the national weather service issued this. we are looking at rotation in the upper levels of the atmosphere. now over to charley now and then it will come back over to me. >> you are seeing first light across much of the baltimore. this is a live look at the inner harbor. this is the city. you are not seeing as much of the severe stuff right now this is harford county up to the north near the pennsylvania state line. we will stay with the story as this warning remains in effect until 6:30. for now, let's look at today's tech bites and we are back in a bit. >> reporter: in today's tech bites a billionaire thinks big the man behind tesla electric cars has unveiled a plan to which is being passengers in tube at 800 miles per hour on a cushion of compressed air cutting travel time between l.a. and san francisco from 6 hours to 30 minutes. smudge and jrm resistant touch screens could be around the corner. researchers are engineering ascreen coating that makes it impossible for bugs and spills to a get a grip. gorilla glass on many

so what we are watching again the national weather service issued this tornado warning because they areseeing some type of spin in the upper atmosphere and what i want to do is zoom in and this looks confusing and cluttered but this is the velocity radar that mode that it's in and you see the reds, the reds go away from the rain dar and the greens go towards and what you want is a cuplet so i will zoom in and seeif eke find the cuplet and see what the national weather service is seeing. and there's a little bit you can see the cuplet coming together around just to the south of northeast this morning. and this is where we are going to be looking. so now i am going step out and go back and try to zoom into areas for you. and let's keep you safe from the storm that's happening. we have been under the gun this morning with severe weather. harford county is out of the woods but we are talking about cecil county this morning. i am going to pull out and then i am going to put on this mode back in here for you. and we can see that the areas are looking very rain this morning we have the flash f

. >>> in less than a three-hour span last night, the national weather service reported more nan 11,000 lightning strikes around the bay area. take a look at several of the incident -- incidents captured by ktvu crews. there's still the possibility of more lightning today. alex savidge is monitoring how fire crews are preparing for the chance of more fires sparked by lightning. but we begin our team coverage with steve paulson who tells us about the red flag warning in effect right now. >> that's correct. things are quiet and cooler. we seem to be getting a lot of dry air coming in here. it's sunny to mostly sunny unless you are on parts of the coast. so far we're keeping an eye on clouds. the low is still spinning off there. it's not moving but it will by tonight and tomorrow. tomorrow it will be on tom of us -- on top of us. suffice it to say, it's cooler. bewe had temperatures -- we had temperatures near 90. also some of that fog 207b the coast is keeping temperatures very cool there. sea breeze is really ramped up. more of a westerly wind. even gusts to about 30. yesterday it was al

although according to the national weather service, the lightning has let up.re is the possibility of another light show later on tonight. live in morning in pacifica, alex savage, ktvu news. >> we want to see your photos whenever we have severe weather. e-mail them to us or post them on our facebook page. >> happening today, city college students plan to march to san francisco city hall demanding a last-ditch effort from mayor ed lee from the college losing its accreditation. >>> the project to restore parts of the ferry is back on track. they want to move the ferry paddle wheel away from the current site that is being developed into a site. when work on the park is complete the ferry parts will be moved back in and made into an exhibit. the history includes movies, restaurant and a nightclub. >> the clock is ticking as the new 49ers stadium gets closer to completion. they're two weeks ahead of schedule and more than halfway down. the goal is to have the stadium ready by next june, two months before the preseason. $26million a month was spent installing the co

the national weather service says there were more than 15,000 strikes overnight. if you somehow missed the show, here's a look at what we saw. >> thunderstorms across the bay area brought flashes of light across the night sky. these strikes illuminated the night over emeryville. the national weather service bay area tweeted that in just one hour this morning, there were 135 strikes over the pacific. most of the spectacular lightning show was over the ocean. but san mateo county saw several great flashes and the north and east bay saw their share as well. this amazing photo was taken by mike, it shows an impressive strike over pacifica. a dueling light show over san francisco. vicki says, the thunder, was drowned out by the sound of the wind and waves crashing to shore. >> this instagram photo shows a bolt of energy just beyond at&t park. unfortunately, it wasn't enough to ignite the giants against the red sox last night. a loss for the giants but a flashy show for the fans. >> hopefully we'll be a little better tonight. what we saw last night was pretty rare so if

indicators of hail and potentially even the location of some potential tornadoes that the national weather service will be serving later today, and we looked at harford county and cecil county. those were the two main spots where we had the strongest weather move through where we had tornado warnings, flash flood warnings and of course we could see a little more strong to severe weather as we head into the afternoon. we had some storm reports, and we've got marty live at the wjz mobile weather lab with more on that this morning. >> thank you very much. good afternoon everybody. the mobile weather lab is here in mount washington near the jones falls for a reason. currently what i'm noticing is quite a change from six hours ago. our realtime weather data in the mobile weather lab is showing winds barely moving at all. but having said that, we have a graphic for you showing that between 6 and 6:17 actually we really had a tremendous amount of action in harford county and in western cecil county. we had a funnel cloud reported at 6 a.m. at 6:04 we may have a confirmed tornado located near perryman. at

. >> reporter: in an hour the national weather service will issue a warning for the bay area.ht now our hi-def doppler bringing up the berga that is before it hits the landmass. we are picking up modified rain showers outside of yosemite and outside of the greater lake tahoe area. picking up several lightning bolts already this evening in polic pines as well. because of the activity the national weather service says the red flag warning effect sunday midnight, less than an hour from now until wednesday at 3:00 a.m. for most of the highlighted area of the bay area. we had the potential of thunderstorms pro ducing dry lightning and showers, small hail, and some gusty winds to 25 miles per hour. we are going to try to pinpoint the areas where you can anticipate the thunderstorms, ann, that is later on in this newscast. >> thank you. >>> the lightning say concern for firefighters -- is a concern for firefighters battling wildfires throughout california. don knapp has more on the areas that are in danger. >> reporter: the fire in duke county continues to threaten 400 structures as

and the national weather service thinks it's capable of producing a tornado and it's five miles southmoving off to the northeast at about 25 miles an hour. what we are watching now is for the locations impacked. we are talking about perryman and aberdeen and havre de grace this morning. so, again, if you are in these areas, you need to to the lowest part of your home as of now. and you need to do it now because this is what we are talking about. it's happening and you need to turn the television up and you can hear my voice as i am talking and again go to the lowest part of the home. if you don't have a lowest part of your home put enough walls between you and the outside and go into an interior room or bathroom and make sure to cover your head. i am going to give you more information and get more details on this and we will come back but right now let's go a check of the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: you mentioned it a torno warning issued for harford county. you want to be extra careful if you are traveling in the areach the rain is coming down hard. slick conditions out there.

the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for that area. it begins at 11:00 a.m. today. firefighters say the threat of lightning as well as dry brush could fuel the fire. right now it is just 53% contained. >>> in butte county, firefighters are closer to containing a fire there. one home has been destroyed. yesterday afternoon, about 400 evacuees were allowed to return to their homes. containment at 64%. >>> one of the main entrances to yosemite national park has been shut down because of a fire. but stat route 120 yesterday, shutting it down in both directions, people are being rerouted to state route 41. some structures out there have been destroyed. campgrounds are also being evacuated. >> a woman in danville was seriously hurt after being hit by a car while crossing the street. it happened around 9:00 last night on camino tasahara road. the road was shut down for several hours. the woman is in critical but stable condition. her name has not been released. >>> the california highway patrol has released its report on the deadly limo fire on the bridge three mont

the national weather service says the high for the rest of the week is only going to be in the 70s and it's not much of a drop, but people there have been looking for some relief from the heat, lynette. relief from the heat, 80s. >>> i know. i'm shaking my head. i >> i just want you to know, lynette, it's not me giving you a hard time this morning, it's all him. >> i know, megan. you guys, it's not going to be too bad out there, especially as we go into the forecast. i have that seven-day forecast coming up in just a second. getting you out the door this morning, it could be a little bit dicey and it is going to come in the form of fog. as we look over towards the north and west, we can see reduced visibility. dealing with a mile in york this morning, only seven in fredrick, and we are looking bad in winchester as well. as you step out the door, make sure you take it easy and put a lot of distance between you and the vehicle in front of you. as we work our way throughout the day, thahigh temperature coming in at 85 degrees. still a little bit below where we should be now for this time

the national weather service right now is forecasting more wet weather through the weekend. >>> these people hopped on a roof of a car when the water started to rise and they say that's when they had to do. this is davidson county tennessee. and you can see the roads look more like rivers. many people abandoned their cars because of the fast moving flood waters and in missouri dozens of people had tee vac wait a trailer park. -- had to evacuate a trailer park. rescue crews moved their belongings and pets to higher grounds. flood waters caused one death and damaged hundreds of homes. good morning america will have more on this and the rains and the flooding at 7:00 this morning. >>> another story for you that we are following this morning. one we told you about. the wild fire-- the massive fire in the nairobi airport in ken yeah. we are learning about a local group of -- kenya. we are learning about a local group of volunteers from harford county that are stuck there. they are from habitat for humanity susquehanna. they went overseas to heap international chapter build a home. they wer

the national weather service reported upwards of 11,000 mining strikes. it was very active.downpour. looks like we will continue with similar. activity well offshore so well over the waters. looks like the system is running around the showers just around the bay area so we will continue with these chances overt today and into tomorrow. as we take a look at temperatures, we are off to another muggy start on your tuesday morning with an act as 70 degrees, 65 out the door and fairfield and '60s out as sematech. with all these numbers into the afternoon, you on notice today will not be as warm as yesterday. today a dramatic slowdown. afternoon high, reaching 91 degrees. upper 80s for an act in fairfield. well '70s down the east bay shoreline. downtown's san francisco expect a mix of sun and clouds with temperatures in the mid-60s. we still have our red flag warning that-one and a fact not set to expire until wednesday afternoon. there is potential for fire dangers of ran out of the east bay north bay and santa clara valleys are affected will look like ones are pretty calm right

is whereow shaded area the national weather service is indicating a slight risk for severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening. scatteredcome more after lunchtime tomorrow. if you're going to do some boating and fishing tomorrow, keep an eye on the sky. we will likely see some showers and storms crossing the bay. almostezy, cool, and fall-like in western maryland wednesday and thursday. shore, look for a beautiful day on wednesday. a nice day on thursday as well. showers and storms on the close tomorrow. they're not on wednesday, a beautiful beach weather on thursday. beautiful weather around here by thursday. ideal weather for football on thursday. unsettled late in the weekend. >> the ravens saw a couple of positive developments in training camp today. the first time today after some shoulder surgery. in the past two days, the ravens got 26 years' worth of receiving experience. now in his 15th year, stoically, a former member of the ravens team, knows how to get the crowd. offensive quarter -- the offensive coordinator served as the quarterbacks coach. stowevalley and dallas c

>> well, national weather service meteorologists told us that the word for today in weather is changethe cool air keeping the smoke down will -- as the ground and the air warm up, turn the smoke into plumes, columns that generate their own up drafts. that will potentially drive fires up drainages, up canyons, and they are a little bit harder to control sometimes in that regard. there will be higher humidity, though not the thunderstorms that might be seen elsewhere. that's the latest from here, del. >> katherine, joining us live. thank you very much. >>> still ahead, president gerald ford talks to attorneys about the 1975 assassination attempt on his life. >>> it would truly be a trip of a lifetime. space tourism could be around the corner, but how much? >>> and things are really starting to heat up in the northern plains, a look at the temperatures and the national forecast is all coming up. ♪ >>> welcome back to al jazeera, i'm del walters. reuters news agency is saying the syrian opposition has been told to expect a strike within days. and syria's government says they will defend t

this is from the national weather service. our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the weather conditions tonight on this fire. coming up in 12 minutes what he is seeing that could impact the fire fight. >>> a case in concord prompted a police department internal investigation. it involve as san francisco police officer who has been arrested on a serious charge. ktvu's david stevenson is in concord with what he pieced together. >> reporter: this is an unusual case. one in which investigators on both sides are remaining tight lipped. a san francisco police officer was arrested tuesday in concord and suspended that same day. this case involve as molestitation allegation and being -- molestitation allegation and being investigated. san francisco police want it to be clear they are taking this seriously. >> there is an internal investigation here and the officer is suspended. >> reporter: concord police investigator i spoke to would not confirm the status of the san francisco police officer. the jail told us he was not boo

>> the numbers have been updated: the fire nearly 180,000 acres big much the national weather service points out that is the size of the entire south bay. firefighters have containment at 20 percent and there are more than 3,700 firefighters on the job. the flames are massivet the smoke is just as dangerous. the plume is so large that you can see it from space. nasa took this picture from the international space station. on earth, it is creating a health has arrest. >> my throat hurts really, really bad when i breath. >> it hurts my eyes. >> schools are close asked nasa is flying a research plane over the fire to collect air samples. the governor says water quality is a concern, too. >> move the ab and loose debris on to the water and the water contaminated that is bad. >> san francisco gets the water from the hetchy reservoir inside yosemite national park and the fire buns into the park but it is still miles from the yosemite valley and the half dome. more than 4,000 structures, including homes, are in more immediate danger. >> they did say you better be ready to go when we tell you.

the national weather service superimposed the zone. if it happens here, it will fully engulf san jose and several nearby cities. you could track the fire burning, check out the interactive maps. >>> and we're talking about a fire danger right now. and with the fire danger, the entire state of california is at a minimum under a severe drought. take a look at the nasa image of the fire. all of the smoke being blown from the south to the north, heading once again towards reno and tahoe, where the air quality is poor. very big fire. we have actually part of california getting into the extreme drought. that's part of level four and five. the bay area or area under yosemite is under severe drought. since the start of the year, fairfield, san francisco, san jose, all between 20-25 percent of normal rainfall. for some, that's about a foot of normal average much the last time we've had a rainfall in the bay area, that's june 25th. that's two months ago. specifically 63 days. we'll take a look at the extended forecast in a few minutes. >>> under

now we could see anywhere between one to three inches of rainfall, so the national weather service issues a flash flood watch. east of, i 95, some of the storms could become strong with wind damage, and then the rest of the week, looking gorgeous. so hold on for that, i will have more details on that with your seven-day forecast. let's go to wtop. amanda is back this morning. >> thank you. we are starting off this morning with quite a few construction spots so we are going to just jump around, and give you a update on where you can expect lane closures heading into the 95 in from virginia. yo uh can see southbound from rout. you will see single lanes getting by through that area. not northbound, you can see delays there as they pick up the cones on some construction. so that may very well be while you are seeing that bright red there as crews get that cleaned up, however, the outer loop is also working a construction zone. so we will be monitoring both of those, it did look like they were starting to pick some of those cones up. just after rout 29 working construction zone as well, and th

this is a map from the national weather service there from the bay area. all those little red and orange and green dots are light ning strikes off the coast of san francisco. there's a lot of fantastic lightning photos going around on the internet there. jeff ranieri there has a couple on his site. pretty crazy stuff. a lot of them offshore but made for fantastic show. today's forecast, could see much of the same. the storm lingering around. maybe you can get some beaarm i too. 90 in eugene. so as far as that storm goes, didn't produce a lot of rain but made for beautiful lightning at night. >> idaho floods, big concern you think? >> you get some flash flooding if you get a thunderstorm there but, no, i don't think it's going to be a big deal. >> good. we don't want a double whammy for them. >>> man found dead from gunshot wound at olivia newton-john's home. >>> the latest on the royal family. >>> a man helped by an airlift and the saudi king. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. a rally took place in san diego on monday. participants argued th

the national weather service says it was an ef-2 with 125-mile-an-hour winds that tore down trees, powerand fences. one woman shaken up, crouched in her car since the violent storm moved through. >> it lasted for probably a good minute. probably one of the most terrifying experiences of your life. i got down on the floorboard of my car and i was just looking out and i saw pieces of houses and trees and poles and fencing flying over top of my car. >> the national weather service says it's still trying to figure out how long the tornado touched the ground and how wide it was. >> so will things be better for this weekend? we have the weekend forecast. >> good morning. >> good morning. i want to give you an update on florida. we were talking about the waterspout area a couple of days ago. those conditions are so ripe that it doesn't take much. this is the loop from yesterday. you can see this storm really popped up almost out of nowhere. we're talking three to four inches of rain in 30 minutes. that's an unbelievable storm. of course, we are talking about lightning strikes as often as one a

notifications are distributed by authorized government agencies and includes amber alerts, national weather service, and presidential and immigrant threat alerts. for more information about how to control the alerts go to ktvu.com and look under web links. >>> san jose firefighters were busy this morning, battling a stubborn fire at a storage facility. crews responded just about 6:30 a.m. of to the fire burning at the facility on fep leap avenue. spoke could be seen from 280 and highway 101. four storage units burned. it took about three hours to put the fire out. firefighters had to a tough time because the units that burned became structurally unstable and they were not sure of the contents. >> what actually caused it is under investigation. we really don't know what's in their. we will have to investigate and dig through the rubble. >> fire crews had to completely clear out the units to make sure there were no smoldering embert bers. >>> people in town will spend part of their evening tonight trying to make their communities safer. new at noon, janine de la vega is in san jose one of many locati

these are the national weather service highs. antioch, 94. tomorrow cooler. fog so deep and thick. you will see more tomorrow morning when you wake up. there will be more tomorrow. with more fog, temperatures trend down. fog along the coast. fog will be filling in late tonight throughout the evening hours. tomorrow cooler. slightly cooler. fog keeps pushing further inland. that sets us up for a cooling trend. over night lows, 51 in santa rosa. warm today. more fog over night and high pressure weakens in response to the low pressure. the low comes in. you are seeing it outside right now. fog is deepening out. that the what happens thursday and friday. temperatures cool down as the cool air filters inland. fog forecast in the morning hours. lot of it. more than this morning. concord, livermore valley. santa rosa coastal plains. highs tomorrow, warm. back to school. vacaville. 8:00 a.m. 64 degrees. not bad. lunchtime 63 degrees. end of the day, 90 degrees. hot one for the kids. back to school tomorrow. these are the highs tomorrow. 88 pittsburg. 92 in present wood. 88 gilroy. 88 morga

the national weather service has issued a flash flood warning through monday morning. and for more on weather now, let's turn to nbc's meteorologist dylan dreyer. good morning to you. >> good morning. more rain is expected in that same area. only actually takes two feet of twurt just take a car and just carry it. so certainly does sweep it away. but out west, we're actually seeing the opposite. we're not really seeing a lot of rain at all. it's pretty gorgeous. a couple of scattered showers moving into the southwest. but up and down the west coast itself from seattle right down into l.a. it looks like a good amount of sunshine today once we burn off any morning fog. temperatures look hot, though. should get up to 106 in vegas today. 107 in phoenix. actually, the 14th day of temperatures in the triple digit range in phoenix. you can see that's not changing this week. in seattle, though, just want to point this out. i have family up there. they are enjoying some really nice weather. lots of sunshine. temperatures in the 70s and 80s as opposed to usual rainy weather in th

this is why the national weather service issued a red flag warning in effect. through mid. >> the tonight. right now taking a look through the radar. take egg look through the activity as far as rain and thunderstorms are concerned. nothing locally but take a look out towards the greater lake tahoe area. see the boltss? wow! they appeared within the last couple of seconds here. this is live data as it is streaming into our own personal radar. you see the lightning here. right over here we see a cluster activity outside of topaz lake as well. as we zoom on in in say cell of activity here. there is hive. it is dissipating. but, we have the red flag warning in effect. locally also in the high sierra as well. but, the whole red highlighted area that is where we need to be concerned. potential of a thunderstorm develop anything point of the night or day time. this is the scene. totally socked in at the golden gauge bridge at this hour. a finger of fog working its way into the bay. 100 degrees inland in livermore. that is the scene taking a look out towards the area.

danger, and we will zoom in on our neighborhood , the red flag warning until 3:00 and the national weather service may go ahead and drop this because the threat of thunderstorms is very light. right now, it is until 3:00 tomorrow morning, now, live doppler 7 hd shows it is quiet over the high fire danger and quiet everywhere around the bay area, most of the storms are where i think they are going to be the next 24 to 36 hours, in the sierra and headed to the northern maintains. we will want it now and talk about the weekend forecast when we come back in a few minutes. >> the latest now with the massive wildfire burning near yosemite national park which has grown by thousands of acres but firefighters are finally making headway. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is in the newsroom. the bay area crews are there. >> i talked with the battalion chief from oakland and they have an engine and a four-person crew at the rim party part of a five engine team from the bay area doing structure protection right now. right now, new members on the fire, it has burned 16,000 acres and is 5 percent contained. >> t

a meteorologist with the national weather service. >> the moistures were at 3% and when you get kiln lumber from a lumber store, that's 15%. it's critically dry. >> the vegetation on these hillsides is actually dryer than what you would buy wood on a shelf at a store? >> that's correct. >> head of the u.s. forest service told congress in june that wild fires now burn twice as many acres each year as they did 40 years ago. the fire season is also two months longer than it was in the 1970s. and more people are living closer to the wilderness. in 1940, 484,000 homes were within half a mile of national forestland. by 2000, it was 1.8 million. much of the forest services fire fighting budget is used to protect homes rather than managing the forest. >> ben tracy, he mentions if there is any silver lining out of these fires, it is that they create huge fire brigs once the santa ana winds pick up in the fall. fire officials say they could be left destructed because of the areas that have already burned out. >> speaking of climate change here in the bay area. really haven't seen that much of

the national weather service says issued a red flag warning for the foothills and mountains of northern california. cal fire has increased staffing and not just lightning. the hot and humid weather we're experiencing might also produce some rare summer thunderstorms. let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri to explain what's happening here. >> it's wild and bizarre. something that should not be happening this time of year. the key component to that wacky weather is that humidity that's pushing up from the south. you can see we have arrows positioned from the south to the north and slightly out to the west. that's the circulation around this area of low pressure that's bringing up this moisture. we'll talk more about those thunderstorms in a second. let's get to this uncomfortable air in the east bay. not only hot but humid. 102 in livermore. 100 in walnut creek. feeling like 104 to 106 when you factor in humidity. you have hot air and isolated lightning that's already being produ produced. i do think as we head throughout tuesday's forecast the worst conditions will likely be

. >> the national weather service has a flash flood warning in effect for palm springs until tomorrow night. >>> well, there may be some relief at the pump for drivers this upcumming labor day weekend. the latest survey -- upcoming labor day weekend weekend. the latest survey shows a 4- cent drop. it's down 20 cents compared to the same time last year. in the bay area, the average cost in san francisco, $3.90 a gallon. in oakland, drivers are paying about $3.77. in san jose, drivers are paying an average of $3.76 to fill up. >>> new information about plans for the new san francisco arena for the golden state warriors. whether that project is on schedule and the major problems it is facing. hey! welcome home! hey mom! woah, this kitchen looks beautiful. it's bigger! it's great, right? give him the tour. let me show you! quartz countertop, soft-close drawers, farm sink, under cabinet lighting, look at this spice rack. um... where's my room? right there where it's always been! we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. just slide right in! because your kitchen dreams can be big, i

monterey strong thunderstorms which is why special m reap warping has just been issued byñr national weather servicen effect until 12:15 in the morning so boaters be wear. interior cell santa cruz mountains until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning that red flag range going for the north bay mountains and interior valley until wednesda wednesday. at 5:00 p.m. we have more thunderstorms in the forecast. i'll let you know how long the threat will remain and when you can start to see some stabilization around here in just a few minutes. take a look at the wake up weather as well. >> thanks. lightning streak starting fires across the state including this one in kern county. right now the shirley fire called is burning in the

officially on behalf of the national weather service -- [ laughter ] >> first the silver fire. if you have ever driven from los angeles to palm springs on 10, you go through banning and you also go through all those windmills out there. that's bad news for this the fact that 10,000 acres have been consumed in a fire that only started at 2:00 yesterday afternoon. since then, 10,000 acres, 15 structures destroyed. they have evacuated 1500 people people. the windmills are there for a reason, because the winds pick up every afternoon, bad news for the firefighters. the winds out of the west to 20 miles per hour picking up to 30 miles an hour later in the day as you look live down there in the southland. back in the bay area, we are cool by comparison. concord has 68, san jose 70, santa rosa 66 well off averages for this time of the year as we continue cloudy and cool along the shoreline. partly cloudy skies around the bay. it will be sunny, nice inland today with sunny skies and about 76 degrees. we'll get back to normal by next week because the numbers should be recovering to the

when the national weather service issues one of those, it means there are some of the following ingredients. low humidity, high winds, lots of dry fuel and dry lightning. over the past 24 hours, some areas here in the bay area, all the way over to yosemite have had them all. this is what firefighters are struggling to contain tonight. the rim fire near highway 120 near yosemite. overnight this fire went from 2,500 acres to more than 11,000. 2,500 structures are threatened and for a time, some of those were these structures, a family camp. >> there was a point it started moving quickly. it cause us sort of by surprise. that cal fire came up and said, you've got to go. >> reporter: the evacuation had a time limit. >> they gave us about 15 minutes to get out. >> reporter: more than a hundred students and staff who were staying at the camp are safely back in the bay area tonight. at last report, the camp is still untouched by fire. it's now being used by firefighters as a staging area. in dublin today, about 160 acres burned at the military base near the jail. firefighters responded and called

monterey strong thunderstorms which is why special m reap warping has just been issued byñr national weather servicen effect until 12:15 in the morning so boaters be wear. interior cell santa cruz mountains until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning that red flag range going for the north bay mountains and interior valley until wednesda wednesday. at 5:00 p.m. we have more thunderstorms in the forecast. i'll let you know how long the threat will remain and when you can start to see some stabilization around here in just a few minutes. take a look at the wake up weather as well. >> thanks. lightning streak starting fires across the state including this one in kern county. right now the shirley fire called is burning in the

. >>> just to put things into perspective, the national weather service superimposed a burn zone on this map of the bay area. the "rim" fire has already burned nearly 180,000 acres and as you can see, if it happened here, it would fully engulf san jose and many nearby cities. >>> want to see where these fires are burning and the communities under threat? we have some interactive fire maps on our website. just go to kpix.com/fire. >>> we're learning new details about the deadly crash in danville. flowers, crosses and a sign are part of a growing memorial for san ramon valley high school senior robert orlando. the 17-year-old was supposed to attend the first day of school. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran tells us his classmates are mourning his loss, instead. >> reporter: san ramon valley high school student is killed in a late-night wreck hours before he was supposed to start his senior year. >> it's really sad. that's your senior year. that's really upsetting. >> reporter: moments after monday night's crash, students flooded social media websites expressing their love and support for the f

. >>> the national weather service confirms that a rare tornado touchdown in jacksonville. it damaged some houses and brought down some trees. at least one person was injured in the storm. it's believed to have been an ef-2 twister. the exact speeds of its top winds have not been determined. >>> about 300 miles south, a party for young children turned into a panic for parents in ft. myers. with water was sucked into a storm train. adults jumped into the ditch to try to find him. but he was being swept 300 yards through the drain and into a nearby river. >> they started running down and tracing the drain line down to the river. that's when they heard the kid screaming. he was trying to climb out on his own. >> luckily rescuers got to the little boy in time. and this morning, he is safe and sound. >> an amazing ride that must have been. >>> checking today's weather. more rain in florida, along with other parts of the southeast. some severe storms across the middle of the country, around the great lakes and in new england. storms also in parts of the rockies and the southwest.

according to the national weather service, mother nature was busy last night. more than 11,000 lightning strikes were seen across the bay area and that is just since 8:00 last night. although a majority of those strikes were out over the water. now, while the lightning was fun to watch, all of that lightning had firefighters concerned. a red flag warning does remain in effect across northern california with lightning and strong winds and high fire danger. at the calfire air attack base at the sonoma county airport, crews are ready to respond to any lightning sparked fire. last night the thunderstorms actually forced one plane to turn around and return to the airport. calfire, of course, has staffed reserve engines and brought in extra firefighters just in case the large fire does break out. >> we have additional engines staffed, we have additional staff on duty and station personnel on duty. if we do get lightning, we're able to deal with those incidents appropriately. >> reporter: now that the thunderstorms have moved through, calfire crews plan to be back up

monterey strong thunderstorms which is why special m reap warping has just been issued byñr national weather servicen effect until 12:15 in the morning so boaters be wear. interior cell santa cruz mountains until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning that red flag range going for the north bay mountains and interior valley until wednesda wednesday. at 5:00 p.m. we have more thunderstorms in the forecast. i'll let you know how long the threat will remain and when you can start to see some stabilization around here in just a few minutes. take a look at the wake up weather as well. >> thanks. lightningstarting fe including this one in kern county. right now the shirley fire called is burning in the

the national weather service confirms it was a tornado which caused all this damage. this is southern new jersey, hit hard during a series of powerful storms yesterday, including winds up to 85 miles per hour that snapped trees and power license plates. the roof of the baptist church was ripped right off. >>> now, for a look at morning road conditions. showers and thunderstorms along i-10 in louisiana. wet an roadways in georgia and south carolina. stormy across much of oklahoma. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in dallas, new orleans and atlanta. >>> atlanta is right where our next story is taking place. it's where a teenager is back on a heart transplant list this morning. >> getting back on that list didn't happen without a fight. and needless to say, his family is thrilled he's now got a new chance at life. >> had a change of heart. >> reporter: that change of heart has given melencia hamilton's 15-year-old son, anthony, a chance at a new heart. he's now moved to 1-a status, which means this. >> his heart is critical, where he'll be put at the top

the national weather service received reports of three-inch hail in some areas.ft some cars with dents, as you can imagine, even broken windows. now, a lot of funnel clouds that were spotted, they also say that winds brought down trees and knocked out power to almost 50,000 customers. luckily, though, no injuries. >> this is, of course, minnesota where they'll call the body works guys to get the dents out of cars. we had some storms move through, but no hail. >> actually, we did have hail, wind damage d cloud-to-ground lightning. the severe thunderstorms happened in baltimore county and carroll county. so downed trees in chairl county as well. -- in cheryl county as well. today still unsettled, we have the possibility to do it all over again. let me show you what's going on outside. yes, we do have a little bit of patchy fog across the area. we are waiting for that sun to rise and we will begin to get some sunshine in here as we go toward the 6:14 time frame this morning. that's when the sun comes up. we'll get a few peeks as we go throughout the day. unfortunate

rob belfour is a meteorologist with the national weather service. >> the fuel moistures were at 3% and when you get kiln dried lumber if a lumber store that's at 15%. so it's critically dry. >> reporter: the vegetation on these hillsides, these mountain passes, are drier than you would buy wood on a shelf at a store? >> that's correct. >> reporter: the head of the u.s. forest service told congress in june that wildfires now burn twice as many acres each year as they did 40 years ago. the fire season is also two months longer than it was inform the 1970s. and more people are living closer to the wilderness. in 1940, 484,000 homes were within half a mile of national forest land. by 2000, it was 1.8 million. much of the forest service's firefighting budget is used to protect homes rather than thinning and managing the forest. if there's any silver lining to these wildfires happening earlier in the season is that they create massive fire breaks and some fire officials say when those infamous santa ana winds show up this fall, the fires may not be as destructive because of what has already

the national weather service says there were more than 11,000 strikes reported last night. firefighters. they were worried about that with all the dry conditions out there. socal fire even brought in extra crews just to be here on standby just in case. and they are still on alert. that red flag warning is in effect until tomorrow. so keep your eyes up. you could see some more strikes between now and then.

the national weather service says there were more than 11,000 strikes reported last night. there were no reports of fire. a relief for firefighters. they were worried about that with all the dry conditions out there. socal fire even brought in extra crews just to be here on standby just in case. and they are still on alert. that red flag warning is in effect until tomorrow. so keep your eyes up. you could see some more strikes between now and then. reporting live in sausalito, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> people across the bay area had their cameras out shooting the lightning. here's a photo feet tweeted to from brian showing a massive flash of lightning. take a look, this is in pacifica. if you have photos of lightning, we'd love to see them. you can e-mail them or share the images with us at facebook.com/abc7news and we're on twitter at abc7newsbayarea. >>> police are looking for the person who opened fire at a san jose bar killing a man and wounding two others. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live from the scene with the latest. matt? >> reporter: this parking lot

. >> the national weather service says a prolonged heat wave of this magnitude is unusual for this time of year, but not under presidents it. >> >> today it may be the warmest of the week. today it will be low 90's in the forecast. we are waking up to a minimum fog cover. it will be a warmer afternoon. cooler weather is ahead and we may see a real dip in temperatures for the weekend. i will have full details coming up. the current conditions and nevada are at 63 degrees. futurecast 4 highlights the noon hour, you will notice 60's inside the bay along the coastline. when wwill see 8s and perhaps low 90's for bacchanal. by 8:00 p.m. the temperatures should be in the low 60s and low 70's. by the time the church from the out of school we are talking 70's and 80's in the south bay. santa clara will have a high of 83 degrees. to the east, danville will be at 90 degrees. upper 80s slated for concord. again, the fog will move pretty quick. we're looking at clear conditions by 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.. >> your 7 their around the bay high schooler weather and morning fog. take a look at the weeke

down at the home of the national weather service in monterey, low clouds just like us. and 78 at campbell and 84 for morgan hill. and very pleasant in the south. mid-70s will do it. and we will nudge the mid-80s at brentwood but the meantime, if you're in danville and the 680 corridor. upper 70s will do it. and mid-70s for the most part in the north bay. until you get closer to the bridge. and mill valley, 69. and sausalito, 62. the extended forecast is calling for sunshine inland but temperatures cool between now and the end of the week. mid-60s by the bay shoreline. and just upper 50s along the coast. a cool week ahead. but it is not so bad. and there is pretty good news in traffic this morning, too. oh, liza? >> oh, brian. no bart strike this morning. bart is offering full service. and so far no delays. good shape across the board for all of the local transit systems. no problems for muni or cal trains or the at month express. >> and the bay area toll place, everything is as it should be. it is early. wide open at the pay gates. no traffic delays leaving the east bay

nearly 15-thousand lighting strikes have been reported by the national weather service. here is some pictures out of daly city and pacifica. these lightning strikes are a big concern for fire fighters as a red flag warning has been issued in for parts of the east and south bay until later this morning. and for the north bay into tomorrow. we want to see your pictures of lightning. you can send them to breakingnews at kron dot com, we will be posting the photos on our facebook page. our website. and on kron four's new mobile app. download it today. it's free. >> new this morning. one man is injured after they were shot at a vietnamese restaurant. kron four's will tran is live from the restaurant in san jose, will? >> eight hours after the shooting the investigators are still here. you can see that there is a lot out here. three men that were shot, they do not know if they were the intended target or is it was the actual cholesterol. you concede markers on the ground. the investigators told me that the shooter is for so sophisticated that they have not been able to recover

called national weather service reported this was, washington post reporting, quote, pa pateny false,not ask a single tough question on al gore, he has to be the most gullible guy in journalism. lou: or perhaps compatible. and matters of the pinnochios i have throw around. i don't know if it has been done before with a mountain of pinnochios. >> their fact checker is on vacation,. lou: let's turn to what is happening in syria, you have been talking about this, analyzing and assessing it for over two years now. we're looking at horrible video now of what appears to be a chemical weapons attack by the aside government. the president of the united states, who talked about red lines for over a year, who has said they have used chemical weapons is now saying that -- cia must investigate, after saying that united nations must investigate to determine whether or not assad has chemicals weapons and used them. his own state department spokesperson contradicted herself today before the assembled reporters, and said they still doubt they have them. what in the world are these -- this administrat

the national weather service says a prolonged heat wave of this magnitude is unusual for this time of year, but not unprecedented. erica is definitely gate keeping an eye on this. >>erica: that's right. we do have some clouds along the coast line right now but that's really the extent of the marine layer. a lot of us looking to clear skies and sunshine and in the fog we do see will be pretty quick to burn off. so enjoy today. futurecast 4 shows by 12:00, 50s coast side, '70s around the bay and. it's going to be a bright day. very few went out there and a forecast and by 8:00 this evening, temperatures back and the '70s. we will pick up some 90s for places like danville, pleasanton, 92 degrees and pleasanton. downtown's san francisco today, a high of 67 degrees in mid '80s for nevada. i do want to update conditions on the new ram fire. today temperatures will be an all '70s and so it will be cooler however. we have a slight potential for some scattered thunderstorms in the area. wins around the fire blowing at about 10 mi. per hour but because this is such a massive fire and such a com

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the official national weather service high. 100 fairfield. 89 santa rosa. the key was in this area. a chance of thunderstorms. and then we have the situation with the heat. so we have a combination of things. the storms, moving west to east. storms don't do that, do they? this spins. it is pulling things across -- from west to east. east to west. and that means the storms in the lake tahoe area will come over northern california in the next few hours. they will stay north of our area. anyone of those could erupted into a small thunderstorm. right now no activity in the area. no thunderstorm activity. low pressure continues this pattern. the red flag warning stays in effect tomorrow and wednesday morning early. the bay area. san francisco county, you are left out. you get the picture. summer time. if we had a lightning strike, dry lightning strike it causes problems. we are watching it closely. at 10:00 p.m. we will give you the latest. 64, that is the over night low in morgan hill. the cloud cover, humid, moist, must goy out there. -- muggy out there. fog go -- or clouds. not fog. t

somebody cleaned up, called the national weather service and reported that this was "washington post"orting on its own interview, a patently false. by the way, he did not a a single tough question of al gore, chlenge him on any of these outlandish statements. he has to be the most gullible guy in journalism. lou: perhaps compatible. there is also the matter of those pinocchio's that they throw around. i don't know if it has ever been done before, overwhelmed the fellow. >> they're fact checker is on vacation. the did t fact check. lou: that explains the timing. let's turn to what is happening. the have been talking about this, analyzing it and assessing it for over two years now. we are looking at horrible video now of the victims of what appears to be a chemical weapons attack. that is the client. the president of the united states to is talked about red lines for every year has said that they have used chemical weapons and is now saying that the cia must investigate after saying the united nations must investigate to determi whether or not he has chemical weapons and has use them. h