stafford county spotsylvania coming out of orange county, too. own i put the active warning which is severe thunderstorm warning for orange and spotsylvania, the storm is tracking east. goes until 7:30 tonight. the communities in red that will be affected over the next half hour or so as it continues to track to the east. we hav officially of a tornado. that's g it was always a radar indicated tornado but we have had reports of some damage, some tree damage in the path of the storm. the winds here 60 plus. maybe as high as 70. and the hail -- there's been a little bit of hail, quarter size hail, large marbles or very, very small like maybe -- maybe up to ping-pong. i haven't heard any reports of that but indications from the radar. the storm is still rotating so technically it's still -- it still could produce a tornado or we could get another active warning. what i'm trying to say is we got to keep an eye on it. >> that severe thunderstorm warning is. >> 7:30. >> 7:30 is when that stops. through the rest of the evening folks just need to keep it

spotsylvania county require the church have a special youth zoning permit to stay open. paperwork that could take three months to a year >> if we try to stay open the county has threatened to fine us. possible criminal charges. q: he says they are violating the freedom of religion and the first amendment rights. they hired a lawyer and filed injunction in federal court to allow the school to stay open for the next academic year. >> appropriately we feel we have a right to have a school ministry here in the facility. q: the county let them build the education wing. six teachers would be jobless and the high school students without an education the parents already paid for. but they have faith. >> i think they are hopeful that the county government will come to recognize that this school and the church are a blessing to the community. q: i called officials to get their side of the story. they told me they will not comment about any issues under ti mccray, abc7 news. alison: abc7 is putting the spotlight on education and extended school year. 20 extra days in fact. d.c. says

i called spotsylvania county officials to get their side of the story. me they will not comment about any issues that are under litigation. in spotsylvania county, i'm q mccray, abc7 news. larry: i'm larry smith at the "live desk." comi 5:00" -- a life sentence for a man who sent two counties into lock dune. reaction from the court reporter. and a nuclear power plant hacked. the i-team takes an upclose look at how vulnerable the critical infrastructure is and why many are again pointing the finger at russia. a new home for a vet who almost lost everything diffusing a bomb in afghanistan. we will give you a tour at "abc7 news at 5:00". see you in a few minutes. michelle: all right, larry. thank you. independence week coming to an end but there is no shortage of things to do this weekend. >> definitely not. whether you are visiting or have been in the d.c. area for a while, there is a lot to do in and around the city. kidd o'shea helps fill your planner in the weekend kickoff. kidd: don't miss harry potter at wolf trap where the national symphony orchestra

kimberly: in the spotsylvania county area. they want us to make sure we know so we they're continuing that warning. where you see all of that parts of 95, that's where we have the toronto warning in place for. see exactly what this storm looks like and where it is heading. it's right along interstate 95 nd ultimately the whole thing is pushing farther over toward the east. a lot of times what happens with the thunderstorms, they'll get a ittle bit of rotation and it doesn't last all that long, but still if it holds together long quite a bit of damage. looking for u are the hook eye

for spotsylvania county and bellevue and coshen now. let's go back and show you where the storm is. as long as we have a tornado warning, we'll stay on and track it for you. storms moving east-southeast and a severe thunderstorm warning until 7:00 p.m. if you're not sure what to do, get to the lowest willful of your home, a lot of folks in the midwest and plains will go into the bathroom and get it over with. we don't have reports of tornados on e we'll treat it as such, nonetheless. we'll switch back to velocity mode. the rain and hail and snow in the winder time to see where the storm is. we'll take off the labels and give us more real estate to track. once again, we're looking up the storm in that area. gate-to-gate sheer, 61 and checking the other values here. not the most impressive-look rotation but a rotation, nonetheless. we don't want this to be on the ground. that is the area that we continue to monitor for you. we will zoom in and if there is a rotation tornado on the ground, that would be olive now. we're just checking the flipo drive. there is lancaster ring road and in

watching a sprinkle coming through spotsylvania county. that dissipated. not a lot going on.h heat and humidity, get storms that publ up. the best chance doing to be any time after 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. tonight. then they are out of here. you have fireworks in local community, may be on the damp side. i do believe they can get off without a hitch. that sun goes down at 8:37 p.m. maybe a chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. same day monday and tuesday. going to be less than 20% chance you're going to see it. heavy rainfall and some winds possible for storms this afternoon, so be careful out there. keep an eye to the sky. not looking bad for sunday, shower or thunderstorm. fourth of july forecast for everything going on out there. isolated chances. that's about it. isolated chances sunday, monday, tuesday. less of a chance we don't put it in the ten-day forecast. better chance wednesday and thursday of more storms. >> thank you, lauryn. >> from the farm to the table. home grown methods creating a unique c >>> we're going to update you on breaking

spotsylvania county is an option. arlington is out. woodbridge is out for thousand but could have another at-bat. >> i had an opportunity to talk to the alexandria officials and loudoun county officials and they are both excited to play ball with the nationals. i also had a conversation with the owner of the team and he is confident they will find a new home but worst case scenario he would have to sell the team. reporting live in woodbridge, q mccray. abc7 news. mi alison: two for two. three for three. all right. so weather wise we have a stormy day. storms staying put. doug: yeah. they have been in the isolated areas but they develop and were stronger in the same area. a rainbow appeared in some of the frames. there it is! a little rainbow. alison: nice. doug: thought i'd miss it. thank you. is that emmy worthy? thinking of my personal reel. alison: absolutely! doug: thank you. the story, it's warm and humid weather across the area with the showers and the storms that are still occurring. those approaching the district are diminishing

a tornado warning for spotsylvania county. we are tracking rain into parts of frederick and loudoun county. for most of us, scattered showers. here's future weather at 2:00. scattered showers tomorrow morning and showers and more importantly a lot of us dealing with thick fog. keep that in mind for the morning commute. hardest hit was menassis. over 2.5 inches of rain. >> here in menassis and it's under flood warping and water is covering the roadway and it is closed. this evening rain fell over menassis while a flood warning was in effect. the severe weather was part of strong storms moving through central virginia and into parts of d.c. the cameras were rolling when they returned from rescuing two kids in trouble. they were kayaking in a creek that yelled for help and they are okay. people are concerned about more saturated ground. some are concerned about roadways. it's raining off and on for a little bit. not much traffic because of the weather. >> that's not necessarily running to them. >> back out here on piper lane, a fe

remember, this situation here in spotsylvania county and fredericksburg westbound 3 at cherry road. still the westbound lanes blocked eastbound open. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no big issues there. eun? >> we've been warning you all week about this heat. now the weather alert day and extreme temperatures have arrived. >>let head out to justin he's live for us at the rockville volunteer fire department ready to talk about how crews are going to be working for you today. hey, justin. >> reporter: hey there, aaron. good morning. talking a lot about that heat incompetent decks and what more than 100 degrees will feel like. water is key and lots of it. it's easy to underestimate what conditions like this can do to your body if you're not careful. you can wind up in the back of one of these. an emergency medical vehicle. we're here with deputy chief from the volunteer fire department in rockville. what's the first thing you to do to not suffer from complications? >> get to a cooler environment and start the cooling process, to cool your body back down. that's the very first

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heaviest rain for now is along i-95 west of the interstate into parts of sfo spotsylvania county. across prince william. that's moving in toward fairfax and arlington counties. no rain in the immediate area just yet. be prepared for moderate to heavy rain between now and 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. play it again, just like yesterday. not much in the way of sunshine. a couple chances to get rain. some places could get one to two inches. let's go to melissa and traffic. >> a couple problems that just popped up. outer loop and 50 had a crash on the right side of the roadway and inner loop at 50 in maryland. right side blocked by an accident there. take a look at all that green here this morning showing you where it is raining. down south, route 260, east of jewel road, we have all lanes blocked there because of an earlier accid an accident there on the left side of the roadway, right there on the ramp. again, you can see all this rain moving through the areas. no problems into town or out of town. aaron? >> thank you. we are following breaking news in prince county. >> there was a problem. ada

the team is more than welcome in spotsylvania county. arlington county is out. alexandria is in. >> this is not a bad idea. >> they played at four mile run park as alexandria dukes. sean murphy is all for a comeback. >> that would be exciting. community. >> i reached out to alexandria city hall. they are staying open minded about a potential move to the city. >> the video of a rare phenomenon. this is a fire rainbow. this is caused by sunlight hitting the ice crystals in the sky. >> this is a time lapse from earlier this morning in pay shore, michigan. shot f it was visible far south as the u.s. from michigan to new york. doug that is the latin lesson for the day. this is cool to see. to have these thunderstorms in july it rains itself out. this is looking live at the high school. we have an area to watch. there is a flash flood warning in effect. mainly for laytonsville area. there was a storm that rebuilt and rained. there are otherazes that we are keeping an eye on. it is slowing a tendency notting hill move in a hurry. this is heavy in laurel. the over area

there was a severe thunderstorm warning for spotsylvania county. that cell right there has since gotten a little bit weaker. we've lost the 60-mile-per-hour wind gust chance. with that now just a strong thunderstorm and still another line going from manassas stretching right under to the bottom side of the beltway here just south of the district. we'll hang on to this chance of morning right around here when things really start to break down and we lose that chance for thunderstorms. we go through the day tomorrow and we start off dry with quite a bit of cloud cover. not the prettiest morning but at least not a wet morning to get things going and get to church or if you want a nice, long walk before the thunderstorms move back in. here we are at 4:00. we see quite a bit of them moving across the area. heavy downpours and then again the chance that some of the storms could pack the damaging wind gusts again like we saw today with the downed trees, downed power lines. something to think a real possibility for tomorrow. great to have the weather app e

evening at about 6:50 is when we had a tornado warning service, a funnel cloud citing near the spotsylvania county courthouse. it did not touch the ground, just a funnel cloud, not a tornado, and no damage reported. tomorrow will be a lot brighter, a few showers moving through. temperatures in the 70's, daytime highs upper 80's, lower 90's. talking about a cold front late tomorrow night and a big change for the upcoming weekend. more on that coming up. nancy: steve, thank you. a live look right now, tonight's rain putting a damper on the game at nats park. alison: big time, first pitch was supposed to be 7:00. they just started about an hour ago. that's annoying, right? live pictures for what will be a long night for nats fans. stay connected when there is rain on the radar by following us on facebook, twitter, wjla.com, and the stormwatch app. nancy: abuse scandal shocking charles county, school members -- school board members saying no comment after a closed-door meeting about carlos beltran stop alison: he is accused of sexually assaulting several students and disclosing he had hiv. nancy: pare

farther south overnight into portions of spotsylvania county includes fredericksburg now.this evening. let's time it out one more time for you. 11:30 today everything still pretty light and scattered but starts kind of getting energized as we head into the afternoon hours and then the really heavy rain starts to move in during the overnight. quick look at the fox5 accuweather 7-day forecast, some good news as we have taken rain out of sunday. hurray. looks like we'll have one nice at any this weekend. we head through the course of next week, a lot of nice days with temperatures rising, 90's back by next wednesday. that's a check of your forecast. erin como things getting busy on those roads. >> yeah, they've been busy. 5:56. dealing with a crash moved over to the right shoulder and the hov lanes 95 on the northbound side out by 286 fairfax county parkway hov lanes moving a little bit better now that all lanes reopened. main lanes really crowded just because of congestion and a rubberneck delay. 15 minute delay coming up as you make your way from dale steel to the beltway.

for spotsylvania county and bellevue and coshen now. let's go back and show you where the storm is. as long as we have a tornado warning, we'll stay on and track it for you. storms moving east-southeast and a severe thunderstorm warning until 7:00 p.m. if you're not sure what to do, get to the lowest willful of your home, a lot of folks in the midwest and plains will go into the bathroom and get it over with. we don't have reports of tornados on e

in spotsylvania county, westbound at cherry road, the westbound lanes are blocked right now because ofbound lanes are open diverting you through that area. 270 southbound from 70 to the spur, on time there. going to take you 27 minutes. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 4:28 now. we're working for you with helpful information to get you through the heat. today will put a strain on energy companies. that's why pepco and bge are offering a credit if you useless than normal energy through peak hours. several area cooling centers will be open today along with pool and rec centers. coming up, justin finch will be live with team coverage on the scorching temps today. you can keep an eye on the weather with your nbc washington app. >>> we're following breaking news at the live desk. >> live details on a grim discovery outside philadelphia. >> aaron, eun, good morning to you. the bucks county district attorney's office held a press conference overnight. they confirmed the discovery of multiple human remains in a grate. that property owned by a man called a person of interest on the screen. officia

charles county calvert county, toward spotsylvania county, we are still seeing that red box in there. hasthe tornado warning officially expired, from the national weather service. that rotation is starting to break down, but they do continue to the east, and we will hang onto those gusty winds. one last look to give you big picture >> going on. thunderstorms are moving through the d.c. area and down through fredericksburg, where we see the brunt of it. light rain in the metro region. i do want to zoom out before we let you go, farther off to the west, you can see more thunderstorms coming together around morgantown. that is in the our chance for more thunderstorms around 10:30 or 11:00 tonight we will keep a we wille on radar and wrap things up, and can really a will talk -- toss it back over to you. >> the cause of death and it was not from the fire. the stunning news coming during her memorial service. here's abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: tonight the louisiana mystery deepening. first the wife of a fire chief found dead inside their home. burned to the ground. 49-year-old belove

until 7:15 tornado warning north eastern orange county and north central spotsylvania county. just a doppler radar indicated tornado. capable of producing strong winds gusty winds moving to the east at around 15 miles per ho stronger thunder storms prolific amounts of lightning. moving toward the east at 15 miles per hour. we are going to keep you updated right here on abc 7 and wjla.com if there was bad tesh lens, he wasn't buckled in. ms. yamauchi's son. as a result, her son's seat appeared to be not checked in, and we released his seat to another customer. >> my son was in dangerous united tells us they are refundsing their tickets and providing compensation. yamauchi says she is contacting it. >>> there is an update on the congressman who was shot at that congressional baseball practice. steve scalise. he remains hospitalized, but doctors have moved him back into intensive care over concerns about possible infection. he underwent more surgery today, and he is listed in serious condition. >>> and the resignation in washington tonight. the director of the office of governmen

they were involved in gun theft in spotsylvania county. both men face ten years in prison. dep deportee back in custody. how he made it back to your area, coming up. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we are dealing with rain drops on the thursday morning commute. if you are wondering how the week is going to end, there's the forecast for tomorrow. a chance for showers around. more sunshine. temperatures back into the upper 80s. you are going to love the weekend forecast. i'll share it with you, coming up. >>> something you might not love, problems on the road. the rain is not helping. westbound 66 after the beltway, right side is blocked, seeing slowdowns there. where else is it slow? we'll take a look, coming up. >>> a major construction project near hundreds of homes. detls on theai fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. and it's just $79.99 a month online for the first year. switch to fios gigabit connection wit

spotsylvania county, westbound lane at cherry still all lanes blocked.we widen out, no other major problems. take a look at the travel times coming up. >>> melissa, thank you. pennsylvania police discovered multiple human remains in a common grave. the property is owned by the family of cosmo dinardo. he's being called a person of interest in this now homicide investigation. the discovery includes the body of at least one of four men. the 19-year-old, all the young men missing since last week. an update expected at 11:00 a.m. >>> president trump is in the middle of a two-day trip to paris. he's expected to take park in ailun chon with the french president macron this afternoon. >>> sean urbanski is charged with killing richard collins iii. a judge or grand jury must decide if there's enough evidence to move forward with a trial. >>> a 1-year-old boy is back home after being shot in his stroller in northeast d.c. his parents thought he'd be safe hanging out while kids were playing in their backyard. >> he was hit by a stray bullet monday night. now we're

county. heavy rain in fredericksberg, gusty wind and lightening, this is not severe. there's another storm back to the west of fredericksberg coming through heart ward now and down through spotsylvania into stafford county and this will bring more heavy rain. i think this potentially could go severe. i'll keep a very close eye on that. you see the whole line now, it is marching off to the east, line is kind of moving to the southeast. but we still have a couple more hours to get this clear of the area and now seeing a little bit more activity firing up to the north of us. we're under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00. let me just show this quick. i saw a new warning, let's cover that, if county now under a severe thunderstorm, the northern and central sections of anne arundel, that's going to go until 6:15 p.m. and that does include annapolis. we just showed you the heavy rain there. again, watch until 9:00 p.m. later on this evening, things will calm down quite a bit. we'll continue to watch the storm, back over to you. >>> today, the president and first lady milania trump kicked off day two of the overseas trip in paris. the guests of horn at france's bastille day celebration

however, it still continues for southern maryland, prince george's county and to spotsylvania and stafford until 9:00. but i suspect that this will also cancel out well before 9:00. notice the areas here in orange. those are the severe thunderstorm warnings that still remain in place that are beginning to diminish a little bit as this moves to the south. not moving fast at all. but right now anne arundel counties, you are under severe thunderstorm warning until 6:15. and another one until 6:45 for if you are traveling across the bay bridge. upper marlboro, heavier rain. shady side. not around warning at all. alexandria. oldtown, oxon hill looking at showers. but a huge improvement compared to a half hour ago. it will improve through the everything hours. moving in the day, there is lower humidity. there is near average for this time of year. it's dry out there. looking at a nice day out there with a mix of the sun and clouds. daytime highs make it to the upper 80's to 90. the ten-day outlook. we show the temperatures in the middle 90's, for the middle of next week. temperatures for the nig

southern prince george's county towards waldorf into plato, towards port tobacco and i-95 spotsylvania. that little chance for rain will be blowing out quickly. just hot enough today where we have a 30% chance of a stray shower or a thunderstorm. not looking for any severe weather today. but a rumble or two of thunder certainly cannot be ruled out. temperatures on the muggy side here this morning. mid to upper 70s now. daytime highs today as we plan out the day, upper 80s for most of the sub toushs around 91 degrees downtown. then if you're trying to stay ahead of the weather, always have our nbc washington app as well. look for chuck bell 4. after today, our little rain chance this afternoon, we'll be dry for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. temperatures right around average in the mid to upper 80s. low humidity for wednesday. that's a nice day for sure. looks like friday could be on the stormy side around here. raindrops on friday. clear us out and leave us dry let go to jack taylor at wtop. >> chuck, thank you. good morning. we'll start things off with the good news on the beltway.

spotsylvania. no damage reported thank goodness. what we're left with tonight is a cluster, a thunderstorm. there's some lit evening in this . it's in southern sections ever charles county mple it's mostly over the river now. back out to the west of us more activity is forming. it doesn't look like it's going to be intense rain or intense thunderstorms tonight but we definitely still have a chance for some rain and this is the 24 hour doppler estimated rainfall totals. there's been a lot of rain, three, four, five inches south of the city down through southern maryland. for us we generally had oh, close to about an inch, inch and a half, in some spots two and t north you you go it's been a little bit less than that. the flash flood watch is still in effect until 2 a.m. we'll talk about that coming up in just a bit. so what you're about to hear sounds a little like a tv drama, but it is real life. some maryland volunteer firefighters are freuding with career firefighters. in fact, there is so much animosity they've gotten into altercations at the scenes of emergency calls . fox5's teisha lewis is live in high hyattsville. this is wild reporter roar it's wild and it's rea

county, moderate rain up 270. not looking for anything to become severe. however, don't be surprised if you hear a few rumbles of thunder. head down south. this is where quantico, stafford, fredericksburg, spotsylvania, 95 over here. we know a little bit of wet weather and what it can do with slowing the traffic down. throw in the rush hour commute and it's a slow go. at least as we move through the rush hour commute. around the capital beltway, no worries at all. the temperatures, nothing to complain about. summer in washington. we expect the temperatures in the 80's. that is what we have now. 84 at the reagan national airport. the temperatures fall for the 80's. we are tracking showers and chance of thunderstorms for the day tomorrow. i will give you the update in a few minutes. michelle: five days after forced to hold her 27-month-old son on her lap for a three and a half hour flight, mother getting an apology from united airlines. she bought the toddler a seat for a flight from houston to boston since he is too old to qualified as a lap child. while sitting on a plane a man came by and told her he had been given that seat as a standby passenger. she tried to talk to a flight attendant about it,