severe thunderstorm warnings right now for sections of lehigh county and berks county until about 6:156:30. and we're watching for some damagingdamaging winds in excess of 60 miles per hour. vivid lightning and very heavy rainfall right now you can see around the maiden creek area moving around greenwich in berks county talking about severe thunderstorm warning this one right now until about 6:45. but also showing some signs of rotation with those cells moving into northern berks county as well as parts of the lehigh valley. so as we expand the view, you can see we still have several hours to go before much of this line moves to philadelphia we'll have the timing of that coming up. back to you. >> all right scott thanks. >> following breaking news right now out of mercer county, new jersey. skyfox is live over hamilton township where firefighters are battling a four harm fire. this is on the 1700 block of east state street. it appears several row homes are on fire. officials say the call came in around 4:45. there's no word yet on any injuries and we will bring updates as soon as we ge

philadelphia county right on west does in the include bucks county but does include montgomery co, lehigh county and new castle county delaware. nothing in new jersey so far. that does not mean things cannot change as system evolves. stay with us, through tonight and through the day tomorrow as well for latest on this system. future weather shows we will start off saturday morning with cloud at 8:00 a.m. making a bagel run you are okay. notice heavier rain off to the west reading allentown lancaster, heavier rain may follow near dauphin county near state capitol there but then moves in our area right around 9:00 p.m. and steady showers and storms down the shore. this all lifts through overnight and then sunday morning a couple showers before we finally start to clear things out. i'm optimistic we will get sun back on sunday afternoon. future rain amounts heavier rain will stay off to the west where we see red shaded areas where 3 inches could fall n our area one to two with the heavier rain west of philadelphia in the flood watch zone. for your saturday evening poor drainage flooding is possible

clouds obviously it's not raining right here but we have seen heavy rain in parts of our area, in lehigh county northampton county chester county, with reports of hail as well that could also have potential to do a lot of damage. let's head to first alert meteorologist sheena parveen for the latest on what's on first alert radar. >> you mentioned the severe thunderstorm watch across the area. that is most of our area for the rest of this evening until 8:00 p.m. we can expect high winds, damaging winds, lightning, hail and heavy rain. here's a look at the radar right now. we have quite a bit of storms moving in now. one through parts of salem county in new jersey but the most severe those are moving through northern delaware into delaware county and also just north of philadelphia. this particular storm moving through i would say the wilmington/newark area right now but about to leave this area. this is heading towards edgemore, should be there in a couple minutes. concord, 4:07. upper chichester 4:11. that would be the strongest part of this storm. some of these areas may already be seeing rain

. >> lehigh county we go. fox 29's chris o'connell joins us from whitehall township. one of the places that saw significant storm damage. i mean it's surrounding you chris. >> reporter: well, sunshine, there's no wind it's actually gorgeous right now. but look what's left behind. some major damage here in whitehall township lehigh county we just pulled into the township and we saw tons of trees. what we're looking at here is right off mcarthur road main drag here through the allentown whitehall township area. every heart road we saw about eight trees down taken down by power lines. this is one of them here, and we did check these power lines have been shut off. so they are clear. they're not hot power lines. but see all the glass, this is from a street light that must have blown over just literally. the utility pole in half you see over here this is what's left of that street light. that was from the wind just knocked it down. these wires they're power lines that went all the way literally probably half a line

00 and 2:45 this afternoon, we had numerous tornado warnings and a funnel cloud was spotted in lehigh county and trexlertown and chester county hit hard and westchester reporting a 63 miles per hour wind gust and northampton counties were reporting the golf ball-size hail that we saw. this is something that is a big concern flash flooding i always say turn around don't drown, this was posted on my facebook page, a lot of localized flooding intel wear county, whoever was driving that car drove under the underpass and that water was deeper than expected. that car is going nowhere fast, you want to avoid the flooding we have a flood advisory posted until 8:00, it has decreased in size but includes philadelphia buck county and chester county and delaware county. you want to avoid flash flooding some of that rain was falling at a rate of 2 inches per hour, that is why it caused the flash flooding the ground can't orb sosh that, the sunshine is back and we have a rain cooled 78 degrees, the high today was 86 and allentown 78 and millville 78 and dover 82 and reading 78 degrees, satellite 6 along w

watch until 8:00 for the area here's's flash flood watch upper bucks montgomery county chester county and lehigh valley and poconos and berks county as well. few storm reports coming in funnel cloud 1.75-inch diameter hail reported as well. right now 78 at the airport. storms will push through but they should fizzle during overnight hours. humidity then returns heading toward fourth of july weekend as far as overnight is concern 70 degrees mostly cloud which that shower or thunderstorm. you're witness weather seven day forecast warm, steamy tomorrow at 88. sun and afternoon storm. thursday gets better with showers off to the south friday partly sunny. and fourth of july not bad at all can't rule out a thunderstorm with you should be okay from your barbecue and sunday looks nice as well at 88 degrees. not a about a fourth of july weekend. >> not that bad at all. >> better days ahead thanks very much. >>> it has been a serious situation on the roads today vittoria, what is going on. >> but first lets look at video of this incident that occurred earlier on. fatal accident on 55, traveling or were t

that includes nearly 5600 outages in lehigh county. more than 5200 customers are without power in northampton county. take a look behind us here behind this set. that should be a picture of center city philadelphia from across the river from camden. now it's that. >> a lot of rain a lot of cloud cover. you can barely see the buildings there in the distance. let's talk to meteorologist sheena parveen. can we expect more severe weather tonight? >> yeah. i wouldn't be surprised if we had some more severe storms moving in. we are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 this evening. i'm keeping a very close eye on lancaster county. that one appears to be getting stronger as it will be approaching berks county soon. first we will start with the one moving into the philadelphia area. that's why all you see is the rain and dark cloud cover. this is a pretty strong storm. earlier it was severe. we had hail indicators in this storm, heavy rain and lightning. across the philadelphia area here's what it looks like looking at center city. the

that tornado watch has been posted for lancaster county until 8 o'clock, berks county, lehigh county, are favorable for a potential tornado to develop. you don't have to take any action. that would be if a tornado warning has been posted. as we go wider you can see what's going on. this is what's known as a prefunnel trough. it's ahead of a cold front. the actual cold front is across the midwest but this is a pretty potent line of storms and that if you look at its moving it is not racing to the easter. this system is moving slowly so it will gradually enter our viewing area as we head through the evening hours. future tracker showing by about 11 o'clock, this is when that line will be closing in on the i-95 corridor. once it moves into south jersey and delaware, it will be moving into much cooler air so it will evaporate but the actual front will be lingering into tomorrow morning so that means we could have some stormy weather right in time for your morning commute. so, this is going to be a long duration event. so what to expect tonight. the strongest storms in our far northwest su

are a under a severe then are storm watch and flash flood watch including western chester counties, up through lehigh veil, berks county and lancaster until 3:00 a.m. that means flash flooding could occur especially as entire ground is saturated in the wake of the earlier storms. lets look at our severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 p.m. it encompasses the region. only place it is nod included is shore air is more stabilized down the shore so we don't expect severe thunderstorm occurring down the shore. severe then are storm watch until 8:00 p.m. here is a run down of the storm reports this afternoon. trexler town, somebody at a shopping center, trained spotter spotted a funnel cloud, and we have a few photos to show you coming up a few funnel cloud or wedge cloud trying to form. orefield hail measuring 1.75 inches in diameter. coplay cars trapped if flood waters. at allentown lehigh veil airport 61-mile an hour win gust was reported this afternoon. of course, wind like that certainly strong enough to bring down tree, tree branches and power lines and cause major problems. you can see a call, and not

this is for upper bucks northampton, lehigh counties, berks counties and up through poconos. some of these locations have seen in excess of 2 inches of rain in the short amount of time. thises a concern where we have localized flooding. after 2:00 in the morning showers and storms will start to tea crease and intensity but until that time watch out for heavy downpours. if you net is where those thunderstorms are having an impact on our temperature it is 58 degrees in philadelphia rain cooled air moving in allentown as well at 65. 77 degrees in philadelphia. seventy-four in dover. sixty-five along the the coast there in beach haven. here is also the part of the problem. very warm and very humid today. anytime you have dew point temperatures in the upper 60's to close to 70, humid not oppressive in some locations yet we have building warmth and humidity clashing with the cool front that gets closer to our region for rest of tonight and during overnight hours as well. satellite six with action radar showing you the best dynamic so far have been north and west of our region but a

there is a spotty shower in lehigh county just to the north of kutztown.re tracking rain that moves 234 from a west-east direction as we go throughout our saturday. current numbers down the shore, it's 73 in surf city, same in cape may avalon lower 70's. ocean city 72. now, we'll widen out the temperature profile here. run in philadelphia. 77 in allentown the lehigh valley comfortable in the poconos at 74. here's satellite6 along with action radar. pretty cloudy across our region. what we are tracking is off to our west. there's an area of low pressure currently just to the south of chicago. you can see severe thunderstorm watch boxes posted from memphis and as far north as cincinnati. so the moisture currently moving through the ohio valley and this will continue to work its way eastward just in time for the start of our weekend. future tracker six timing out the precipitation for you. 9 o'clock at the morning it's a mostly cloudy start to the day but you notice across our western suburbs from lancaster up to the poconos we're tracking light but steady ra

again, i think it is lehigh valley, berks county, chestnut county best shot to see severe thunderstorms, threat, lightning, gusty win small hail potential. so we time it out. right now seeing showers north and west, lehigh valley, berks county, in through the afternoon we go. again, you see it scattered or isolated, not everybody sees the showers and storms. the threat will be there through the early evening hours, say 9:00, 10:00. tomorrow morning still can't rule out shower as that colds front moves through. afternoon is looking drier with little bit of sunshine around. here's the forecast this afternoon, right on average this time of year, 86 degrees, late day shower, storms, humid side. same deal tonight mostly cloudy with shower or storm 7o maybe headed to the ballpark, not bad night for baseball game. humidity is around. that may help out the long ball, some clouds, maybe thunderstorm, but will get the game n looking ahead to the holiday forecast here, saturday, slight chance of scattered shower or storm don't cancel the outdoor plans, typical summer stuff 80 at the shore upper 80

we learn that whitehall township in lehigh county has now declared a state of emergency, as youage there has been reported as significant as a result of the high winds and the intensity of the storm that moved through a short time ago this afternoon several areas were under a tornado warning and those have since expired and other watches and warnings persist and you'll hear about them here first on "action news." >>> and a memory of a fallen police state trooper. they are renaming it for corporal brian dixon he was shot at his base last year, he left behind a whif and two young sons his suspected killer eric frein pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. >>> now the plan to serve greek yogurt, in schools it will be offered as an alternative to meats and they led a successful program over the last year, and chibani has not said how much they are being paid for their contract with the government. >> here at the "action news" big board with the big talkers look at this, a cell phone case that looks a lot like a gun but here is an iphone 6, the ocean county prosecutors office poefr

tornado watch for lancaster county until 8 o'clock. berks, lehighpton county until 10 o'clock. a watch means that conditions are favorable that severe storms could develop, that could spin off an isolated tornado. you don't have to take shelter until a tornado warning is issued and no tornado warnings have been issued as of yet. right now though, it is warm and humid. this will really fuel the storms. philadelphia 84 degrees. allentown the same, 84. wilmington 84. dewpoints in the mid to upper 60's so it's very humid. you'll notice along the shore though a lot cooler with the winds off the ocean temperature in the 60's so as the storms work east of the i-95 corridor they really will begin to break up but a wider view on live double scan showing this is the line of storms a heads of a cold front can and the actual cold front won't be moving through until tomorrow late in the day so that means we do have the risk of more storms the past 15 minutes we've had more than 200 lightning strikes orbited with that line. future tracker showing around 7 o'clock

15 for northern berks county including kutztown hamburg and eastern lancaster county -- eastern lehigh county i should say including new tripoli and areas just west of allentown. i want to show you this storm zoomed in. we had 40 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes. it's moving east again at 25 miles per hour, so it's closing down in kutztown right now, dryville, new jerusalem top ton clauseville and fogelsville in the path of this storm. if you're in this area you're hearing the thunder get inside right away. not only do we have very heavy rain, this shows the hail and we had reports of hail up to about an inch and a half in diameter. that's about the size of a half dollar so that can really cause some damage. in addition to that tornado watch has been posted for lancaster county, for chester county, for bucks county, for berks county and for montgomery county, really all of the areas just west of i-95. this means that any of these storms could spawn a super cell that could produce an isolated tornado. i'll talk more about this in the full accuweather forecast. jim. >> all right, cecily

severe thunderstorm warning for lehigh county, right now moving toward northampton county moving eastre talk about being in easton by 5:49, and this storm, does have damaging wind. please be aware of. that we will track storms and have the forecast for weekend coming up later in the broadcast. >> kathy thanks. >>> a civil rights leader in washington state find herself embroiled in the bizarre controversy. she's being falsely accused of portraying herself as black. here's cbs news reporter adrian a a diaz. >> for the interim and permanent. >> reporter: rachel, sat down with sean of our cbs affiliate krem to address chaos swirling around her. >> would you identify yourself as an african-american. >> i have been elected an african-american and i prefer black and to say if i was asked, i would definitely say that yes, i do consider myself to be black. >> reporter: but her biological parents say that is just not true. >> what is your daughter's ethnicity. >> our daughter is, primarily german and czech republic and european dissent. >> reporter: so she's white. >> she's white. >> reporter:

hindering people in lehigh county and berks county north hampton county.s breaks through the i-95 corridor but by then it's not severe weather it's drenching downpours and then it's gone. when we see the storms, by the way they fade off the map overnight. the first threat would be lightning. the big threat is downpours where the heavy storms produce the heavy downpours that would be heavy enough to produce localized flooding on streets and poor-drainage areas. there would be a chance of strong gusty storm with cial potentially damaging winds. chance of hail. i have a green box next to tornados. the national weather service is talking about a slight possibility of an isolated tornado. wherever the storms hit take cover on the lower floors if you hear thunder in the evening hours. 84 degrees in the lehigh valley, clouds and sun late day evening storms. at the shore rip currents an issue on the beach. a special problem this time year, most of the beaches are not guarded not a great day to go in the water. rain at night possibly, i'm not expecting any severe s

county. same story in lehigh valley. steadier rain is going to come to an end. heaviest now moving through center city and into gloucester county and camden county see heavier showers as well. the west and what we are going to see during the day. just a few spots on the radar screen. keep an umbrella handy but most of the day time probably won't need it. 9:00 a.m. see it taper off at philadelphia, while steady rain is falling in south jersey but even that tapers off as we head into the afternoon hours at noon time and through most of the afternoon. so i don't think it's going to be a problem for the phillies game. this could be a problem. these showers and heavy downpours late this afternoon and moving into the area. that is 5:00 today. those could bring us thunder and lightning. for now rainy start and breaks of sunshine. pocono mountains 64. 75 allentown and 73 quaker town. 70s for doylestown and trenton and mt. holly and shore 70s and dover 81 degrees with breaks of sunshine. 70s for wilmington. drexel hill with occasionally showers and chance of a late day th

♪ >>> "eyewitness news" begins at 11:00 o'clock tonight with breaking news out of lehigh county.wo young girls have been badly hurt after falling from a fourth floor window. this happened on the 700 block of turner street in allentown. chopper three is over that scene right now. police tell us the girls are three and five years of age. they are in very serious condition at an allentown hospital. it is not clear what led to the fall. we are following this breaking story tonight. we will update you just as soon as we have more information. >>> well now to our other top story. hundreds gathered to say goodbye to beau biden. throughout this day and into the night those who knew or were touched by the son of the vice-president waited hours to pay their respects. we get more from "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson in wilmington. >> it's sadness that just -- words can't express. >> reporter: those words came from mike mccabe volunteer for joe biden's first campaign who knew beau as a boy. >> one of the finest young men i've ever met. report roar friday there weren't many words w

the lehigh valley berks county these are moving east at 20 miles an hour with frequent lightning and torrential downpours moving across 78 and also the northeast extension as you head north toward the lehigh tunnel and the poconos. please be aware of that fur moving that way late tonight. now, temperatures right now quite warm. poconos rain cooled at 71. 82 in philadelphia and trenton. 80 in wilmington. 76 degrees in millville. tomorrow morning we start off at 75. by 9:00 a.m. it's 84. 88 degrees by 11 a.m. it is going to be a steamy day. once again check -- chasing record warmth much these are the numbers to beat tomorrow. allen tone 92. atlantic city 93. philadelphia 95 the record in wilmington 96 set back in 1914. we are in for our first official heat wave. we'll talk about how long it lasts coming up and the threat of rain over the course of the weekend when i join you inside. >> we'll see you then, kathy. >> thank you. this has been a huge day in the fight against childhood cancer today here at cbs3 we held our ninth annual telethon benefiting alex lemonade stand foundation and t

that one happened in france at an american gas factory based in lehigh county. a man with suspected ties to islam particular radicals rammed a car into the building triggering an explosion that killed two people. officials say the severed head of the employer was left hanging at the factory's entrance along with banners with arabic inscriptions. a suspect is in custody. >>> that factory attack in france came on the same day a gunman mode down scores of tourist on a beach in tunisia killing 37 people. officials say this attack is the worst in tunisian history. they say it was carried out by a young student not previously known to authorities. the rampage ended when he was shot to death by police who say he was certainly involved with certain extremists. >>> and at about the very at the same time as that attack, a suicide bomber killed over two dozen worshipers at a shiite mosque in kuwait killing at least 25 people. isis is taking responsibility. it's unclear if these three attacks are linked but today's violence in three separate countries comes just days after

much more fantastic rain up in berks county and lehigh valley. temperature barely budging holding in the r5050s for the most part. i'll tell you if there will be any change with the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> more breaking news in the past few minutes, the wilmington diocese released funeral arrangements for beau biden. there will be a private service and saturday there will be a funeral mass in wilmington. he was 46 years old. biden's friends and colleagues remember him as a kind hearted family man who work hard and made his own name. those in the greatest need of a voice. >>> a septa officer is hurt after a scuffle with a homeless man. this happened at the north philadelphia station at broad and le high. it's about 2:30 this morning. septa tells us the officer attempted to remove the man from the station and the man fought back. the septa officer suffered a cut to his head. >>> investigators are trying to find out who set cars to three fires in camden county overnight. someone used a flammable liquid to set the fires. they torched

and allentown lehigh county.weis operates more than 30 in-store beer cafes in the state. the move would put weis in better position to compete with wegman's which has been selling beer in the lehigh valley since 2008. >>> changes are coming to twitter. details of that are straight ahead. >>> plus a roadside roundup you don't want to miss. look at this. those stories and more ahead on "nbc 10 news at 5:00." >>> plenty of heat and humidity out there today. but there is relief on the way. i'll have the details. >>> new at 6:00 an update on philadelphia archdiocese high schools. this one will be welcome news to parents. there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or from now until june 13th get a $400 visa prepaid ca

manufactured by niagara between june 10 and june 18 at berks county and upper macungie township lehigh county facility. the water tested positive for e. coli. it was sold under acme and price right shop rite and wegmans and others, we posted more at 6abc.com. >>> turning now to accuweather a bit of a break we're getting from the humidity today let's step outside, sky6 live hd a beautiful scene here, taking a look at the center city skyline. blue skies overhead. temperatures are expected to rise into the 90s this afternoon and top out in the mid 90s by tomorrow. meteorologist david murphy outside with the full details. david. >> reporter: all right sarah well we're definitely warming up today albeit not as humid as yesterday. take a closer view on satellite i got this zoomed into the immediate area. the only thing i have are small scattered cumulus clouds that look lonely up there. the temperatures across the region, we're zooming on up, 8 # in philadelphia. 88 down the pike in washington d.c. 90 in richmond. our wind direction is from the west. we're not looking to tap into the higher humidit

. >> lehigh county emergency operations manager says people need to realize the lightning wind and hail can also leave you stranded inside your home. >> they should have, you know, water. they should be concerned with the loss of electricity and what they should or shouldn't do. they should keep the items that are important, such as your insurances. >> and emergency operation officials say you should also depending upon the level of storm treat it almost like a hurricane or the leftovers of a hurricane. tie down furniture, put things that can blow away in the garage. and one thing we have seen, most people keeping headlights on when you put your wipers on and make certain you have good wiper blades, as well. doug shimell nbc 10 news. >> thank you doug. >>> coming up, their names are bob and betty. >> their mission, to get you to spend your money some place local. we'll tell you about the new campaign. >>> and then later, holding on to hope the new efforts to find a south jersey boy who vanished mysteriously 24 years ago. and how this new approach may finally bring answers for his family

. >>> also today, authorities in lehigh county ruled the death of a three-year-old girl who fell fouridental. it happened on the 700 block of turner street in allentown late last night. authorities have identified the little girl as tamara arnett. the victim's five-year-old sister who also fell out of the window remains hospitalized and is currently in critical condition. police are working to try to determine exactly what led to the fall. >>> and a 17-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot nine times in germantown. it happened just after 1:30 this morning near germantown avenue and bringhurst street. the victim ran into a chinese food store for help. police then followed his trail of blood and found 10 shell casings and a car with multiple bullet holes in it. police are now hoping nearby surveillance cameras might offer clues into the gunman in this case. >> ♪ >>> now, if you love baby pictures and you are in for quite a treat. coming up the royal palace releases the first official photos of princess charlotte. >>> straight ahead a bus driver stops a would be kidnapp

. >> that one happened at france at an american gas factory based into lehigh county a man with suspected ties to islamic radicals and went in and a businessman was beheaded in the attack. it is based in upper macungie township. the main suspect is in custody. >> and two gunmen opened fire on touristed in tunisia killing 27 people that followed an explosion at a mosque in could you wait 16 people are date and isis is claiming responsibility. >>> a pennsylvania state trooper was injured in delaware county chopper 6 hd was over the scene of the southbound lanes of i-95 near new bartram avenue the cruiser was hit from behind trapping the officer inside of the vehicle for a short time and he was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. >>> the cleanup continues in several area communities following tuesday's powerful storms camden county did not get the brunt of the storms but the worst damage they have seen there in years they are waiting a disaster proclamation to get extra funding. a backup generator running on gas is providing limited electricity. there are tens of thousands of reside

high humidity, they can bring down heavy downpours the most concentrated band is moving out of lehigh county and bucks and harrow harrow, a good one across 611 and showers into quakertown, no grown to cloud lightning strikes, just a band of heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms moving into norristown and another one south of jenkintown, and this is the activity we'll see over the next couple of hours before that dry air moves in. we did have some severe weather though at the shore estelle manor in ventnor and atlantic city reporting a thunderstorm with 39 miles per hour wind gusts. the big story with this is not the rain but the fact that it's getting rid of this. today's high 91 degrees and felt like 95 with the humidity. i'll talk about a brief break coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. well before you head out the door check the storm tracker 6 app on your mobile device, find the hourly forecast for your exact location. follow our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. >> it happened this morning, authorities ordered evacuations of naval philadelphias in sout

heading into lehigh county. no lightning strikes associated with this. this is a batch of showers and it's north of reading now. slatington under the circumstances kutztown heading to allentown and this is ahead of a cold front that brings us relief from oppressive heat and humidity. it started thursday with a high of 9. today a record tying 95 degrees. that heat index made it feel like 100. tomorrow if we hit 90 this is officially the first heat wave of the summer. and of the year i should say since actually not even officially sxher yet. 58 in philadelphia, 11:00 very warm out there. wilmington 8 2. allentown 75. a lot cooler on the beaches. temperatures in the 70s. you factor in the humidity do you points 7 0. uncomfortable. philadelphia 90. behind that cold front that is moving through as dew points really dropping through the day tomorrow. it starts humid but it ends a lot more comfortable. satellite 6 along with action radar showing here's the cold front you can see how as the storms are rolling into the cooler air they're really dying off. we will

. >>> also today authorities in lehigh county ruled the death of a three-year-old girl who fell fourccidental. it happened on the 700 block of turner street in allentown late last night. authorities have identified the little girl as tamara arnett. the victim's five-year-old sister who also fell out of the window remains hospitalized in critical condition. police are still working to determine what led to the fall. >>> and a 17-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot nine times in germantown. it happened just after 1:30 this morning near germantown avenue and bringhurst street. the victim ran into a chinese food store for help after he was shot. police followed his trail of blood and found 10 shell casings and a car with multiple bullet holes in it. police are hoping nearby surveillance cameras may offer some clues into the gunman. >> ♪ >>> trouble on the tarmac as two plains loaded with passengers clip wings. that's coming up. >>> plus new information on the red sox fan badly injured last night when she was hit by a broken bat. >>> a tall glass of lemonade pretty ref

they say there's been no actual threat against the lehigh county headquarters. >> surprised, yeah. i don't know why he targeted air products. i think it was just random. >> air products released a statement offering condolences to the family of the man killed in the french terror attack. >>> preparing for the pope. we are learning new details about the world meeting of families in the visit from pope francis. the event will be held at the pennsylvania convention center and we have learned the hall's atrium will be adorned with stained glass just like a church. also every square inch will be used from areas where meals will be prepared to exhibits of rare artifacts from the vatican. >> i would challenge people to actually make that effort to set it aside, put it on your calendars, to figure out a way to get down to philadelphia during the world meeting of families and/or the papal visit and be part of what is going to be part of history. >> the convention center says it's not too late to buy passes to events connected to the visit. and we'll have coverage of his trip and the impact

this is mainly for berks lehigh counties until 12:15 in the morning. the these locations have already seen in excess of 2 inches of rain, so widespread flooding a concern for this because we have then are storms training or moving over the same location and really in the moving to the south and east. slatington kutztown, and west ward included in that flash flood warning. we will talk about what we did do. we did whether you like it or not, we hit 92 in philadelphia the first time we have climbed above 90 degrees. with summer getting closer to us don't be priced we have more 90's knocking on the door. with the rain cooled air moving in north and west of town temperatures are cooling down in the 50's and 60's. fifty-eight in the poconos. sixty-seven reading. seventy-four though in lancaster. still mild in philadelphia, 77. and 72 degrees to the south and million will. here's satellite six with action radar. we are tracking this warm front that is still draped to our north and west. as we go throughout the day tomorrow is there a cold front that will con

want to take you in tight to two cells now that are beginning to pop and one of them southern lehigh county and southern spring town, that will give you a real downpour it and in around spring town, a second one just in and out pulsing every now and then it gets stronger and then weaker. heading now to quakertown and bed minister and areas close to perkasie i'll go and start this up and you can see the movement here in a second. no lightning out of these in a second, i can see that happening quickly as they shoot across 309, it's south of quakertown or around quakertown in the next 5 to 10 minutes. all the lightning we are looking at is in the poconos and a couple more light showers, pushing out of eastern chester county and northern delaware county it's starting out there. as we look outside you see sky 6 hd, it's sun and clouds mix across the region, it's warm and humid and cool drinks all around if you are out doing work. the dew point is indicating fairly humid air and winds out of the west at 14 miles per hour breezy like yesterday. most of the action is around areas to the north and t

you found trees down in coplay, lehigh county? >> reporter: yeah we were driving around coplay here in the lehigh valley and stumbled upon this tree down. the crews made quick work of a lot of the trees. they say more than 100 trees are down in coplay alone. they left this to move on to another street. you want to get a sense of the sheer power of the storm that came through here take a look between these two houses through the alleyway. you can see a tree snapped clean in half. we talked to some of the residents who described what they saw when the storm came through. >> basically couldn't see anything. there was nothing but water, wind, lots of -- you couldn't see maybe 20 feet in front of you. we had hail bigger than golf ball size. had a small creek running through my backyard here. the water was about a foot and a half deep here. it was crazy. it really was crazy. i never seen it like that. i've lived here all my life. i have never seen anything like that. not around here, haven't. >> reporter: here in the street this was enti

as a precaution federal, state and local authorities are keeping an eye on the lehigh county facility but stress there's been no actual threat against the local headquarters. >>> your weekend won't be a washout but we'll still have to deal with this when the rain will start falling and the best time to get outside. >>> local power crews still racing to restore service. george spencer has an upclose look at everything they have to do before customers can turn on the lights. >>> i'm john clark. phillies manager ryan sandberg resigned today. he was emotional. how did the phillies do in their first game without him? ♪ amazing grace ♪ >>> president obama led a chorus of "amazing grace" as we called on the country to honor the nine victims of last week's charleston church massacre. he delivered the eulogy at reverend and state nart clementa pinckney's future today. first lady michelle obama and vice president joe biden were among those in attendance. >>> here at home sky force 10 was over graterford correctional facility. a cell was set on fire. five or six officers were checked out for or

this is a viewer video sent to us about 7:00 tonight in lehigh county. and check out this light show in westchester. molly burns shot this. and to the soaking outside the nbc 10 studios just before 9:00 tonight. >> let's get the latest from glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> pretty heavy rain on the radar, even some thunderstorms. not as organized as it was earlier. and western areas that got hit hard earlier today are drying out. but there's still a little bit of lightning in delaware and parts of south jersey right now as this line moves across coming into dover right now. it's going toward the shore and the steady rain continues right around the philadelphia area. again, you can see some of the lightning strikes still on the map. the futurecast shows as we go through the night, we're going to see this activity diminish but not necessarily disappear. we still have a bit of a wet pattern for the rest of the night and into the morning. may very well have wet conditions when you wake up. we're not expecting anything as strong as what we saw today. but there m

. >>> "action news" is learning a deadly terrorist attack in france has ties to lehigh county. french authorities say a suspect rammed a vehicle here into a gas factory opened by air products which is based in trexlertown. now, investigators also found the severed head of the suspect's employer hanging at the factory entrance along with banners with arabic inscriptions. air products says it has now stepped up security worldwide. >>> and world news tonight with david muir will have new details about that terror attack plus more nationwide reaction to the supreme court same-sex marriage ruling, that's neck at 6:30 here on... next here at 6:30. >> big changes for the phillies after manager ryne sandberg decided to resign today. he made the announcement hours before tonight's game. the news comes as the phillies struggle with the worst record in baseball. annie mccormick live in south philadelphia with more. this was a brig surprise annie. big surprise and a big factor into why he has made the decision to leave the team. we're getting reaction from fans as they head into citizens b

the water was then bottled at its facilities in hamburg berks county or upper macungie lehigh county between june 10th and june 18th. e. coli turned up in multiple samples from far away springs during routine testing. the water was treated but not at a facility permitted by the dep. so niagara issued the voluntary recall. in this area acme, 7-eleven, shop rite and wegmans carried the water under store brand names and pulled it from shelves over the weekend. customers said it was another example of why they're concerned overall about food safety. >> meat and now water is being called back. >> yes, i am very concerned about what's going on in the world with our foods and with our drinking water and so on and so forth yes, i am. >> reporter: now, you can return the bottled water to the place where you purchased it for a full refund. first you'll need to check the code on the bottle to see if it's part of the lot that was impacted. we've provide add link to help you do that on our web site 6abc.com. live in bala cynwyd, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." jim. >> sarah, thank y

a lehigh county jury has found the son of allentown's police chief not guilty of pointing a gun at detectives. >>> 23-year-old christopher fitzgerald is the son of joel fitzgerald. he pointed a gun at two undercover detectives following alleged road rage incident. jurors deliberated for 5 hours before acquitting christopher last night. >>> 5:03 now. 53 degrees. lawmakers are calling amtrak officials to capitol hill today for a hearing on last month's deadly train derailment in philadelphia. one of the goals of this hearing is to find out the status of the investigation and determine what safety changes can be made. preliminary reports by the national transportation safety board revealed that the train was traveling over 100 miles per hour when it derailed on may 12th. the speed restriction in that curve, by the way, is 50 miles per hour. 8 people died 200 were injured. >>> investigators were trying to find out who set fire to three cars in camden county overnight. "nbc 10's" jesse gary is live in pennsauken where two of the cars were found. tell us more about this, jesse. >> reporter: well, t

pennsylvania state police are on the scene of deadly tractor-trailer crash in upper saucon township, lehigh county, westbound lanes of i 78, 1 a.m. both sides of highway are shut down for now. we do not yet know how many vehicles and how many people are involved. >> the whitehouse says vice-president joe biden will be in delaware today to mourn loss of bow who died saturday from brain cancer. family connections gave him obvious leg up in first-state politics and still he was deeply respected in political circles known as hard charging attorney general of delaware and decorated combat veteran in iraq and devoted father and family man. >> beau biden was be loved in delaware. extraordinarily popular. in fact the most popular elected official in the state and that's because of who he was and how he car questioned himself. he worked for. it he earned it. >> beau was 46 years old and announced a plan to run for governor of delaware next year. >> you heard from governor jack markell he ordered flags flown at half staff to honor beau biden. he was in elsmere where the u.s. flag and delaware state plaque w

there will be few steady rain pockets within that here up along, say again northern lehigh county, northampton then off to the north. so if that's where your travels take you, moving along, three hour soup, so it appears as early morning issue. then we catch a break region wide expect to eventually see some more showers and thunderstorms firing up. we zoom it out one more time for you here. this frontal boundary is pretty expansive. extends all the way from the new england way back, you can even see the trails of clouds back into oklahoma, and even portions of texas so, this is definitely large system. and it is certainly going to have some gusto with it once it fires up some of the showers, thunderstorms later today. so we do sit in a slight risk for severe weather across southeastern pennsylvania, marginal risk, in other words lower risk for severe weather through central southern new jersey and all of the state of delaware. regardless, it does appear as everyone is going to end up with the leading edge of this front with showers and locally stronger thunderstorms which primarily look to pro

that area includes part of berks county part of lehigh county. that's until 6:45 p.m. once again, lot of lightning with these things and also potentially damaging winds. should hit allentown at 6:23. we will continue to track the storms and how the rest of the forecast looks in just a few minutes. >>> we have this just in. an arrest in the case of a man's body stuffed inside a suitcase. just minutes ago, police in delaware county told us they have arrested a philadelphia man in the death of scott burnhesel. thomas brennan is his name. he is now facing murder charges. the victim was found not far from philadelphia international airport last month. >>> from our jersey shore bureau, police need your help in solving a decades-old missing child mystery. tonight, investigators are taking a fresh look at a person of interest and hoping that someone can place that person near the scene of the crime. so many years ago. here's a picture of the man police suspect was at the scene of the crime in middle township back in 1991. he's in prison right now on other child sex convictions

. >>> the case of a police chief's son who was accused of pointing a gun at detectives in lehigh countyis now over. the morning call is reporting that joel fitzgerald yesterday was found not guilty. he's the son of allentown's police chief. prosecutors -- i'm sorry, christopher is the son, joel is the allentown police chief. the younger fitzgerald was accused of pointing a weapon at two undercover detectives after an alleged road rage incident. again, the morning call reporting this morning that christopher fitzgerald was found not guilty. >>> well it's a case that sounds a lot like the inmate incident that sparked rioting in baltimore. >> this morning there is a new family demanding justice and a new police department on the defense. still ahead, the 8-minute van ride in police custody that is now in question. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. >> the flood watch and flood advisories all expire by 6:00 a.m. the precipitation generally much lighter than it was overnight. it's not expected to get real heavy. we're going to be watc

mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] (an only party gets wild in lehigh county. police helped capture this unwanted guest black weighing between 30400-pound. prompted flood of 911 calls. the bear was trans willized and remains in custody of the game commission, right now. >>> teenager is in serious condition, after a shark attack. police say the 17 year old was bitten saturday, while swimming in the outer banks. officials say he suffered bites to the calf, buttocks, and both hands. now, this is the second attack in as many days, and the sixth in the past two weeks. >> very scary. for the second time in eight months, a rocket heading to the international space station explodes shortly after taking off. nasa and space x are trying to figure out with a went wrong yesterday. now, that ship full every supplies exploded just couple every minute after taking off from cape canaveral. included first of its kinds port supposed to let commercial flights dock with the international space station. >> now, the second frightening failure for rocket headed to the space station.

seniors from the parkland school district in lehigh county walked across the stage picking up diplomas tonight. and it is the first district to have graduation at the hockey arena in allentown. and we congratulate each and every one of them. >> getting to be that time of year. >> absolutely. >>> the accuweather forecast, cecily tynan. >> the best day of the week wednesday. today, it is going to be gorgeous. stormtracker live double scan showing what a difference 24 hours makes. yesterday we were dealing with heavy rain. and tonight, a great night for chopper 6 to take flight looking at the gorgeous sunset. the sun is setting at 8:29 as we head towards the summer solstice june 21. i had great photos sent to me. the beautiful and comfortable night. temperatures dropping down into the 60s in most of the suburbs. philadelphia 74, the high today 86. that is 5 degrees above normal. a little on the warnl -- warm side. and the poconos down to 59. sea isle city 70. the temperatures dropping down into the low 60s in philadelphia tonight into the 50s in some of the suburbs. and the dewpoints are

that's probably going to be the area that will be hardest hit, poconos, lehigh valley, just to the north of reading out to lancaster county0:00 p.m. by south jersey by midnight, the thunderstorms hug the shore. everyone will get a little something but it looks to be the worst, again near the poconos, lehigh valley, the area i showed you highlighted in yellow. seven-day forecast shows temperatures will warm in the mid-80s. 87 and drier on wednesday. hotter by thursday and friday. back to the 90s. >> all right, brittney eight minutes until 6:00. >> let's check for sure. jessica boyington is watching the roads. what are you seeing jessica? >> our majors are still doing okay. we are watching a road closure, though out in lower makefield. that's rolloff road at makefield road. to get around that scene take big oak road to get by. on the schuylkill expressway, not much manyin the way of volume here. disabled vehicle on the shoulder. just something to watch as you move through. you can see westbound currently no problems on 76 if you're headed toward the king of prussia area. 202, we'll take a fly down there and check out the dr