but there is one cluster sitting over bucks and hunterdon and mercer. new hope you get action and it just crossed gardenville. 15 lightning strikes and the atmosphere is loaded with moisture and the rainfall totals are very impressive. we have rain near gardenville up to about 2 inches and then parts of hunterdon county 4 inches, we have flash flood warnings for hunterdon county and flash flood advisories for central buck county and that cell is moving to the east at 15 miles per hour. right now the big story the temperatures philadelphia 92 down from the high of 95, allentown and reading it's 90. and millville 91 and a rain cooled 92 and factor in the dew points in the 70s, the current heat index, feels like 101 in philadelphia and 101 in cape may and allentown and reading and unfortunately the heat index will be building as we head into the weekend. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you can see the showers and the thunderstorms most of the activity north of that ridge of high pressure, and that high pressure is sticking around. so tonight wi

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look at the band pushing into hunterdon county there right now. what i'd like to do is show you the number of lightning strikes in this cell. 166. these are packed with lightning. let's also track t -- let's also track it. raritan is getting hit, going east. 7:20 in new york city. it could slow up or speed up. there's a cell around mount olive. that's also got a similar situation with the lightning strikes. also being pushed off to the east-northeast and we are just going to be dealing with this avoid it. get indoors if you can the best, basement is ideal. a car is okay. the rubber tires will help you. under a tree is dangerous. you want to get in a low a spot as you can in an opening without as many trees. teresa tract the lightning because they're -- trees attract the lightning because they are filled with moisture. it's going to be hot and humid a storm chance every day. 94 saturday. 92 86 wednesday. -- 86 tuesday. 85 wednesday and thursday. sort of hints at maybe this breaks on wednesday and thursday. 85 to easily be 88 by the end of next week

so likely to see some flooding over parts of hunterdon and warren county. this one over staten island, south beach, sea gate, wait out we have another cluster between sussex, remember, if you hear thunder, move indoors immediately, because the storm is close to you. up to the north, over the hudson valley, we've got thunderstorms as well. over sullivan and olster county, underneath the cells are extreme downpours in some cases. they're moving off to the east generally and when we look back to the west, through pennsylvania, north of williamsport, a lot of prop cal moisture is in place. heat is the other big story. into the 90s. 92 tomorrow. 95 on saturday. it will be the peek. 92 on sunday. remember, the heat index will be above 105 in these cases. dangerous heat for us, still humid, but not quite as hot the rest of the week. >>> still ahead, another amusement park accident. >>> dangerous measures some student athletes are doing to boost their performance. should stores be selling them to kids. >>> delaying motherhood and having children after 35 is growing

that's for pike, somerset, hunterdon, counties. because the storms are moving. within the next hour, we'll see some warnings showing up as they cross the delaware. lightning safety. as of august 16th, there have been 27 deaths in the united states. about three of those in new york state in the last week. that already ties the number for last year's lightning deaths total. remember, when you hear thunder, there's lightning close by. you should move indoors. it's do not stand out in the field. make sure you move inside. these are the highs today. we had a few 90s. 87 in the city. it felt worse because we had these dew points well into the 70s. that tropical awful feel was back today. this is what it feels like right now. 96 in the city. 100 in morristown. 102 in trenton. we have the heat advisory in effect for the rest of this evening. tomorrow not so bad. upper 80s on saturday. it is still warm. it is next week when we really get the relief. we'll track the storms coming up in a few minutes. >> that lightning statistic real compelling there. >>> the weather catas

some stronger storms now around new canaan and into parts of morris county, over into somerset and hunterdon as well. this will continue to push through, and then they'll be some on-again-off-again showers. a few more this morning this afternoon with a hint of sun. the problem is it's going to be we'll talk about that potential heat wave coming up in a bit. right now, back to mary. >> john, thank you. >>> a shooting for young people at a church in scwrers city late last night, a 17-year- old is dead. officials say the victim had a loaded gun on him. cbs 2's steve langford reports. >>reporter: a party for young people inside this storefront church tuesday night when the shooting started about 11:30 here on communepaw avenue at park street >> some girls are crying, people are screaming. >>reporter: this witness who doesn't want to be ti >> i saw three ambulances pull up. i didn't -- i saw one person being carted away on a gurney. >>reporter: one young man died of his gunshot weuns in here, two young -- wounds in here, two young teenaged girls were wounded. >> an individual entered the party la

mount holly and another cluster near west chester and there's a cluster of thunderstorms leaving hunterdonnow. not really cooling things off, nothing severe but we do have some lightning, some thunder and some heavy downpours and unfortunately this excessive heat warning last through the

that's moving in to parts of warren county, northern parts of hunterdon. morris county, eventually somerset county. also a nasty cell south of scranton. this will approach pike county, pennsylvania and move across parts of sussex county and new jersey. one little renegade downpour developing ahead of the main line over ocean county. this moves in to southern parts of monmouth county over the next few minutes. here's our futurecast showing everything weakening a little that rings true and watch the radar as we move in to the evening hours. highs tomorrow getting back up to 87. one or two of the storms could be on the strong sidement a little bit less humid. partly sunny on thursday. outside chance getting a stray shower or storm. 90 on friday. not too humid. storms in here sunday night in to monday. behind that, downright pleasant by tuesday. we've not said that in a while. >> laura is up next with sports. >>> despite everything that's happened this season, the yankees are still in the playoff picture and they are counting on the baby bombers to get them th

mount holly and another cluster near west chester and there's a cluster of thunderstorms leaving hunterdon county right now. not really cooling things off, nothing severe but we do have some lightning, some thunder and some heavy downpours and unfortunately this excessive heat warning last through the weekend. the national weather service has now expanded it to include our entire viewing area. tomorrow could be even hotter than today and the heat index you can see around the i-95 corridor into south jersey and delaware 110. that would make it the hottest day so far this year. i'll talk more specifics coming up in the full accuweather forecast. brian. >> all right, cecily thank you. >>> understandably the beach was the place to be today. the ocean provided some relief from the heat here in longport but get this, even ocean temperatures are nearing 80 degrees. >>> "action news" reporter jeanette reyes live in fairmount park tonight. jeanette today was supposed to be the final day for city pools but the heat is bringing some change to that schedule. >> reporter: that's right, brian. it's not

rumble here over the city -- also out around, say, mercer county a little north of trenton into hunterdon county, warren county, as well. we have this cell right over portions of the city. you can zoom in tight on that. i've raced the lightning now so we can see how heavy this rain is coming down n portions of queens. it's moving to the east- northeast so elmont is to you at 6:26: there's just one cell. we are not going to be able to there's every one trace them but they are starti ng to bubble. let's check in with the mobile weather lab situated right about here on the other side of the hudson in edgewater, new jersey. matt has the helm out there. you see all the instrumentation on the top. vehicle top of the vehicle? let's go down to the monitor. the dew point dictates how muggy the air is. you start getting into the 60- degree dew points or higher you can feel it. >> wow >> i know, dana. they are getting loud those thunder cracks. you get above 72-degree dew point and it's muggy. the dew point -- the column off to your left, okay, halfway down where it says dew point 72.5, now you take

zoom in tight this particular storm in hunterdon county has 171 bigger than the storm in poughkeepsie. mount olive another cell in line with the size of the store over poughkeepsie. if we track the leading edge of this storm, it is being pushed off to the east sort of northeast and again, this is just one. another one to the north, couple others popping up, as well. but by 6:30 to edison. it could be in new york city by 7: 30. look at the feels-like temperatures. it feels like 100 in new york city. feels like 104 in white plains. 75 feels-like temperature in monticello h air there. tomorrow no changes. 94 feels like 110. so excessive heat warnings for everybody right through the entire weekend. i'll talk about when this could break later. but right now it's all yours. >> so much going on. thank you, lonnie, for those explanations. >>> electric power is a concern when the temperatures get this high. governor cuomo is directing state agencies to conserve energy. he is also directing state parks to extend the hours at swimming facilities. and cooling centers from new york city to long is

scattered shower in sussex heading to morris and down to somerset and hunterdon county. that is weakening. it will make it through i-80 and along the turnpike and urban areas of new jersey. one more shower before we do it 82 by 9:00. noontime temperature 90. feels like 100 at the beaches to 105 inland. can't rule out a pop up thunderstorm later today. weekend forecast is next. the golden arches which i love, heather will talk about. >> you will get stuck in this delay. b.q.e. takes you farther north into the l.i.e. you can see where the construction is. let's head to the maps. i will go over what we are looking at. b.q.e. northeast near the l.i.e. that is construction. delay back to the area of exit 33. now, we are taking a look at this. this is the b.q.e. northbound getting into the brooklyn bridge. that is doing fine. no major issues to report there. then we have this problem as you head to route 17. this is late running construction south, midland to century road, all lanes are closed down. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. lori and rob, over to yo

double scan showing we are seeing some thunderstorms popping up north of philadelphia, and one in hunterdon county, and that is moving east and pushing away from our viewing area and you can see how they are spotty and not moving quickly and i want to move in on this one in upper buck county. we have six lightning strikes associated with this mountain road drive and south park road are you getting torrential downpours now and moving towards route 611 oxville, and these storms really the impact of them the heavy rain, dew points are through the roof. dew points in the 70s right now and the air is really saturated. it's oppressive and feels tropical and temperatures are in the 90s. so the heat index the way it feels, 103 if philadelphia and 105 in trenton and reading 100 and allentown 104 and wilmington 102. and cape may 100 degree heat index. and satellite 6 along with action radar looking similar to yesterday. the high pressure over bermuda has not really moved and we get the storms primarily north of philadelphia. the problem with the high pressure sticking around is that the heat and humi

a flash flood warning has been jersey most specifically hunterdon as well as somerset county until 8:30 not 7:00 is indicated there. earlier we had a severe thunderstorm rolled through the state and currently is producing heavy downpours. that purportedly to 3 inches of rainfall so far across the counties and that's why we have that flash flood warning in effect. it's causing problems in a part of new jersey and elsewhere in a couple of showers around the burn county area as well as up in and around staten island. those will be passing to the ease probably clippings other manhattan moving towards queens and broken as we go into the next 30 or 60 minutes of the aware of that driving on the lat or the bqe or the next 30 minutes or so. we are under the influence of high-pressure recall that opinion to high and southwest wind flow bringing the humidity and now the heat across the tri-state area. temperatures in the 90s tour southwest over the last several days and those numbers will be creeping into the readings in the 90s in areas from boston to new york city. that extends towards the gu

these may be extended east to hunterdon. a severe thunderstorm watch in effect through 11 p.m. for most of central and western new jersey. meaning the atmosphere is ripe for the development of the storms. also a heat advisory i and points south and west right through 10 p.m. here's the radar picture. in one good sign i've seen, these storms that were moving through allentown, weakening just a touch as they head toward the delaware water gap. not producing quite as much lightning but we'll be watching them as they try to reintensify. these storms look pretty nasty. these will head toward pike county, pennsylvania and parts of sussex county. 50 miles per hour at redding regional airport in pennsylvania. winds that could cause downed trees and power lines. by 7 p.m., the storms moving in to the i-287 corridor, weakening toward new york city. the best shot at getting strong damaging winds and very downpours is probably west of new york city during the evening hours. lower humidity in to tomorrow. air quality is going to be in to the good side wednesday. uv index is a 9. pollen mode

may try to dive in to northwest new jersey, let's say warren county or hunterdon county over the next few hours. we'll start to direct our attention to the suburbs where be nice and quiet. 78 degrees right now. if you're headed out this evening, look for 74. take the umbrella for a stray shower but also downpours that may develop to the north and west. complete 7-day accuweather forecast is a few minutes away. >>> you can download our free abc7ny app to try live radar on your phone and get the accuweather forecast any time of the day. >>> faced with a growing threat from the zika virus, the cdc is now issuing a travel advisory specific neighborhood in southern florida. health officials want pregnant women to avoid a zika stricken section of miami and to tested for the virus if they visited that area since mid-june. 14 cases are thought to have occurred in miami's winwood district. the patients are suspected of getting the virus from locally infected mosquitos. >> the only area we believe there's transmission is one square mile area north of downtown. we've tested about 2300 people. 0

residents in and around stockton hunterdon county were left in the heart for most of the weekend as heat index dipped into the triple digits. some had to get rid of everything in. >> i lost meat. i lost sausage. my son made sausage and stuff. wwe had to throw it all away. >> good food gone to the trash. well, many went to relatives' homes to stay cool. others just took to their cars and took a spin with the air conditioning blowing in the vehicles. >>> if you are concerned about yourself or a loved one in this heat, the philadelphia corporation for aging is stand if i go help. the heat line is active and the number is right there on your screen. phone lines will be opened until midnight tonight and then open again tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> ♪ >> we're following developing news out of center city tonight. in the last three hours a 78-year-old woman was hit and killed near the corner of 15th and locust while she was in the crosswalk. not clear if she had the walk signal. the woman was taken to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead. police say the d