founded on july 14,1817, monroe county is the second oldest county in michigan and is named in honor of our nation's fifth president, james monroe. home to the river rays and national battlefield park, monroe county takes great pride in preserving local history and telling the story of the war of 1812 and those who fought to secure our freedoms. monroe county is blessed with many precious natural resources, wildlife, and outdoor areas for the community to enjoy, whether it's fishing for walleye on lake erie, or watching water foul in the unique coastal marshes, the outdoor opportunities are among the finest in the naferingse. serving as an important transportation hub, monroe county features the largest highway gateway into michigan and the state's only international port on lake erie. monroe county is also phone for its rich agricultural heritage as well as its strong manufacturing presence. 8. including the headquarters for furniture maker laz-e-boy. i want to thank the monroe county bicentennial alliance. they generously gave up their time to coordinate a number of special programs

severe thunderstorm warning right now for carbon and monroe counties in the poconos and that's until 6:30. high so far today, oppressive, atlantic city 96. that's the highest number. philadelphia 95. and lower 90s everywhere else but with the humidity it feels like 98 in philadelphia. 103 in atlantic city. 111 in dover. excessive heat continues right through tomorrow. so a repeat performance and coming up we'll talk more about that extended heat wave. fifth heat wave of the season more storm chances and of course we will have your weekend outlook and guess what? people are even eating -- >> kathy we have pizza for you. >> oh, george. >> where did you come from? >> we love it. >> george ordered some pizza and guess what, guys he has dinner and george i'll take one. >> go ahead. >> if you don't mine. >> he has one more week of vacation. how has the week been. >> it's been awesome. weather has been great. we love fox. >> there you go. i didn't even put him up to this. thank, george. let me get my slice. >> the suppose looks good. >> save you some, guys. >> sure you will. >> enjoy. >> al

region specific to the poconos and lehigh valley specially, lehigh, northampton counties, included, as well as carbon, monroe you have lake house, very jealous of you, jim, keep it in mind, you'll have some rain to dodge there at least in the further most counties offer to the north. you could end up with inch or 2 inches every rain, the the bulk pushing through, meanwhile, an anyone fair game for shower or storm, i would keep your umbrella on stand by, northern most areas prone to the rain today. by the time we hit the weekends may still be left over shower early on, but all-in-all, things are brightening up nicely saturday, sunday looks beautiful. >> i was going to say look at sunday. all right, katie, thank you so much for. that will so, starting off with a couple of areas that are looking a little bit slower. so, right here, 202 northbound, limekiln pack, traffic stop, flashing lights, you'll be tapping your brakes little bit. this as this time before the 10:00 hour, won't slow down too much, but progress to the 5:00 hour we can. i'll keep you in the loop when it get moved out of your way. vine closed ov

monroe county specifically. the storms are moving through hazelton have a lot of lightning associated with them. let's look at this severe thunderstorm warning. these counties here are going to be under a warning. they are starting to louz l sol intensity. they are moving at 40 miles per hour. they will be in lehigh at 6:45 and bushkill at 6:49. you want to stay away from the windows. get interior. because these are throwing hail and have provided damage. their path has been a damaging path. these have diminished in their height. they were up to 40,000 foot. tos. you can seat shades of red. earlier they had magenta shades to indicate big reflectivity. usually hail. these have been hail producers. this is all good news for us as they approach. but you can see the hail track. this is where the tornado was reported. we showed you that video earlier. you can see the storms making their way out of buffalo. that happened earlier this afternoon. 2:00 this afternoon and headed toward our area. this is the line that we're

we have severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of the lehigh valley as well as northampton and monroe countiestil lat left 6:30 or as late as 7:00 as we get toward bethlehem and easton as they come in from the north and west and they are severe because they are producing winds of 60 as well as quarter size hail coming in from the north and west. we look at this on stormtracker 6 live double scan lightning near 71 lightning strikes, powerful bolts of lightning across lake harmony, gilbert at 6:30, and little gap at 6:32. and it continues to track these as they start to move into our viewing area and again they have a history of producing hail and what you see here is what we call the hail pack so to speak. it developed and the thickest and brightest is the biggest hail tracking across lake harmony and the swath shopping up on the radar. 98 is the heat index in philadelphia and 100 in dover and 102 in millville and 103 at the atlantic city airport. and they are brushing the areas where we have the severe thunderstorm watch until sock. pennsylvania all points north. and trenton and lakehurst at 1

advisory is issued and stays up for 4:30, for northampton and lehigh and berks county and carbon and monroe counties, we are tracking the storms coming through and the flood advisory is a big concern and a lot of rain in a short amount of time is a problem. the temperature now in philadelphia. coming in at 76 and the dew point in at 73 and the winds from the east-northeast at 10 miles per hour. bringing in all of that moisture, the pressure 30.04 and holding steady and the ocean temperature upper 60s. north and west of town temperatures in the upper 60s. 68 in lake harmony and 71 in kutztown and where the showers and storms have yet to reach. numbers are still in the 80s. 80 forever new holland and kirkwood and lower 80s in coatesville. down in new jersey, 69 for browns mills and 76 in buena and 84 in fortescue and smyrna 90 and dover, delaware, 86 and a heat advisory for the state of delaware, heat index in the triple digits. numbers oppressive. upper 60s and lower 70s in most locations. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you that we are tracking the showers and storms right now they to th

about a very strong wind associated with these storms and severe thunderstorm warning for carbon, monroe counties until 6:30 p.m. we have a break of around 60 miles an hour. we could see quarter sized hail. we might see some right around mount pocono at this point in time. so as far as tracking these storms we are seeing eight and 10:00 p.m. we could see thunder in center city a after tenor 11:00 tonight things quiet down. start out your day on friday with partly cloudy skies and sunshine in the afternoon. it will be a scorcher. it is imperative that you find a way to cool off. get inside air conditioning go see a movie, perhaps head to the library or mall. just find a way to get relief from the heat or go down the shore. sunshine hot sand tomorrow, 90 . eighty-seven saturday. we will risk to are shower or thunderstorm as we move in the weekend. overnight low temperature around 78, muggy, warm, heading in to tomorrow high of 96. dangerous heat with sunshine. you're witness weather seven day forecast looks like this heading in the weekend we are talking 90's in the forecast. not much mountain way

jersey sussex county in northwestern new jersey warren county in northwestern new jersey central monroe county in northeastern pennsylvania northeastern northampton county in eastern pennsylvania in till seven thirty pm at six twenty three pm severe thunderstorms were located along a lot extending from khalid to near relate to pocono pines moving southeast at thirty five miles per hour or hazard sixty miles per hour wind gusts. source radar indicated impact expects damage to trees and power lines severe thunderstorms will be near where the lake and echo may go around six thirty five pm millbrook from its root fill in paradise valley around six forty pm port jervis blairstown milford five points analysing and her to get around six forty five pm montague around six fifty pm newton he stroudsburg high point in stone villa around fifty five pm bangor arkell delaware water gap and over the delaware water gap and allen mucci panther valley around seven pm hackettstown east bangor colombia and lake mohawk around seven o five pm pentagon stand up in sussex around seven ten pm other locations impacted

a little thunderstorm split in the couple showers in carbon own are and monroe counties and couple dropsthe poconos. head up for. that otherwise quiet conditions, mostly clear, pleasant falling back down to 07 degrees. might be able to leave these windows opened overnight tonight as we head into our tuesday and day one of august mostly sunny. 90 degrees. not too humid. chance of the isolated thunder shower in the afternoon and evening hours. future weather showing us it is a quiet start, tuesday morning commute in problems weather-wise as we head into your lunch hour. nice to get out for that stroll in the afternoon hours though we will see those isolated cells flaring up, again just a shower or isolated thunder shower but if you run into one on your commute it could slow things down, as we head in the five and 6:00 still a chance of the storm but as we go past sunset we will lose heating of the day and fuel for those daytime thunderstorms so that chance will diminish after sunset tomorrow but down the shore, sunny skies, chance of the very stray isolated storm in the afternoon otherwise

the monroe county sheriff's office pulled over their car for a taillight being out and then discovereder tied up and struggling inside the vehicle. wildlife officials were able to release the deer back into the wild. >> the dispute over the fate of a terminally ill british baby is now getting international attention even the vatican is now getting involved. a vatican owned children's hospital has tired care for 10 month old charlie guard. the baby has severe brain damage from that a rare genetic disease. british and european courts rule the hospital he's in can turn off life support because there's no hope for improvement. but that goes against his parents' wishes who want him to get experimental treatment in the u.s. however, the hospital says transferring charlie anywhere is impossible. >> the phillies continue their series with the pirates at home tonight. ben lively will be on the mound. the phillies honored veterans before the game last night but there was nothing to celebrate at the plate. phillies batters struck out 14 times and left 11 runners aren't base. the phillies lose thr

maryland rate, heavy rainfall, zooming in show you north white hall, lehigh jim sharp, carbon and monroe countiesn with those cloud right now in the poconos. 72 degrees. high humidity. 93 percent. as we go hour by hour gradual clearing this early afternoon warming those temperatures up and more isolated showers later this evening. down the shore water temperatures upper 60's cape may, atlantic city, low threat today and as we look at that weekend forecast down the shore looking great saturday 84 degrees. lower 80's on sunday, back to you. >>> kevin hart returns home up in north philadelphia, started 10:30 in the morning. huge crude. kevin hart day. >> he had a great turnout. >> little rain didn't stop block party philly showed up for comedian's birthday block party joined by rob hart and his son, and our quincy harris was there as well talking about a big celebration. they unveiled a mural, and, and,. >> and, i am to day inn a eat, breathe, this city through good and bad i mean that. >> for a guy to have so many big dreams and accomplish so much it shows us all that we can do any and everything t

getting a live look at monroe county, 82 degrees, not warm but not too bad, bit of the breeze out of northwest and temperatures are soaring all across the delaware valley, even beaches at 91 degrees in atlantic city eighty-nine in wildwood. we're currently up near 90 degrees in dover. check out these feels like temperatures feeling like 99 in dover. feeling like 98 degrees in millville and worries still yet to come, that will be tomorrow when we have this heat advisory for the area. also an excessive heat warning in effect 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. tomorrow for philadelphia and surrounding suburbs and you will want to take it easy tomorrow with this excessive heat we will be dealing with near record heat and oppressive humidity on top of that, overnight tonight that ac will be working overtime only falling back down to 77. humid with a spotty thunder shower. for our day tomorrow very hot, very humid, 97 degrees with a breeze. mostly sunny but we will see afternoon storms developing but storm scan three right now showing us quiet conditions most activity off to the north and east seeing

have severe thunderstorm warnings, that are in place for some locations including a carbon and monroe counties, until 6:30 p.m. we are talking about very strong, gusty wind upward of 60 miles an hour. also quarter sized hail possible with this storm as it continues to press through. moving south ande at around 35 to 40 miles an hour, so we have a severe thunderstorm watch because of this line of storms until 10:00 p.m. that includes philadelphia, points north, in north new jersey, new york, so we have a mess of storms heading our way we will track this for you. we could see thunder right here in center city between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. this evening but beyond there things quiet down significant ly as we head in the overnight hours tonight. it will be a warm one. we will not get a chance to cool down that much. we will start off your day with partly cloudy skies tomorrow morning and then it is another scorcher as we head in the afternoon. find a way to cool down go see a movie, head to the mall but get inside into air conditioning or go down the shore, and see our friend at summer fest tomorrow.

poconos carbon monroe counties , points north not included in these alerts but will be still hot. storm scan three all clear we have a pocket of showers which has been here since eastern half of the maryland and didn't make tonight to delaware. we may end up with the spotty showers or thunder showers, not enough to cool everybody off, enough to cool off neighborhood through second half of the day. bigger story remains extreme heat and humidity with highs in the mid 90's. we are shooting for 96 degrees in philadelphia, heat index values soaring as high as 103. one of those days that is certainly in the like we have never seen it before but take extra care because it causes it and think ahead about how you need to be prepared to be out in it. you will need extra water bottles and need to factor in frequent breaks into your daily routine here if you have to be out in this. again, this is really not a very clear cut end in sight until next week, meisha for war of it but we are in the middle of the heat as of right now. >> we say it all the time it can be dangerous, all right, thanks v

chopper6 was over the rescue effort near three the 300 block of dalia avenue in monroe township gloucester countye that tangled parachute in the woods. the skydiver was dangling about 70 feet above the ground. crews took him down yesterday evening. he was checked out at the scene on is okay. >> and here's an adorable story for you. the unique event raised money for the humane society of ocean city. the ross family hosted a dog wedding. the event yesterday brought together their terrier tessa with dog friend grom. attendees got to meet adoptable dogs and learn more about the shelter. the event raised more than $600,000. that's impressive. >> might catch on that idea. >> i think so. >> we'll see. >> 4:57, 76er ben simmons is proving he has shooting skills. see his impressive full court toss coming up later. >> time is running out for a young boy that is that has sparked a global debate. now the vatican is offering to help try and save his life. >> we continue to follow breaking news. three people were injured in a shooting in chester. it also resulted in several cars being damaged. we have exclusiv

county. near monroe treat there was a tree down and blocking the self damning of the dw parkway for a little while and silver spring had a tree down by maryland 410 and blair miller road it is still cool only in the mid-70s and north beach is 73 with time to recover at west for leesburg and manassas. if you are going out this evening, much nicer looking skies here in washington. it looks ominous as the storms came through with temperatures hovering around the 80 degree mark. the rest of the weekend and pretty good news. >> it looks good. thank you. our matt yurus is where severe storms are threatening people's early fourth of july celebrations and you are down with the sunglasses on. how is it looking now? a >> reporter: it is safe to say the storm has passed at the cantina marina here on the waterfront. some severe storms rolled through sending people for cover. i was chatting with the patrol and he said he actually had to stop people from coming in because it was at its capacity as people huddled of shelter in the area even had some standing water. this lasted for about 30 minutes but as y

warning in effect that encompasses parts of lehigh valley and all the way over into parts of monroe and carbon countiesed towards the pennsylvania suburb. let's look at who is affected. at 7:03, all of you in bethlehem

chopper6 was over the rescue effort in monroe township gloucester county last night.ou can see the tangled parachute in the woods. the skydiver dangled about 70 feet above the ground until crews brought him down to safety. >> and it was a night to remember but the massive effort to clean up the ben franklin parkway continues this morning. the action cam is live as crews continue to break down the stage taking down fencing and clearing out the trash. >>> a spectacular fireworks display over the art museum capped off the fourth of july celebrations last night. philly's own boyz ii men love them performed for the tens of thousands of people who lined the parkway for welcome america's free concert. fast moving storms sent concertgoers scrambling for cover and delayed headliner mary j blige but the show eventually went on. >> you know, it shows that people can get along, you know, at different events in honor -- to honor our our forefathers. >> there were in a arrests or incidents. >> motown philly back again. >> you've been singing that all day. >> we were calling for pos

he was a mainstay at monroe county area livestock shows and f.f.a. banquets, always helping out and offering advice to current and future farmers. he was a great man who had a positive influence on countless kentuckians. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady om texas seek reck -- seek recognition? without objection the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i always applaud when the united states steps in and takes a leadership role to prevent war. i've traveled to the mid east for many, many years as a member of the united states congress representing my constituents, and i want to express my appreciation to secretary of state rex tillerson for the energy he is putting in in engaging saudi arabia, kuwait, u.a.e., jordan, egypt, and qatar to be able to stop the blockade and the conflict that may continue to grow against qatar. this is a region that many of these countries have been allies of of the united states, the southern command is in qatar, and frankly i think they need to be

. >>> we have breaking news from monroe glous ter county with a rescue underway here.here a skydiver is stuck if a tree. you see parts of the parachute there he is stuck 70 feet aboveground and this is the 300 block of dalia avenue in gloucester county. emergency vehicles to the left of your screen, they are trying to extricate the skydiver and he is conscious and alert, no word of injuries or where he was trying to land. but stuck in the tree here 70 feet aboveground. we'll keep an eye on the situation and bring you updates as they become available to us. >>> fireworks on the 4th of july are thrilling for a lot of people but for pets they can be down right terrifying, we reached out to morris animal f refuge with tips on how to keep the pets calm. bring them inside and make sure they can't get out. and be sure your pets have their tags on or are microchiped just in case they get scared and run away. and put your pet in a quiet room and play soft music for them or sit and comfort them your presence will keep them calm as well. and offer them a treat or toy to distract

the meantime, flood advisory is posted up that way, so lehigh northampton, part of berks county, carbon, monroe, even new york city travelers perhaps this will impact your travel along 78 or 80, into northern new jersey, that flood advisory lasts us few more hours, looking at the area temperatures, low zero seven ' from i59 on south, still have essentially southerly wind flow. but with time here today, anyone still fair game for a shower or rumble every thunder, specially true, for the next few hours, to the north and west. so, i'm ' just keeping your umbrella on stand by, however, slowly start to dry out meisha. but may even be hint of wet weather left over in the forecast, and we will talk about that little later on. >> wonderful, katie, thank you so much. right away, pull your attention to this accident we've been talking about in boards end town new jersey. so we have just gotten words that this is a fatal crash. vehicle hit a pedestrian. new jersey turnpike northbound route 206, that left inner lane is still blocked. if i were you now i would use an alternate. 295, route 206, avoid the are

made it down to egg harbor township as we make our way to the shore and in monroe township right before we got into atlantic county we had to pull over. this is best weather we have been driving in since we start todd day around 2:00. sue has it right i could not believe we were doing white knucke driving in july and downpours and lightening with none in stop, lightening flashes every other second and the rain made visibility, zero i said to my driver, greg, if anything is in front of us we have zero warning and we will slam into it. people on the new jersey turnpike where i began my day, around 2:00 which is just pulling over, everybody driving smartly with their flashers barely going 20 miles an hour if they were moving. most people filled the rest stop right away, wise move not even to drive. way to give yourself extra time call in and say i will in the leave until this storm passes. we have had, big warnings about strong winds, that is why we are doing our report in the truck while we're moving because we thought it might be dangerous to be outside plus we didn't want to start our day getting drenched. when i

you north and west we are dealing with that moderate to heavy rainfall, berks county, reading, allentown area carbon, monroe, still looking at maryland rate to heavy rainfall. stepping outside door socked with that included cover 72 degrees right now in trenton and we are looking at humidity at 93 percent. here's planner for today 87 the high in center city. we will see afternoon clearing that will warmer temperatures up. eighty-three down the shore. mid 80's for lehigh valley. heading down the shore don't let included today get you down because weekend forecast, bob kelly, looks great. >> you got it, exactly 7:01, scottie problems on route one in bucks county. here's live look at southbound lanes of route one near pennsylvania avenue. an accident right here behind that overpass. this again south bun route one for gang coming from neshaminy trying to get down toward the turnpike interchange at philly bensalem exit. tacony palmyra bridge opening set for 6:55. we cannot even see bridge because of the fog so we will go with the assumption it is block. we had an accident south on the lincoln drive right here ne

it has been pretty pea soupy in berks lehigh, northampton, carbon, monroe, northern part of the bucks montgomery and chester counties as well. your number of the day is a five out of 10. if you think it is okay right now conditions are expect to deteriorate later on and we have a flash flood watch in effect that kicks in this afternoon and goes until tomorrow afternoon for several inches of rain in some places. milder start today with buddy on the beach now but listen for those thunderstorms later in the day and get off the beach when they happen. we have seen a few pop up showers this morning but not too much happening at the moment on radar. it is cloudy. seventy-four right now in philadelphia we are heading to the mid 80's later one some rain, scattered thunderstorms throughout the rest of the day really raining tonight we will go through it all coming up, bob kelly. >> good morning. 7:05, water department crews has been working on columbus boulevard, this stretch has been closed for last half an hour, these guys getting out trying to see what is going on southbound columbus boulevard right here at catherine betw