hail in sacramento and plenty of rain and wind all around the bay area. plus it's just the beginning of what could be a very wet week. a look at it all now. >> saw a little bit of everything. a bit of good news for beta breakers. just in time this morning, a few widely scattered showers around san francisco, as can you see there from the time lapse so the first half of the morning was mainly dry. completely different story, looking at hail and downpours on 680 right around lunchtime and oakland fo the most part missing out from some of those showers, but yand c see the thunderstorms off to the north during the afternoon. c now right now most of the aion has cleared out of the south bay. somehe of the hail dropping thunderstorms south of livermore have sco oedffff to the centr vall and ova last drop of rain moving off to the north and east towards berkeley. the north bay clearing out, but what's not clearing out is the sierra. while beta breakers had a decent time. the weather complthely chained forces for stage one which didn't get under way which is stil

all hail the tigers. they win, 10-2. >>> take another look, the ball went right through the webbing of his glove. the story gets even stranger. that's one of the mets he playfully stole before this season. he got no love from helton's glove. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> the latest sharp business move by lady gaga, your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, people read the daily comics for lots of reasons. but for more, it's not a life-changing experience. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. coast al california clouds and cooler air. in the valley areas they look good along with arizona and nevada. showery weather coming on with california. we'll try to draw you out in the northwest tomorrow. see a collection of masks and learn how they were used in western societies. face-to-face in the mu seseum o natural and cultural history. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. h

with that the worst, worst thing are hail -- hail one, 1. 5, bigger than quarter-sized hail.le-per-hour wind gusts. no tornadoes reported, and again, no tornado warnings or watches. warnings being tornadoes are imminent or being seen by doppler radar, watches mean the atmospheres are ripe for tornadoes. we have that working in our favor. here's the current scenario. we were showing you the devastation from yesterday. but here's the rain, and of course the thunderstorms, there's springfield, missouri. of course the same area under the gun once again. but not to the severity that we saw yesterday. of course, this yellow box showing severe thunderstorm watches and warnings. again, this area poised for severe weather, which we are seeing. here's this line, we saw this right when brian was on, the heaviest, we saw the pictures of the dark clouds thickening, coming from the west. the strongest line you see delineated there in the red. you see this bow echo. bow echo meaning winds pushing very strongly. so winds really the biggest factor. there goes the first line. just about to get

some of which, the more intense ones are producing hail and some pea-sized hail might be possible and one of our photographers saw that. heads up if you have under one of the more intense downstorms and not everyone is in the rain. we want you to think about this in terms of the showers. moving from the northwest to the southeast and clearly not the coverage that we had earlier this morning when widespread light rain produced a half an inch and this is over arlington with heavier rain and the pea-sized hail. going to pulse up and head on down. get that in alexandrea and camp springs. moves along the potomac river to the the southeast. and that is how it's going to go and when that sun goes down, we're going to see the showers detectiving. >>> something else, temperatures not that we're going to see frost and freeze in the metro area, but over to true view. i want to you see what we're going to watch to the west. we have had, of course, yesterday in the lower 80s and today, cooler and some freeze advisories and frost advisories for the shenandoah valley and that is what you're seeing h

some isolated storms could produce wind damage, hail, maybe even an isolated tornado. would be 5:00 this afternoon until around 9:00 or 10:00 this evening. then much cooler after midnight. showers lingering. this time tomorrow, the 50s. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend. big changes on the way. details at 6:51. >> tom, had an accident quickly cleared by vdot. it was in the right lane 395. however, pull back and show you delays have developed north from the pentagon coming up passing army navy drive. stop and go along the way. but, again, the accident has been cleared. so very good news there. top side of the beltway, outer loop is loading up pretty quickly as you come from new hampshire avenue to georgia avenue. inner loop, be careful. we're going to have sunshine delays eastbound as you head east from rockville pike. out on the rails, still having a good morning. metro and vre, one minor delay, marc camden 841. >> jerry, thank you. >>> 6:42, 64 degrees. a spring-time tradition for coffee lovers is coming back. >>> don't know what it is but >>> don't know

but this is hail. just across 97. georgia avenue way past sunshine. that is indeed hail.ll some pretty good rains back. now, go back to the south and west because there is a trailing storm. this is a pretty good storm right here that also is moving off to the northeast. we will put this into motion. where is it going to go in the next hour? it weakens a little bit and just kind of rolls into poolsville, over towards gaithersburg and alny around 108. in the next hour that will happen. temperatures cooling a little bit especially up to the north. leightonsville 61. 69 in rockville. 67 arlington and downtown. a few showers this weekend but really not a washout. not that bad. some early showers or thunderstorm tonight. saturday morning great for gardening. a few showers for mom. more south though actually and mild all weekend. here is a look at our futurecast. put this into motion. by tonight just a few leftover clouds. that's it. by tomorrow morning pretty much pure sunshine. a great start. much like today. it was beautiful in the morning. then we go through the day. getting

mainly for sunday at this point and also that potential here of some hail.s we head throughout tonight, we'll see cloud cover and even into tomorrow morning, we'll start off with some cloudy skies, but it's not until saturday evening that we start to see the rainfall build offshore and that will be pushing into our sunday forecast. expected totals, anywhere from a tenth to a quarter of an inch and we'll see those higher totals where we get those storms developing. in terms of sierra snow, we could see eight to ten inches. for sunday evening at this point. for tonight, 44 in los gatos. 49 in santa cruz. 50 in concord and 47 in san rafael. and if you are looking for something to do this weekend, marin, sonoma, concord. this will be going off rain or shine. $20 admission and that also helps out hospice by the bay. all proceeds going to hospice by the bay for that event. saturday forecast, 66 in evergreen. 65 in dublin. tomorrow's saturday. that the that is good news. 63 in san mateo. 67 in concord. 66 in napa and the north bay, plenty of upper 60s to near 70s.

sent it videos and photos of the surprise hail storm. you can site came down hard in napa. in mountain view, brad caught some hail pellets on his sleeve at lunchtime. leigh glaser has the latest. >> leigh: we also had numerous lighting strikes, especially in the sacramento valley. you can clearly see thing before of the rain has move to the east. we'll go in closer. just a few little spotty showers here and there. but, folks, second round is due in here by this time tomorrow, and that could possibly mean delays for the amgen race again, as they head into monday night and tuesday. definitely the statements -- staged expected on tuesday. rainfall totals 24 hours, pretty good. santa rosa, over a quarter of an inch. san francisco, a quarter inch. lesser amounts towards the east bay. more rain in the forecast. >> alan: now, late today, officials issued a tsunami alert for parts of papua new guinea after a significant earthquake struck off the coast. the 6.5 quake struck at 10:30 this morning beneath the sea floor. therewere no immediate repor

showers, thunderstorms, hail.es for your work week and finally some sunshine on thursday and friday. for those of you driving through san francisco? let me show you the street closures. through the embarcadero, howard st., ninth street, and even into golden gate park the streets are going to be closed and the side streets along the route. think of alternative routes. 9:31. >> marty: thank you. keeping up with our baby the zazzle bay to breakers route. -- the zazzle bay to breakers coverage from the embarcadero, to howard. to jfk drive through golden gate park. and another turn at the great highway. we are having an online costume contest. gabe slate for explains a gabe slate tech report how to enter and what you can win. >> one of the best parts is the costumes. this year we are going to pay you for your creativity and good old-fashioned salinas. enter you custom into the concert contest for your silliness for a $50 gift certificate and even send it from our smart phone. ' liveshare' is required for your smart pho

a kindergarten teacher hailed as a hero. her students ducking and singing while gunfired raged just outside. >>> and best friend. there's a reason they brought one of these fearless warriors to get osama bin laden. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. i'm kate snow in tonight for brian. on this memorial day when america honors the fallen, it's worth remembering u.s. military men and women are currently in harm's way in three fronts. in afghanistan, america's longest war. in iraq, where the combat mission is over but nearly 50,000 american troops remain as advisers, and now in libya as part of a nato support mission. we'll hear from some of those serving far from home on the broadcast tonight. first here in this country today, president obama paid tribute to american war heroes as he laid a wreath at the tomb of unknowns at the lincoln national cemetery, and he got a little personal, too. >> to those of you who mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart goes out to you.

did have some hail just to the north. crossing 28.oing to eventually head here an crossover 270. we will back out a little bit and kind of get your bearings. pretty big storm and it could actually end up producing some hail and strong gusty winds. where will it go in the next hour? it will crossover right through irvana right over the area. risk of thunderstorm over the next few hours. quite pleasantdown. 69 in arlington. 68 also in bethesda. some 70s. 74 in rockville. 71 in great falls. here's the deal. a few showers this weekend. not a washout. early showers tonight. saturday morning great for gardening or the march for babies. do that. good news, mild all weekend. for tonight, shower or thunderstorm possible. partly cloudy and cool. 46 to 54. winds west-northwest at about 10. now tomorrow morning fantastic. partly cloudy and pleasant. need your shades. 40s and 50s. winds west-northwest at 10. tomorrow afternoon kind of like today. clouds come back. still mild. but a shower or a sprinkle possible. high temperatures in the lower 70s.

the official reaction from pakistan, they are hailing the united states for this raid.oups within pakistan, including the taliban, that are vowing to retaliate. >> well, tracie, there's been a call by a lot of folks for some sort of proof to be provided by the white house to prove, in fact, that was bin laden and that it was he who was killed. what do we know about the white house's plans for that? certainly they must have tried to figure that out well before this thing ever happened. >> reporter: absolutely. you bring up a good point. we are told one of the reasons they didn't bomb the compound, that they decided to do this much more dangerous and delicate operation of raiding the compound with navy s.e.a.l.s is so they would have prove. there are pictures of him being shot, we're told, over the left eye. there are photos and video, we believe, of him being buried in a white shroud at sea. obama administration has not said whether or not or when they will release that information. i'm told there was dna testing done to make sure it was osama bin laden. >> tracie potts,

hail and lightning, all of that possibility.thursday, a brief break and then even more grain as we head into the weekend. keep in tune to to kron 4. we will keep you updated. let's get the current conditions was george's on our traffic. >> 683 pleasanton is a hot spot this morning. i have been checking around to see if there are any unreported incidents or accidents. there is nothing to account for what appears to be unusually slow traffic. pacific city south from 580, just past 84, it is possible for a could be a sensor anomaly, but we have some phone calls and say it is closed from council would stone ridge down to 84. definitely slower than usual traffic. pour it is a hot spot even though we cannot live in the incident to account for it. here is a bridge to check. this lower traffic and we have seen in a while. if the back of between but warren westbound 80, your best progress ride. is the 80 approach. on the san mateo, no problems in either direction. the golden gate bridge has been a problem for you for some time with moder

take a look at some of the tennis ball-size hail that fell in st.missouri, and more severe weather is expected particularly in the southern plains, we've got all of the meteorological elements in place including tropical moisture, a surface and upper level low and as far as tornadic activity is concerned we're focusing on the southern plains but do have the threat of damaging winds and hail as far north as chicago even detroit, michigan. today's high, some drier weather down in the south that's still very warm in arizona. phoenix topping out at 93 and we are also expecting 93 degrees in atlanta, georgia, today, so it is going to be hot, hot across the south. that is a look a >>is wea >>> this weather report has been brought to you by roundup extended control, dan and bianna. >> jackie, thank you. >> she's so good with that term tornadic activity. very scientific sounding. >> bravo, jackie. >>> coming up on "good morning america," the oprah countdown has begun. just three shows to go. we'll take a look at somehow she's going to say good-bye to her le

storm going the produce the possibility of isolated thunderstorms we could be in for gusty winds and hail to go with that. 8:00 a.m. in the morning, scattered showers, hit and miss as the main cold front has gone on by. we see occasional showers and occasional lightning strike roll on through until the evening hours looks like we may catch a brief break monday morning but another system dives into the bay area. temperatures well below normal, highs 50s out towards the coastline 50s valleys, low 60s warmer spots and that is just about it then it looks like we have more rain coming, tomorrow looks like another storm system late in the day monday bring rainfall overnight monday night showers continuing into tuesday by wednesday partly cloudy skies should dry things out warm up into thursday after that next friday more clouds rolling back in, there is a slight chance of showers next weekend that is a look at weather back to you. >>> thanks for that. >>> the 100th running of the largest and whackiest foot race in the world is going on right now bay to breakers almost didn't happen this year be

. >>> an air traffic controller and a pilot are hailed as heroes for a dramatic mid-air save over colorado. a private pilot became incapacitated forcing his wife to fly the plane. tom costello has more. tom? >> reporter: ann, good morning. the plane is not pressurized so

night and sunday for that chance of scattered rain, possible thunderstorms, and even some isolated hail, because that cold air is going to be so close to the surface it will make it easy for the rain drops to freeze and produce some pea-size hail. 67 concord, low to mid-60s in the north bay. okay. we've been preparing you for it all week, so if you are doing bay to breakers throughout this weekend, get creative with those costumes sunday morning because there still is that chance for wet weather and it's cold in the 50s in san francisco. and we're going to have to wait until next week, we're talking thursday and friday until we see temperatures get back to right around where they should be. with some mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. so one more, let's hope, last gasp of some winter weather this weekend. i want some warm weather. >> we're going to hold you to it. >> yeah. yeah. >> thank you, jeff. >>> well, from the bay area to the big time, the bay area high school band celebrating an honor tonight. >>> and an update to our breaking news in san francisco in the mission district, a t

the storms go up and up and up and form hail across the upper and middle levels and the hail is spinningd it gets translated to the ground and eventually all of that upward motion turns into a center where it's called a m oechlt socyclone and then it can be a tornado. here's downtown joplin. it did not go through downtown joplin. it was a couple miles south. path about half a mile wide from 20th to 26th street and then eastward all the way almost towards duquesne. if you have relatives in joplin and you cannot get ahold of them, they are probably fine. the northern part of joplin is literally just fine. it's the southern part is where the damage s. almost cutting the city in half. you almost can't get from one city to the next because the roads are so clogged with debris. drew? >> chad, thanks. >>> up next a. closer look at how it all unfolded, second by second, including video of a group of people who survived inside a convenience store cooler. stay right here. f, yet an instant classic." with sports car styling and power, plus the refinement and space of a luxury sedan, the jaguar xf i

unfortunately there is a risk that an isolated storm could produce damaging winds, hail, maybe even an isolated tornado. then much cooler and a wet start tomorrow morning. a look at the rest of the week, the weekend at 6:21. how's traffic, jerry? >> tom, chopper 4 checking for the report of an accident. reported to be westbound route

some of showers we have tomorrow those could have hail but today it's a steady rain.t now, pretty quiet. let me back out of the picture and look to the left side of screen, you can see the clouds. it's breezy and deeper and wider and a lot of moisture in them. we're going to get a good soaking this afternoon. temperatures in the 40s and the 50s. as we head into the afternoon hours, 6-17 degrees below average. that is how cold it's going to be as we threaten some record cold-high temperatures today. upper 50s to low 60s. rain moves in around noon and it keeps going. it becomes more showery in nature tonight and we could get a third to two-thirds of an inch of rain. higher entanglements higher elevations. thursday and friday, temperatures back to average before a cooling trend saturday and sunday. >>> a couple of slow spots all in the east bay. here is a live shot in berkeley. still no trouble on the east shore freeway. looking good from the carquinez bridge, bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is backed up to the west grand overcrossing. 680 in walnut creek, so far as you m

ben affleck's character got away with the money, but most of the others die in a hail of gun fire.was a great movie but i have to say the disguises are eerie. >> just filming the sequel in illinois and the fbi and nobody else knows about it. >> that's their take on it. >> that's all it is. appreciated. thank you so much. coming up, your tuesday morning weather. in sports, the reds go down swinging -- literally. swinging -- literally. at bayer, we've been relieving pain for over 100 years. and today, we're re-inventing aspirin for pain relief. with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief right to the site of your tough pain. ♪ in fact, it's clinically proven to relieve pain twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspirin. extra strength pain relief, twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspirin. foto be theres a calling for the veterans who protect our freedoms working with today's va i can use my license anywhere in the u.s. in the city or the wide open spaces it's amazing how you can grow as a doctor a nurse a ph

not just for the hail but strong thund sler. high quite cool to wrap up the weekend. monday morning, we'll catch a break from the rain. monday night into tuesday, one more batch of showers. for now looks dry with 70s coming back. it will be a wild finish to the weekend. not just the outfits of beta breakers but plenty of wild weather. >> thank you rob. >>> some people in santa cruz had a chance to see one of their newest stars today. you know who it is? it's james durbin rocking the beach boardwalk right now. the heavy metal hero made it to the top four in "american idol" but was just voted out this week. he can only perform a maximum of four songs. we're told he is expected to sign some autographs.act with er contract wit "american idol" he cannot perform more than that. >>> girls learning about teamwork one step at a time. he! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? [ male announcer ] only at&t u-verse lets you follow your favorite channels on one screen.

. >>> that sound you're hearing is large hail smashing windows in parts of eastern kansas. this is happening in topeka. high winds also snapped large tree limbs. >>> it's coming! power lines right here. >> all right, and here is what some storm chasers caught up with in oklahoma. a funnel cloud that was forming there, and i will leave this picture up, not just what we have. reynolds what are you seeing? >> a tornado, might be a funnel cloud but if you look at the ground there's rotation picking up. whenever you have the contact with the earth's surface it's classified not as a cloud any longer but a tornado. one of many that popped up, from eyewitness confirmation and many others were picked up on radar, the complete opposite of say a hurricane, a long lasting event, like an elephant's gestation period. we see a hurricane develop across the atlantic, in some cases takes up to weeks to make its way across. these tornadoes strike quickly and as you can see, in kansas obviously tuscaloosa, when they strike they don't have a lot of time to react and take cover. >> they have to

i almost pulled into a car wash to take shelter from the hail.nd of mine called and he wanted me to pick him up and take him some place safe. so i picked up my friend and as i got into my garage just in time to avoid the hail, because that's when the storm hit and it was pretty severe. we took shelter. and after the storm passed, we were heading across town to make sure that my friends were all right. and i saw the damage and the emergency vehicles and i brought my camera with me. i started walking south towards 30th. i got closer to 26th street on south main and saw the car wash where i almost pulled in and it was just devastated. >> the pictures, i about the way, are still photographs that you took. they are really amazing, the devastating images. describe the town now. what is it like? >> well, as i was saying yesterday, as i was walking down south main street, as i got closer to 26th, the damage just became more and more severe. and after a couple of blocks, a few blocks, it was hard to discern where you were at and hard to tell what street y

we had sunshine, clouds, rain showers, hail, thunderstorms even some snow.owers have been diminishing in coverage quite a few in the last few hours as you can see on tracker 2. but we still have some storms to talk about in the next 48 hours. you can see a few spotty showers, very light up in parts of the north bay closing in on marin county. and out toward the santa cruz mountains closing in on monterey. look at the over all story for tonight. rainfall develops. if you've been wanting your forecast. partly cloudy skies and temperatures warming up a bit. you can see the lowest location in the low 40s with napa and santa rosa. santa rosa 42, san francisco 49 and livermore starting out monday morning in the lower 40s. here is our next storm developing out here in the pacific and this will be the biggest factor as you head into your monday. this was the pattern for today. the cold area of low pressure was in place. that probably had the unsettled pattern for today. this is moving out pretty much right now. and that will set the stage for another storm to move i

wednesday, thundershower activity, hail, lightning. thursday, we are ok.riday, another system rolls through as we head into the weekend. this definitely does not look like summer in the bay area. 6:19 a.m.. >> let's start with a look at the debris to toll plaza. the metering lights have just been activated. -- this is at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is still not too bad a ride for the westbound commute. we will continue with our bridge check since there are no hot spots this morning. on the san mateo bridge, close to normal but lighter than usual on the west fan outside. the ride on the golden gate bridge, four lanes from the north tower heading towards the toll plaza. here is another view of the golden gate bridge and traffic heading inbound from the span. there are no backups or delays. on the dumbarton bridge, here is a look at the first bit of a backup for highway 84 coming of new work heading towards east palo alto. highway 880 101, no problems on the stand. >> it has been nine days since the tornado hit joplin missouri. here are the latest pictures.

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very large hail expect from the systems. it means that there's a possibility of tornadoes, that is what you see the red box around this area. the same thing down in which a tall, this will push to the east as the head through tomorrow. >> we are showing out and i think near oklahoma city oklahoma law the tornado has possessed touchdown. quiz shows the severe storms in the area. we are getting word from the emergency workers that at least two people have been killed. from the severe weather and the tornado that touched down in the area, we will continue to follow the story and give you updates throughout the newscast. coming up at home, we have a look at the traffic in san francisco, traffic at 80- 101 and the lower deck of the bridge, moving slowly, south bound 101 is now backing up. it programming changes to you about tomorrow nbc will air the giants game, will air nbc programming and then that approves two hours a minute to win it, and especially area of kron4 new debt to a clock, dr. phil is at 3:00 p.m., and burn notice

we've seen hail at about a little bigger than quarter size.his is dropping south and east, moving at 45 miles per hour. still light rain in joplin. the strongest storms, though, have yet to pass. you see them south of the area right now. bigger picture as we look toward tomorrow, what we're going to see, unfortunately, the atmosphere still poised. it is juicy, this warm, moist air coming up from the south. colder, drier air. temperatures are cold north and west. and just here in this firing zone, throughout today the potential for isolated tornadoes once again. hail, very heavy rain, and this is, again, the same quadrant of concern. we're going to see it really tomorrow, as well. so not out of the woods, but the good news, again, no tornado warnings or watches posted as of yet. >>> the mississippi river is cresting around louisiana state prison. about 2,500 inmates have been sandbagging for days to keep those waters at bay. the nation's largest maximum security prison is bordered on three sides by the mississippi. >>> here's a chance to talk b

we have the heavy rainfall, pretty heavy hail and stones. yesterday we saw baseball size hail coming out of the system. and you can see all of these places are under a tornado watch. there are several tornado warnings, there are some around indianapolis, cleveland looks like it is clear to severe thunderstorms. >> a little less pain at the pump, despite the summer travel season that is about to kick off, gas prices dropped 105. right now in san francisco, the average is $4.19 per gallon. in san jose and oakland, it is $4.80 per gallon. we are close to $1 more a gallon per last year. tesla motors has a waiting list. and there is a second car that may be sold next year. today the company plans on selling stock, 5.3 million shares will soon be on the market, they want to invest 214 million back into the company, most of the shares have been accounted for, the diamler ag former owners of chrysler are planning to buy a big stock in it. >> now we all know what an initial public offering is. they sell a portion of the company. secondary means they

this video shows the hail that fell in the mountain view back yard. hail in the middle of may. these snow pictures were sent to us from karen green in livermore. snow fell in the elevation of 4000 feet in the el dorado national forest. 16 hours later they enjoyed a walk under partly sunny skies. >> after sunday's stage one race around lake tahoe was stopped by bad weather. organizers moved it to nevada city. lower elevation work crossed the finish line in sacramento. tuesday, the third stage will go from auburn to modesto . our camera shows you it is still covered with a lot of snow tonight. >> does this look like january to you? it is very winter-like. storms are strong and cold in nature. we do get rain and snow in may. keep that in may. it is a live picture. and we do have raindrops on the lens. we'll show you the heshly camera one more time. it is noing right now. this is i foot elevation they will be counting snow over the next 24 or 48 hours. live doppler hd now. we are dealing with rain in the bay area. some areas moderate to heavy rain from the north bay to the east bay

. >> people in ohio are cleaning up after a hail storm did a lot of damage. , it was breaking windowsfor example this is a greenhouse, a did a lot of damage there. it did hit dozens of cars. they had 130 vehicles damaged at a dealership. they said some of the hail was the size of golf balls. >> in atlanta, two women were killed after a large tree fell on their car. they were in a convertible they pulled over to ride out the storm. there is a car, police and firefighters rushed to the scene, both women found dead. this in a similar accident happened in this area about one month ago. >> central vermont is bracing for more rain. they said it was a lot of rain and washed up debris, the storm drains recalled. most of the state remains under a flash flood watch. >> checking traffic on the golden gate bridge, look at beautiful evening and no problems with traffic moving right along in the north and southbound lanes. in santa francisco, this is a different story. the top of the screen, 80 is at a standstill. south bound 1 01 also crawling toward the peninsula. we will be back. >> the republic

min ngowrd dtowats 680 and depending on where you were, running into hail or maybe some sunny breaks. the sun starts to start and the atmosphereto is sngbizili and most of the moisture heading zi east. exception the rule out by lianrmioeore thd altamon pass seeing showers. brief shower downtown oakland. can you see the north bay things are starting to drive out and still thunder off to our east. snow flying in the sierra and snow turning to the storm developing offshore. clouds from it spilling later on tonight and this will bring wind and rain to tomorrow's forecast. walk you through the full time and coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. diane >> thank you rob. >> could soon cost a lot more to take a taxi in san francisco. transportation officials have recommended a $5 surcharge for passengers being picked up at their homes during peak times. theies from so examiner says they want to increase meter rates by ten sets and ten cents for every minute stuck in krask as well. the metropolitan transportation version is also considering fuel surcharges. tomorrow there's another

ball-sized hail in some parts of dallas county as the storm cuts across from the west to the east. intense evening. this storm is capable of producing tornadoes. it's already kind of produced one and put one on the ground. no reports on whether or not there have been any injuries or the extent of the damage because of that particular tornado, but this is a quick-moving storm. there's a tornado warning here in dallas county that is lasting until about 9:00 central time, i believe. and, so, everyone's seeking shelter and heading for cover at this point, because it's a very intense and very dangerous and scary storm at this point, piers. >> ed, thanks very much, indeed. and we'll keep posted with you as the evening wears on. this tornado season is the deadliest in more than 50 years, but why is it happening now and what's the science behind it? cnn meteorologist rob marciano is here to explain. rob, we're seeing some pretty apocalyptic scenes, particularly from joplin here. what is going on? is there a bigger picture involving the weather here, not just in america, but globally? >> wh

there was hail this morning. we had wind gusts of 60 miles per hour.to stop the rescue efforts for a while but they've been back into it and you can imagine with all of this rain coming down, it's made things extremely difficult for crews. our visibility has been extremely poor. the winds have been very strong. we're having a hard time keeping our equipment on the air as well. in addition to that, the rain has been so heavy we've been getting flash flooding so there are many streets and intersections across the area that are just covered in water and so that's making things much more difficult as well. smaller rivers and streams we're also concerned that they could see rises because of heavy wet weather. we're hopeful as we head through late-night hours tonight that things will dry up and most of the day tomorrow will be dry but then that severe weather threat and unfortunately that danger of tornadoes comes back we think by late tomorrow evening. >> every sense we're getting is this is even by bad tornado season standards, particularly bad. we seem to

we've got a potential then to get gusty winds out of this as well as some hail.nk that the rain will be coming down pretty good from any of those thunderstorms and that means reducing visibility. there's a look at the line coming through pennsylvania, ohio, all the way down to tennessee. eastern tennessee and alabama. the front right behind it. that's what we'll be moving through our area early part of the day tomorrow. i think our heaviest rain, really, widespread rains will come during part of the morning rush. 79 degrees here. 85 in raleigh. in the 50s just behind it. when that front comes through, we are really going to be cooling down. 20 degrees cooler in central eastern west virginia. under a freeze watch for the overnight, early morning period. let's take you through the next 48 hours. here we are at 7:00 a.m. rain, rain and more rain. i-95 corridor right through us. cooler air moving in. on top of the fact it's going to be wet around here for the morning rush, it's going to be breezy, maybe a little gusty, too. pretty sloppy. you'll want to get an early

throughout the day, we have had these waves of showers and thunderstorms, producing lightning, producing hail and torrential downpours so it's making it very difficult for workers to get where they need to be to try and help some of these people and the concern is that some of them are going to get wet as well as the temperatures drop throughout the night. more severe weather expected here tomorrow as well, in fact a moderate risk has been issued by the storm prediction center for the severe weather, so the threat of tornadoes will be out there for southwestern parts of missouri. the damage is just incredible, in all of my years of reporting those tornadoes, i have never seen this much devastation over such a wide area through town. things are just strewn about every way, you can see the scene behind me, workers are coming in now with tow trucks trying to get rid of some of these cars that have been thrown feet away that have just been crushed and the smell of gas remains very strong also from some of these cars, so they're trying to get equipment in here, emergency personnel are here, 450 st

> reporter: fellow soldiers in the nearby farmhouse tried to cover their surrounded buddies with a hailf fire but the taliban kept shooting. >> the rounds were coming straight through the tree. you could not see up the draw from there. >> went through everybody's mind, you know, this might be the day. this might be the day. >> reporter: with mendez and sizemore with specialist lindskog, the medic, the quiet california boy was on his first combat mission. >> doc, his hands were all bloody because he was treating all different guys. next thing i know, i see him just -- just fall. >> the situation with the medevac is becoming critical. we need a medevac as soon as possible. >> specialist lindskog, if he didn't receive treatment, he wasn't going to make it. >> i need that medevac now. >> they were cut off. they had three casualties. no way of moving those casualties. up to us. >> hey, wait. wait. we're going to move town to that. around these rocks, all right? >> reporter: mott's men tried to get through the taliban's kill zone to reach their buddies. their friends were bleeding to death bu

i get around my district by muni, bicycle, or hailing a cab. our transit system is truly challenge.ur bosses are late one out of four times. -- our buses are late one out of a quarter times. they're still not as clean and safe as we'd like. we can do better and investing in our muni system. we need more taxicabs on the streets. is difficult to obtain a cab. i support the concept of centralized taxi dispatch systems so you know who you can call to get a cab. i am a big believer in pedestrian bicycling as options to get around town. many cities in the world have far more people working or on bicycles into blocking or on bicycles. they are pleasant most of transit and are efficient. -- many cities in the world have far more people walking or on bicycles. they are pleasant and efficient forms of transportation. that will take cars off the road and make it easier for those who drive. if we want to create a world- class transportation system, we have to make a commitment to each of these modes of transit to allow us to move where we need to go. >> is it safe for pedestrians on the streets

an abc viewer sent in this picture of hail in napa. the you report powder by youtube. you can see the small white ice pellets. and our luz -- our producer sent in this picture of a week funnel. >> leigh: it has been a wild spring, especially towards the sacramento valley area. you can see the lying lightning. most activity is winding down. and one to the north of nap pavment towards the east bay, you can get a sense. altamont, a brief shower, the other one heads towards the byron highway. looking clear from san jose toward gilroy. how much rain from the system? these are preliminary totals. we have more for you tonight at 11:00. close to half an inch for st. helena, lesser amounts toward san jose and the levermore valley area. more rain is in the seven-day forecast. we get a little break tonight, get ready for the showers tomorrow. >> alan: we invite you to send us your weather pictures. you can upload them to you report.abc7news.com or e-mail them to us at kgo -- tv.com. >> this cold and snowy weather forced the cancellation of the first stage of the tour of californi

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