areas, depending on where the storms are and that is some extra time on the roads and the lanes are open and to bowie. no problems to report there and the traffic is flowing freely here and to duke straight and semmary -- seminary road and

fox in fredericksburg. scene of that building collapse where more than 20 people survive. new information tonight reveals it was more than just quick thinking and luck that saved him. >> i saw the ceiling get peeled off and i saw the 30 feet of brick wall. >> it was a microburst that brought down the building on top of heath mullins. he and his wife had been watching his daughter's cheerleading practice. >> the window popped through and everybody go now. >> they all ran into the only room that is still standing, which is made of concrete and steel. it was part of cheer fusion's emergency plan. a plan everyone knew. >> we had a plan and everybody listened to the plan. nobody argued. >> after getting everyone into the safe room, he was trapped outside. >> i never cried that hard in my life. >> relief came soon when they saw heath beat up, but alive and talking. he is just glad it was him out there and not the girls. >> if those girls hadn't been in there, we could have had deaths yesterday. >> in fredericksbu

. >> we found some of the worst damage in fredericksburg. some residents were forced to .ake cover >> a frightening day inside this studio. the roof ripped off and the .alls caved in the teacher ordered all the to the front end of building. >> she was trying to take up the funneland she saw the and she told everybody to get studio. dance >> the damage stretches down the .treet to the strip mall the perkins started this ago.ries store two years >> i can even tell you what feeling. we still are in a state of shock. >> three lanes of rte. 50 are again. were closed yesterday uckling.of road bogg the lanes were expected to stay turn the morning rush hour got out and fix the problem sooner than expected. >> service is back to normal on green line's following a derailment. t as theieve he'da -- the search continues for those ahind the shooting of teenager in southeast d.c. >> the male was shot in the leg, back.and the >> police are best to giving a stabbing in columbia heights. we do not know the conditions of victim. investigators have not release

fredericksburg and spotsylvania county are seeing some light sprinkles.vier rain is in extreme lower st. mary's county and across the potomac and even a bit of lightning and thunder across the bay. it is some beneficial right. the frontal boundary over north carolina dropped sunday afternoon causing storms and its stalled out as they often do over north carolina. it just got lazy and sets. when it does that, it causes unsettled weather. look at the storms along the boundary moving parallel to that which is very common. it has an impact on our weather but is not giving us a week of continuous showers which is what they will have in north carolina. we will have a possible isolated storms every day and into the weekend of this week. 87 degrees this afternoon which is a few degrees above -- below average. we just cannot rule out a stray showers or two or thunderstorm late in the day every day this week. i think the best chance will be friday and saturday. temperatures will not change much all week long. it will be 90 by sunday but there's a better chance of r

gaithersburg at 70. 73 in fredericksburg. showed the showers and storms have fizzled out. partly cloudy across much of the area now. doppler radar is dry. that is good news as we move through the early morning rush hour commute. 92-97 today for the high temperature. heat index around 100 degrees. nighttime lows in the '70s. tomorrow it will be even warmer, 95-100. cold front on wednesday and may bring some stronger thunderstorms. more on that in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. 5:40, 72 degrees. >> coming up, the latest on the scandal at penn state. if what the university says about the controversy over we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. >> coming up at 6:00, we will tell you about a new social networking upside helping a special group of people. helping them live comfortably with a disability. and find out house of recent blockbusters spurred interest

fredericksburg, 95. 98 down there toward pax river.s where the sun was shining that's why we saw temperatures so warm, a little bit more sunshine today. everybody would have been to the 90s but the clouds is a couple of things for us, just like they did yesterday, they kept the temperatures down and they kept that severe weather threat down today. s spotsylvania seeing rain. if you are driving i-95 south, you will see rain toward fredericksburg, that's it. the entire area out of that severe thunderstorm watch, the storms move to the south, become less severe. even better news, numbers tonight, dipping down to 62 in leesburg, 61, fred rib, 70 in washington, 69, fredericksburg, tomorrow morning, low humanity you going to be spec lack l spe. >>> over in london, it's, what almost 12:00, after 12:00, midnight, something like that? you know dan hellie, being the good man he is, in bed. >> asleep. >> resting up for his work tomorrow. carol moloney is here wide awake, tell us everything that happened. >> going to be hectic over there, but it's

about 3 miles south of fredericksburg. on our day, that fateful friday, june 29, we had that sort of damage everywhere across the metro area. that's something more typical for a localized area. let me show you a live look outside. this is pretty dramatic. we're looking at a live look outside. and temperatures upper 70s. that's average. that's okay. dew points low 60s. that's bearable. winds south, southeast at 9. there are clouds out there, but most of us will have a dry commute home. the pressure, 29.98 inches of mercury. all right, let's talk about this video and show you this dramatic video we just got in today. this is a wall cloud. look how fast the wind comes up. this is in spotsylvania county. this is the same storm before it hit that gym. but look at the winds whipping up the debris. this is what we talk about. even dust can cause injuries to your eyes if it's blown fast enough. and winds estimated at 80 miles per hour. you saw the wall cloud a minute ago. dangerous to drive in this type of situation. especially if

. >> 101 in fredericksburg yesterday? >> yup, they're up a degree. >> and keeps on getting hot. >> not a place to be when -- and that is nowhere to be when it's 101. >> not at all. >> and check in with julie wright and the latest on traffic this morning. >> reporter: the place to be is in my pool. >> yes, the julie pool. you're right. >> there is the kitty pool and the julie pool. there is not much difference in the depth, i have to be honest with you. >> the good times, right? >> that's right. >> and beverages are different, i will tell you that. 395 traveling northbound this morning. lanes are open. no problems reported and continuing to seminary road. the trip on 270 was ineventful, no since of road work. the road is repaved in each direction and old georgetown road. the easy drive as you travel, the top stretch of the beltway leaving college park and working past university boulevard. the lanes are open, the free commute and that is flowing freely between baltimore and d.c. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffi

all big showers and stops are south of fredericksburg.peratures, 80 bethesda, 84 arlington, 87 in college park and laurel a little warmer. out to the west low 80s, 81 vienna, 79 reston. 83 in sterling, 84 leesburg and looking at 82 down to manassas. we're looking at a nice stretch of weather. the 80s will be with us probably through the week, maybe an isolated thunderstorm tonight south accident comfortable in the burbs. you might be able to turn the ac off and open the windows. a lot of clouds tomorrow, more sun on wednesday. so for tonight mostly cloudy, shower or thunderstorm possible mainly sought of town, 66 to 72 -- south of town, 66 to 72, winds out of the southeast at 10. tomorrow morning a lot of clouds, pleasant, showers and thunderstorms possible, 60s and 70s, a better chance south. by afternoon mostly cloudy, comfortable, shower possible, thunderstorm possible south, high temperatures near 85 and winds easterly at 10. souct 6 to 74 to start -- 66 to 74 to start, 83 to 86 by evening, maybe a shower. good news 9 weather alert co

threat will be south of town as these storms begin to migrate south and east toward culpeper and fredericksburg. look at temps. we haven't seen this in a long time. we've got 60s, we've got 70s, 80s and 90s on the map it. did hit 101 today both at national and dulles, a record high at dulles. we're down to 84 downtown, 79 gaithersburg, 77 frederick, 81 in leesburg. we'll come back and talk about the prospect of more storm overnight and we're not done with storms after today, nope. more storms on the way later in the week. we'll tell you how strong they'll be. >>> here's an example, a lightning strike setting a house on fire in kensington. it happened on devin place when storms moved through this afternoon. we talked with the homeowner who describes in vivid detail what happened. >> lightning struck this tree out here and the branch fell down. i came out to look at that and heard somebody scream. it was my daughter. i looked over here on the side and some paneling was down off the side of the house in back there and i thought i smelled smoke. i called 911. about 15 firemen came in looked through

fredericksburg 100. you factor in the humidity and it feels like 108 in fredericksburg and 109 in culpeper. hagerstown 107 and even cumberland at 106. we have a severe thunderstorm warning off to the northwest of us into pennsylvania. a chance for some stray storms are possible in the area and do keep that in mind. partly cloudy for the evening and it will be hot and muggy. again a stray storm possible if it does surface, it could be severe. so watch out for that lows will be 75 to 80 degrees. when i come back we've also declared tomorrow a severe weather alert day because of the potential for some big storms. we'll talk more about that break it down for you and let you know when that relief is on its way. back to you. >> all right anny. >>> while most people in the area do have power tonight there are still some people in the dark and without air- conditioning. surae chinn visited several neighbors today in montgomery county and joins us now live from bethesda. surae? >> reporter: well, pepco still has

index even at 10:00 at night, still feels like 96 degrees, quantico 100, feels a little cooler in fredericksburg with a temperature of 88 degrees. now listen, in anticipation of saturday and we were talking about this, we've been talking about it the last couple days or so, a heat index of 110 to 115 degrees has already been issued for the area. i don't know why it's not popping up right there, but just keep that in mind. i think tomorrow's heat index is probably going to be 100 to 105. they haven't issued it yet, but i'm just about sure they'll issue a heat advisory around here for tomorrow. it does get cooler. we can see the light at the end

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. >>> they took a hard hit in fredericksburg. last night strong winds nearly flattened several businesses along a stretch of fleming street. four people, including two children, window up in the hospital. now officials from the national service are trying to figure out if it was indeed a tornado that caused the damage. melissa mollet reports. >> reporter: witnesses say it sounded line a train. it was raining so hard you could hardly see outside. now this building behind me is almost completely gone. cars smashed in the parking lot next door, dao debris everywhere. it's amazing to think no one was seriously hurt. the storm came from the northwest barrelen across jefferson davis highway, first slamming into this strip mall. at virginia mattress direct, the roof gone. through the glass, you can see a pile of debris inside the set and trend salon. a portion of the roof was lifted off, smashing it onto the owner's suv. clyde garland owns a used car lot just across from the debris. >> couldn't believe it. something i had never seen bef

this was the scene in fredericksburg earlier this evening.royed the cheer fusion dance studio there. the roof crashed onto the house next-door. currently about 5,800 people are without power in northern virginia and that is down from 10,000 at the top of our broadcast. so they're really getting a handle on these outages. >> gwen has been tracking the storm for us. time for an update tonight. certainly not nearly as bad as last friday. >> absolutely. that's because the winds were not quite as strong, but it's been a very active night. let's take a look at radar. what we've been dealing with is a front system that moved its way to the south -- a frontal system that moved its way south from pennsylvania that. front is moving into a very unable hot air mass we've had in place today with record breaking temperatures, a lot of instability and just set everything on fire tonight with all the storms that we've had and the dew points are still very high. as a result there are various areas the storms are beginning to redevelop across some of our neigh

heavy storms southwest continue culpeper down through fredericksburg and beyond. storm on the eastern shore. shows were all the energy as. evening through the settle down aill bit. we will turn less humid late tonight as drier air moves in. tomorrow, check this out. senate, cooler, less humid. to it, majored coming by thursday. temperatures may approach 100 degrees on thursday. i will explain what is up in a fewming minutes. >> that does not mean you have not lost your mind. remember you can track the storm wjla.com. on and on the app for your smartphone. in the movie theater massacre in colorado. are preparinges remember their loved ones. >> funeral services have been scheduled into next week. the funds set up to help reached the $2 million market. fromincludes a donation warner brothers studios. --after every tragic debate every tragic shooting guns debate about how guns are .old >> kris van cleave has more on what our officials are saying about the new push. >> the victims and their get past it.r the pain is always there. >> the deadly colorado shooting has dem

what we got now showers moving through generally light showers, fredericksburg, waldorf through d.c., annapolis, baltimore, maryland right now some more moderate rain. on the western side of the county. we got a big break and then after 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., strong line that's going to come in to our area. does have some lightning with it. so we might have some high winds. i don't think we'll have anything over 40 definitely some lightning and more downpours. we're at 81 degrees. gone from hot to very stormy to really wet and on the cool side. our temperatures will dip down to mid-70s by 11:00 p.m. it's rain, rain, overnight. tomorrow morning showers starting out at 66 and 71 degrees. depends on what side of the front you'll be on and indeed ate front that's right through d.c. with an area of low pressure that's moving east along that front and that's what's going to allow us to see more showers and storms across parts of the area tomorrow. if you're on the north side of this front, mainly areas north of d.c., you'll have kind of a cool showery type of conditions tomorrow. on the sout

did a tornado hit parts of the fredericksburg area last night? several businesses were flattened and four people were sent to the hospital, including two children, after some storms there. news4's melissa mollet is live now with more on the damage. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. whatever it was, it was very, very fast and furious. take a look here behind me. we're on fleming road here in fredericksburg. let me explain what happened. i know it is a little bit dark, but i do want to show you, back there, there is a white structure, a concrete structure, two stories tall, called shear fusion. 20 girls and their parents were inside there last night when this storm ripped through it actually ripped the roof off that building. then look here as we pan to the left. the roof came about one block over. you can see all the debris, duct work, drywall, and again, a little hard to see in the dark, but that black mask is the roof to shear fusion. a little bit down the street, we have more video as well. there is more damage done at a s

this is from a camera at an auto shop in fredericksburg. see the strength of wind and pounding rain. it brought down trees and power lines, damage in the fredericksburg area expected to take weeks, if not months to clean up. >> serious damage there. >>> right now, no storms to speak of. cooler july morning. what a welcome change. yesterday felt nice as well. and we're hoping the pattern lasts longer. we need reloaf. >> a real blessing to those who have to work outside, doing roofing work or raying asphalt or any outside work. nice break for mid july. around the storm 4 hometown network. jessup, 66. manass manassas, 68. germantown, 65, alexandria, 74. pleasant temperatures. we have rain falling as we look at radar and the cloud cover. getting heavy downpours here in far southern maryland, near lexington park. and far north as solomon, off to the east and down to the northern neck. farther west, few sprinkles. and north, partly cloudy. west rest of the day, partly sunny and temperatures to mid 80s by noon time. mid 80s by upper to late aftern

fredericksburg, good morning, you are 69 degrees. generally nice. little warmer closer to the bay. annapolis is 78. i mentioned close to the potomac, our temperatures are running in the mid-70s. 76degrees as well. we have 59 degrees on your map. 59 in cumberland. that gives you an idea how nice it is off to the west and to the north. not a lot to talk about. we've been waking up with a lot of sunshine. should be a bright sunny start to your monday. we have the possibility of a few scattered showers or storms but to be honest with you, i think the chances aren't great. we aren't going for see a whole lot of activity later today. high pressure will keep us generally dry today and is responsible for the cool weather here this morning. that will move offshore. our winds will shift down to the south. you will note i the humidity will be on the increase over the next 24 hours. we will gradually get more humid here as we get into the afternoon and evening. let's do the futurecast, see if we can find any rain and/or thunderstorm activity later today. nothin

the same in culpeper. 75 in fredericksburg. the satellite and radar quiet and drive across the mid- atlantic. highs around 95-100 degrees expected. dew point levels below the heat index around 101. scattered clouds over night, warm and muggy mid 70's, low 80's. chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. mid to upper '90s ahead of the storms with the heat index readings around 100 or so. tomorrow will feel warmer than the temperatures. >> i don't have any major issues to report. 66 eastbound near nutley street, there's a broken-down vehicles. vdot is on the way to the scene and should have that gone shortly. lingering road work on the beltway to the toll road. outer loop near braddock road. outer loop near new hampshire. 66, we spoke about the stalled car, but we are giving you normal travel times between christmas and baltimore. nothing very problematic at the wilson bridge. this is a picture of 270 near father hurley boulevard. back to you. >> thank you. looking at 75 degrees. >> a familiar face returns to the district. learn what is >

obama will be in charlottesville and fredericksburg. virginia and florida are considered crucial swing states. this afternoon republican mitt romney will attend a campaign rally in new hampshire. yesterday he toward a small business in massachusetts. he hammered president obama for not meeting more often with his jobs council. romney's comments came as he meets with top aides about potential running mates. advisers say a decision could come within days. turning to business news, racial disparities still persist in the mortgage industry >> . students victimized by subprime lending. let's say good morning to linda bell at blumberg in new york. >> happy friday. were the students victims of subprime loans like home buyers? a government report said that students were burdened with heavy debt burdens at the hands of subprime-style private loan markets. they can have fixed rates. black and hispanic home owners received significantly more government-backed loans. government-backed mortgages are insured by the faa or guaranteed by the department

it hit 99 degrees in frederick in fredericksburg and across the area. we are still in the upper 90's. 99 at reagan national appeared still 100 at bwi-marshall. as we head to the evening temperatures will drop. on the in the 70's 280's overnight. right back to close to 100 degrees tomorrow. the humidity will feel more like 105. a heat advisory goes into effect everywhere east of the blue ridge tomorrow morning. >> we continue to that with a look at people who have no choice but to deal with the heat. >>kendice is live on the national mall with more people like you who have to commute in the conditions. >> it is one thing to see the numbers but it showed you and a whole another thing to feel it. whether you are working like these guys were on the mall all day, the heat and humidity made life difficult. you could see the heat and humidity on so many people oppose the faces today. if you or anywhere outside today, you could not avoid the miserable conditions. >> it is really hot. >> imagine having the most heavy equipment in this weather like the crew from

this afternoon and evening fredericksburg had a lot of rain. the good news, all of the watches come up warnings, flash floods, long gone. take a look outside as we move through saturday evening. temperatures have slowly fall and into the 60's and 70's in the district. lincoln memorial, looking great. a few showers, mainly north and west of d.c. 88 degrees the high temperature at reagan and national airport one degree below average. last week at this time, we were sizzling. it is now 78 degrees, the dew point levels are beginning to increase. that is why it is beginning to feel a little bit more uncomfortable outside. wtop radio a quarter of an inch of rain. chesapeake beach, hardly anything at all. timber interests outside across the board 73 in manassas, quantico is 80 degrees. looking at how the temperatures are still very warm. 85 in minneapolis, a great indication of what is on the way. dew point levels, 70's. very uncomfortable. we are not looking at a record- breaking highs warm enough that we could see heat index readings around 105 degr

. >> the worst of the damage was in fredericksburg. wind blew apart a gymnasium that dozens of cheerleaders were using as a practice facility last evening. it also knocked out power to parts of our area once again just days after the recovery from the storms on june 29. richard reid is on storm watch tonight. he is live from warrington, virginia with the efforts on the clean up there. >> this toppled tree will be the top of the town. take a look at it. it is huge. they have everything here. high winds driving rain, power outages. take a look at this photo of a house just down the street. a tree limbs that look like tentacles. the weather here has been a major headache. >> nature's fury did not pull any punches in this county. >> trees were just blowing all over. >> high winds and stinging rain battered the area. >> i've never heard it russia against the house like that. >> the storm split -- i've never heard it rush against a house like that. >> the storms but trees and knocked down fences. >> it was coming horizontal league. >> in thi

fredericksburg is 105, hagerstown feels like 98 degrees. so yeah, it is really uncomfortable outside. right now our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son is showing clear blue sky out there. we have a chance for pop-up storms this evening. the temperature is 99. that's the air temperature, but when you factor in the humidity, yeah, it feels like we're over 100 degrees. now the radar in the immediate d.c. metro area is quiet, but we've got storms to the south of us and also up to the north that we're watching. so i think tonight we'll just see some pop-up storms. the atmosphere is unstable. it's been so warm and human that if those storms materialize, they could end up being strong or severe, but you can see now we are quiet for the hour. now the severe outlook for severe weather for today does include the d.c. metro area. these areas you see are highlighted in yellow, the main threat being damaging wind gusts and hail today. now temperatures elsewhere, you want a break from the heat, you got to go far up north to boston in the

you folks in fredericksburg, which had two inches or more of rain earlier this evening.ore rain coming, nothing is strong or as heavy as what we saw earlier. rumbles of thunder out here. we'll talk about all this coming our way overnight and what your suffered and monday is starting to look like. one thing, it's looking very warm for the upcoming week, jim. >> forewarned, we'll see you in a bit. police are trying to 23ig out who killed a man in the hallway an apartment building in prince georges county. someone reported gunshots around 6:40 this evening. police got there found a man's body. no word yet on the motive or the victim's identity. >>> d.c. police are looking for a man who robbed and sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint. police say a man attacked the victim just before 5:00 thursday morning. this is a picture of him. this happened on 18th street southeast. the man pulled a gun, demanded money and sexually assaulted her. and then he says or she says he walked her to a nearby atm and forced her to withdraw cash. the man was last seen walking east in the 1300 bl