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We have a severe thunderstorm watch for the entire area until 7 00. And then the one Severe Thunderstorm Warning right now for a good bit of Chester County. That is until 5 15 and includes coatesville, west chester and moore. Thats where the strongest storm is now. Sheena parveen has a close look on that storm and others and where theyre going. Thats right, glenn. First, well start with that storm in Chester County. That severe storm and in this case, we could see winds in excess of 60 miles an hour. Also locally heavy rain. And as we zoom in here take a look at all the lightning. You cant even read the city names until i take the lightning off. Now were seeing West Bradford east bradford west goshen an outlier on this storm. But as we look at it from a distance you can see, its mostly moving to the northeast. So this is one storm were tracking about to move across 76. Take a look at the motion here along with that Severe Thunderstorm Warning. So this storm traveling to the northeast right around 35 miles an hour. This one will continue traveling in this direction for quite a while as it moves into Montgomery County. West goshen by a couple minutes here, east whiteland by 5 09. Upper marion, 5 20. So that is just one storm that were watching. The strongest in the area, otherwise were seeing more heavy showers right around lower southford. This is crossing 476 up to upper bucks county. And richland seeing the rain from that as well all the way up to easton. And were seeing heavy rain up in the poconos across 476 there, as well. So well continue watching all the showers and storms as we go through the rest of the evening. Now, aside from that we have more showers and storms flaring up here. These are popup showers in parts of ben salem. So, again, well track these coming up well show you where theyre heading and what you can expect for the rest of the evening along with any more severe storms in the forecast straight ahead. All right. And nbc 10 Lehigh Valley Bureau Reporter live in allentown. But the last time we checked in with him, it was pouring. What are the conditions like for you where you are right now . Well im going to tell you, that was a quickmoving storm about 20 minutes ago it came through here a lot of rain a lot of thunder, but as you can see, its moved out. The good news out of this system is that cool this area down very quickly. It was in the upper 80s earlier today. And thats good for city hall in a number of other public buildings in allentown that have gone the day without any airconditioning. Afternoon thunderstorms offered a muchneeded cooldown in allentown after a very hot week left some public buildings without any airconditioning. At city hall. We need to try to do something. People were greeted by a sign on the front door closed for business while the city works to repair a busted ac system. Temperatures inside hovered above 80 degrees. The Allentown Police Department Also affected and across the street the courthouse was experiencing airconditioning problems of its own. It gets hot fast. And it does cost a lot more money after the facts to fix it. Hvac repair techs say both Office Buildings and Residential Homes need to schedule maintenance checkups to make sure everythings cooling proper properly. A lot of the issues clog your filter. It can completely ruin your system. And as heavy storms moved into the area, temperatures slowly began to fall. But city officials said it could take until late next week to get the parts they need to fix the broken airconditioning. And the city telling nbc 10 at one point today in one of the rooms at city hall, the temperature was hovering just at 86 degrees. You can imagine how difficult that must be to get any work done. Live in allentown, nbc 10 news. You can track the storm threat to the rest of the evening on our nbc 10 news and weather apps. Download them for free to get updates on your smartphone. Theres new evidence in the hunt for a predator who attacked to women inside their homes. Investigators say this Surveillance Video shows the attacker after he sexually assaulted a 35yearold woman on rosewood street and stole her car early monday. Police believe he is the same man in this sketch wanted for a similar attack on a 30yearold woman in late march. Neighbors say whoever he is they hope hes caught soon. Ive been on this block since the 92, and not ever have events like this happened. Investigators were back at the rosewood street house earlier today because of the possible breakin overnight. Looking into whether that incident could be connected to mondays sex assault. New at 5 00 local activists are trying to paint a clear picture of just how many times police are using force on the job. The Latino Leadership Alliance of new jersey released their analysis of Cumberland County today. Thats where three people have died in Police Custody since december. Nbc 10s drew smith live in vineland. What does the report show . Well researchers went through 800 documents here at vineland pd and they say compared to larger cities like jersey city vineland is using twice the amount of force. Now, the Police Department isnt saying much in response to this right now. But is checking parts of this report for accuracy. Hes with me every day. Maurice still wants to know what happened to his best friend phillip white. He died in vineland Police Custody. Petway says the weeks keep on passing with no answers from police or prosecutors. Been dead since march 31st. I mean, you can do the math from that. Now comes this report from latino leaders in new jersey. It found that officers in Cumberland County with the least experience used the most force. And prosecutors lack oversight on patterns of force. They can do what they want. They can arrest you when they want. They can beat your behind when they want. Reporter police say theyre looking at the report but the department stands by the officers and their actions unless investigation proves otherwise. Some members of the public are sticking up for the department too. I think theyre seeing things that really arent there. Theyre not seeing the good. But others say, the numbers tell the story. Theres just no justice at all. They think something needs to change here if police are having to use twice the amount of force as officers in larger cities. Either we need a new force or they just need to be trained in different ways. The city says much if not all of the information in the report is public record. The open Society Foundation paid for this resource. Live in vineland, nbc 10 news. New at 5 00 a Home Invasion suspect caught in the act on Surveillance Video. Watch as he takes out a light and video camera outside the eagles corner chinese food store. This is on spruce street in West Philadelphia yesterday morning. Police tell us the man got into an apartment above the store, beat an employee who was sleeping, then broke into the stores register. If you recognize him, call police. A former president ial candidate is about to become the newest president ial candidate Rick Santorum is making it official right now. The former pennsylvania senator is making the announcement near his childhood home in butler county. You can watch his speech as it happens on nbc 10. Com and our nbc 10 news app. The 57yearold is a favorite of religious conservatives. Santorum finished second to mitt romney for the republican nomination in 2012. He says his experience could pay dividends the second time around. Santorum is joining a crowded republican race. Senators ted cruz rand paul and marco rubio have announced their candidacyies candidacies. So have Ben Carson Carly Fiorina and mike huckabee. Right now, Hillary Clinton and senator Bernie Sanders are the only declared democrats. From our Delaware Bureau theres still time to vote to increase funding for the Christina School district. A yes vote means a property tax hike. Voters are already rejected the idea in february. The district is now asking for smaller increase. If they vote no the district says itll cut jobs after School Programs and increase class sizes. 170 teachers will lose their jobs, including a few teachers of the year. Popular programs such as Animal Science and textiles will be cut, polls are open through 8 00 tonight. Septas board will vote tomorrow on a new advertising policy that comes after this antiislamic ad featuring adolf hitler was plastered on buses in april. Septa was forced to run them a federal judge ruled they accepted other political and controversial ads. The Transit Company says the new policy will prevent situations that could lead to violence. More than a dozen philadelphia children went before city council today. The Andrew Jackson Elementary Students delivered paint brushes. Thats to symbolize tools they need to succeed in the classroom. The paint brushes were handed to each Council Member ahead of tomorrows budget. One student talked about how important art classes are to her. If art was taken away from this world from our lives, id be living in a world full of darkness. Today, we are bringing you paint brushes to paint a better picture of our schools. If life doesnt give you color, what do you have . Every year since 2011 local schools have been stripped of art, gym classes, materials, counselors counselors. Needs 105 million to restore lost services and staff to schools. A neighborhood treasures on the move, but thanks to a local family its just going up the road. Still ahead, nbc 10 takes you to the new home for dozens of businesses that will save hundreds of jobs. Staying cool in the spring heat means business for heating up. Of course, the local repair shops, the biggest problems preventing air conditioners from working and what you need to do to keep yours up and running. And next a baby held hostage by his own father. How new Jersey Police stepped in to save the child. Trouble today for the International Soccer Federation Fifa suspended 11 people because of criminal investigations into corruption. Nbc tells us how this all played out. Reporter this is the luxury hotel swiss police raided to arrest several top fifa officials. Police used white sheets to try to shield the soccer executives from the cameras as they were led away. Among them jeffrey webb of the cayman islands. He is head of fifa for north and central america. Some of the other officials indicted, south americas fifa chief, from uruguay, costa ricas chief as well as an executive from brazil. The feds say fifa executives took tens of millions in bribes and laundered money in pursuit of personal and commercial gain. Fixing billions in marketing and tv deals for fifa soccer tournaments. They did this over and over. Year after year, tournament after tournament. The swiss say they are looking to see if huge bribes helped russia win the 2018 world cup. And gaining the nod for 2022. And the feds say suitcases filled with cash were delivered when south africa got the 2010 world cup. This really is the world cup of fraud. And today, were issuing fifa a red card. Not charged today. Fifas long time president who in the past has repeatedly denied any wrong doing. Fifa is not definitely not. A spokesperson says things will improve moving forward. Trying to explain something that is not nice. Today, the fbi in miami searched the officers of a fifa subgroup as we learned four other executives and marketers have already pleaded guilty. One is new yorker and former fifa executive charles blazer who Officials Say wore a wire for the fbi to help build the case. This investigation has been long and pain staking, and it is not over. Now, nbcs jonathan dientz reporting. Police wanted to find this man. He was caught on surveillance. Police say he got in by pushing an ac unit in the window of a second floor room. He took cash from the register and several cartons of cigarettes. Police are trying to figure out what happened inside a new jersey home. A s. W. A. T. Team killed a man holding his son hostage. Around 4 30 this morning, they tried to negotiate with scott mcalaster but had no success. He was holding this 17monthold boy hostage. The childs mother called Police Last Night saying mcalaster was drunk, had beaten her and threatened her child with a knife. Neighbors woke up because of the gunfire. All i could see was there was like tape on like the fence and then the whole corner over there was lit up with lights and cop cars. And im like the little boy is fine. The state Attorney Generals Office is investigating. Cash guns and a car. Thats what police say this man stole from a meineke store. Police say the manmade his way into the store, took some cash and three antique firearms. He also stole a car parked on the lot. All right. Listen to this. A High School Teacher who appeared to be passed out at his desk is out of work and banned from school grounds. State police say the teacher appeared to be intoxicated when they found at the Newport High School in central p. A. This happened yesterday. Investigators say they found a bottle of booze near the teacher. The teacher was removed from the classroom. State police say they intend to charge the teacher with endangering the welfare of children. With temperatures heating up, airconditioning units are working overtime so are the people who service them. Hvac in abington expects a lot of calls about air conditioners not working. One of the main air conditioners stopped working. Repairmen say yearly maintenance couldve prevented that. Instead, the price tag on this fix is 5,000. This is what happens after not getting the unit cleaned for five years. It cannot breathe, it could overheat and you end up having to put a new unit in. Advice from the experts, replace air filters every couple of months have the unit serviced yearly. That Business Owner suggests getting a Second Opinion for a costly repair. A unit thats cleaned and maintained can last 20 years. Not a good day to be without ac either. Sheena parveens been tracking storms all day. Wheres the most Severe Weather now, sheena . Well the most Severe Weather is, in fact in Chester County. That is going to be moving into montgomery and bucks counties. But either way, we still have the first alert out because of these storms. As we go through the rest of the evening, strong storms damaging winds, hail and heavy rain. Now, severe thunderstorm watch up for the area until 7 00 p. M. Tonight with the high winds, lightning and that heavy rain. And heres the storm weve really been tracking for the past 30 minutes or so. It developed in Chester County. Its still in Chester County right over 76. And theres a lot of lightning and heavy rain, and the winds could be near 60 miles an hour. Seeing the heavy rain all the way up to east whiteland. Seeing that too, across 376. And this is where the most lightning is. Right around east whiteland township. So were watching this storm mainly move to the northeast around 35 miles an hour. So the Severe Thunderstorm Warning with this storm has been extended across montgomery and central bucks county as well. So rattner by about 5 19 expect the strongest part of the storm. 34 upper dublin 5 38 and war minister about 5 50. This storm, potentially damaging winds around 60 miles an hour. That will continue moving across the area. As for upper bucks county right now, were still seeing pretty steady rainfall, especially across 476 there. And up in the poconos, a good amount of rain there, too. Weve been seeing that all afternoon, as well. Aside from that we have a couple of showers flaring up around wilmington but also in parts of new jersey near cherie hill moderate rain also morristown. These are a few showers that have been popping up within the past 30 minutes to an hour. Ben salem near levittown. And going to cross 95 as well. If youre traveling in this direction, youll be running into some brief heavy rain. All these storms are mainly traveling to the northeast, well continue to watch this as we go through tonight. Again, the storms could be potentially severe as we go through the rest of the afternoon. So very closely, well be tracking these storms for you until they clear out later on tonight. Heres future weather. Temperatures really starting to cool down if you see the rain dropping into the 70s. Heres 7 00 p. M. We expect more showers across the i95 corridor. 8 00 p. M. , we could see more developing around northern delaware and south jersey. Then by 11 00 tonight, i think that would shift more to south jersey and delaware. But that Severe Threat should pretty much be over by then. We only expect the watch to last until 7 00 p. M. So far. And early tomorrow morning, take a look at these temperatures still very mild in the 70s as we go into the morning hours. So showers and thunderstorms early this evening, 70 for the low in philadelphia 66 degrees, areas north and west. Itll stay humid. Then tomorrow partly sunny, another hot day near 90 degrees. Well have scattered showers and thunderstorms around mostly in those afternoon hours. So looks kind of like that summertime pattern here for friday. A little bit less humid. Still a chance of some thunderstorms. Going into the weekend, big difference from saturday to sunday. 87 saturday by sunday, showers around, and its going to drop into the 70s. Take a look at monday and tuesday. We could be in the mid to low 60s. All right sheena. A 70yearold landlord accused of shooting his tenants girlfriend inside a jersey shore house. Nbc 10 just got ahold of the 911 call made moments after the shooting. What the suspect admitted to emergency dispatchers over the phone. Plus honoring a war hero more than a century after he served our country. What makes this statue at a pennsylvania war memorial so unique . Look at this. Drivers are dealing with this Stormy Weather as they head home from work. Were keeping an eye on conditions through our system of traffic pulse cameras. This is a live look at i78 in allentown. You can see some rain on the lens there. Its a little fuzzy. But lets switch cameras now, head to burkes county. Heres a little bit more evidence of some of the weather going on at least the route 222 outside redding. Take it slow if youre hitting the roads. Thats the bottom line here today. A cat and mouse police chase in ft. Worth, texas. We brought you this slow speed chase live at 4 00. Sometimes the driver only went a few miles an hour. Other times, looks like he completely stopped. It all lasted more than two hours through ft. Worth and arlington. The driver talked to police on the phone throughout this entire chase. That slow chase ended peacefully about 15 minutes ago. Police brought in a new vehicle and rammed that driver from behind. You see that right there. The car slams into the median. They were able to pull that driver out. We can tell you, he was the only one in the vehicle. Police are not saying why they were chasing him. A first today in harrisburg the statue of an africanamerican soldier was unveiled at the National Civil war museum. Was a member of the grand army of the republic when he fought in the civil war. He died in harrisburg in 1943 at the age of 97. He was the last living Civil War Veteran in the county. Members of his family were there for the event. I am the only one in the family that was living when my grandfather was living. So for me im happy this happened in my lifetime. So i got to see it. Because the rest of the family that was living is all gone now. That is one proud family right there. The statue can be seen in the first floor rotunda. As you see in the live shots before, the first alert weather is tracking storms moving through our area. And these storms could bring lightning, heavy rains and damaging winds. Our team of meteorologists will have the latest track on the system next. Saving a neighborhood treasure. Well tell you how Montgomery County family is making that happen. 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Yeah, weve been targeting the afternoon rush all day. And that first alert is partly because of the timing of all of this. And now the worst of the storms is hitting the most populated area. Some of those storms severe with some damaging winds. Weve seen a little bit of damage in burkes county already. And a lot of heavy downpours with these cells. And thats why on the threat tracker, the heavy rain threat is a little higher than a normal thunderstorm situation, the lightning threat is fairly high has been a lot of lightning with these storms. And the high wind risk is pretty significant, too. The watch severe thunderstorm watch for the entire area until 7 00, but now, this Severe Thunderstorm Warning that was for Chester County has expanded to cover much of the area philadelphia, Delaware County bucks, montgomery counties even into new jersey. Thats until 6 00 tonight. And meteorologist Sheena Parveen is going to focus right on that storm and all the areas its about to hit. Yeah thats right, glenn. Because this storm has locally heavy rain. It has grown quite a bit. The storms become larger and more severe but the bulk of the lightning still remains moving into parts of Montgomery County. So heres a look at the storm that stretches from parts of delaware, up into parts of Montgomery County now. So well look at the area where we see the most lightning. Lower providence norristown, Plymouth Meeting across 76 and 476. Very heavy rain a lot of lightning in this area. So be very cautious if you are in this area you really want to seek shelter with this storm. It is severe. So its tracking to the northeast around 35 to 40 miles an hour, haverford, moving into that area right now. Upper dublin, should see it by 5 40. Warminister 5 52. Now, again, the warning continues for parts of Chester County philadelphia area, and even into the cherie hill section of new jersey. So in this case this storm is moving also to the northeast around 40 miles an hour moving into upper darby by 5 43. Cherie hill 6 09. And bristol by about 6 24. So, again, these storms do have the history of producing some very damaging winds, 60 miles an hour or greater, lightning, hail, heavy rain so that severe thunderstorm watch does continue through the area. Well be tracking these storms for the rest of the area and what it means as we go into the rest of this evening. Thats all coming up. All right. Lets talk about the weather somewhere south now. More rain is expected already in flooded parts of texas. The search for survivors continues, too, in houston. 14 people have died in the floods. 13 more are still missing. Most of them from the town of wimberly. Teams are searching for survivors. We are still in search and rescue mode. We are still looking for viable victims. And cleanup is underway but rain is hampering their efforts in making the search difficult. And the philadelphia area roetsz sent a Team Red Cross sent a team of experts to the area. So many people who have been displaced. So weve gone in now to provide shelter, to provide food clothing, and also to help address medical needs as well as Mental Health issues. They do so much good work. The judge says when disaster strikes, its who can they send . The red cross is all about one team. As the temperatures rise so will the number of people suffering from heat related illnesses. Heat cramps heat exhaustion and dehydration, heatstroke can be life threatening. Nbc 10 in Delaware County. They showed us how to treat patients dealing with heat emergencies and symptoms to look for. Obviously, sweating is your bodys first protection against heat injury. When people stop to sweat, when they start to feel chilled or when they start to feel cold and they know theyre hot, thats a big indication that they need to come into the emergency room. So whos considered high risk for heatrelated injuries . The elderly, diabetics, people with heart problems, people who work outside, and young people playing sports. You can plan ahead for the heat and the threat for rain with our nbc 10 news and weather app. Download them for free to get the 7day forecast and interactive radar on your smartphone. New at 5 30 an unusually calm 911 call from a man admitting to shooting a m wo. Nbc 10 just got ahold of the dispatch calls moments after the shots were fired last night. Jersey shore Bureau Reporter Ted Greenberg live at the scene of that shooting in middle township Cape May County. Well jackie and keith, at last check, the victim was in the hospital in stable condition. Sources believe the shooting here was the result of an ongoing feud between a landlord and his tenant. Both of whom live in this house. 70yearold William Reese is locked up on attempted murder charges now, but Authorities Say the middle township man called 911 moments after he shot a woman in the chest. 911, wheres your emergency. Yes, sir, whats the problem . I just shot somebody. Excuse me . I just shot somebody. 62yearold anne butler was wounded around 6 15 last night outside her boyfriends church road home. Reese is the landlord and lives in another part of the house. Prosecutors say he fired two rounds from a handgun, one of which struck the victim. Investigators believe her livein boyfriend boyd moore was the intended target. Im shooting at boyd. I think his girlfriend got it. Why were you doing that, sir . Just come out here, get my lawyer. Is the person injured, sir . Yeah. Moore was not hurt. Butler was airlifted to the hospital. Investigators say reese remained at the scene. What is your name . Now, its not clear what led to the problems between landlord and tenant. Reese is locked up in the Cape May County jail tonight. His bail set at 500,000. Im Ted Greenberg, nbc 10 news. Well back in the keystone state, bob caseys pushing to get more funding to repair bridges. He was in harrisburg today to unveil a bill that would increase money going to bridges owned by counties and municipalities. Kasey says theyre chronically underfunded but vital to communities. Bridges were school buses travel over with kids. These are the bridges that we rely upon to get an Emergency Vehicle to an accident or an emergency. Pennsylvania leads the nation in bridges that are structurally deficient and in need of serious repairs. Switching gears, hundreds of job seekers and eager employers met face to face today in new castle county. Nbc 10 at the latinamerican Community Center job fair in wilmington. Small businesses are looking for good employees here banks and larger businesses were also here to recruit. Many of the applicants have gone through the latin centers Workforce Development program. We held them you know like interviews. We held them to say how they need to dress for an interview. They come ready. And a lot of them got a chance to interview today. And some were even hired on the spot. Harassed by a new neighbor. Local College Students did not get a warm welcome when moving to their summer house. Why the neighbor is apologizing for this confrontation caught on camera. And the bigger problem hes blaming on the local university. Plus theyve been practicing their spelling skills for months its nerve racking for them. Next meet some of our local champions competing for the National Title in washington, d. C. Look at this. Drivers dealing with Stormy Weather as they head home from work. Were keeping an eye on conditions through our system of traffic pulse cameras. This is Chester County. A live look at route 202 in mel melvourn. Heading to Montgomery County. More evidence of that wet weather out there. This is on interstate 76 in king of prussia. Keep it slowly if youre hitting the roads. I love this story right here. Hundreds of young word smiths are vying to be americas top speller today. And most of the words weve never heard of. Never. I can rattle them off so easily. We can tell you that the Scripps National spelling bee is officially underway outside of our nations capital. Correct. Nice. The preliminary round started today. Nearly 300 students are competing for the top prize, including nearly a dozen from our area. A seventh grader at the school in wilmington. He tells us he is keeping his cool among stiff competition. I wasnt that nervous because i neurowhat the word was. It does relieve the pain or alleviate it. Its important to know what the word is. That origin, right . Tomorrow contestants move to the semifinals and then the championship round. The winner gets to walk away with 35,000. The good news, the Neighborhood Market isnt going far. The new site for this local Farmers Market. How a family is helping to make the move possible. And im still tracking that severe thunderstorm. It includes the philadelphia area, too. And it has expanded. Ill show you the timing on it what you can expect and for the rest of this evening with our storms, thats coming up. And coming up at 6 00 changing the Atlantic City skyline. People dropping on the boardwalk. Tracking storms through the area. Weve seen dark clouds like the ones here hanging over center city. Sheena parveen will have an update still ahead. A rude welcoming for Rowan University students moving into an offcampus rental home. Every time i hear anything go wrong, the police are going to be here. Okay. Get the [ bleep ] out of here. When an irate neighbor sounded off about late night parties and trash on lawns. The students recorded his rant and dialed 911. Today, a calmer robertman talked to us about why he lashed out. The value of my property has gone down. The kids come in destroy the homes, landlords dont do much about it. It was absurd. Youre saying this is a family neighborhood and yet youre screaming. Rowan university tells nbc 10 its often more attractive and less expensive for students to live off campus. A new 7story residence haul forll will open for students in 2016. Monday is the start of june and also the start of Hurricane Season. And this year we can expect below average activity. Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gave the forecast today. We may get 6 to 11 named tropical storms and just half of those may turn into hurricanes. Of the possible hurricanes two or fewer may become major storms of category 3 or higher. We wanted to bring in our expert here. Nbc 10 chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Whats your take on this . You said its inactive. Yeah, expected to be inactive in all of the forecasts that have come out so far for this Hurricane Season. Have been for a relatively inactive season. And the main reason for that the el nino developing in the tropic pacific. Its an extremely strong one. May end up being one of the strongest ever. And what el nino does is suppresses hurricanes in the atlantic. It increases them in the pacific. There are other factors, too, that are negative. There are higher pressures in the caribbean than usual. And water temperatures are colder than normal. Theres also more ash and dust coming off of africa. So all of the major things that we look at to tell us about Hurricane Season are all suggesting weak season. But 1992 was a weak season too. We had hurricane andrew, one of the worst in history. All it takes is one. Thats exactly what ive got to say. We appreciate your insight, glenn. Thank you. And we can hear the rain coming down here. At our studio. And a live look right now, the dark clouds hovering over center city. Sheena parveen has the latest on this storm threat. Yeah thats right. Were tracking that severe thunderstorm. It still does include the philadelphia area. Its breaking up a little bit, but its still strong. Severe thunderstorm warning until 6 30. It has been extended close to mercer counties. So were going to see this storm travel quite a ways before it actually leaves the area. Upper Chester Township darby, about to get some of the heaviest rain out of this. And it does across 95 in Chester County and moving up through our suburbs north and west parts of Montgomery County, also bucks county upper dublin seeing heavy rains, here. And the heavy rain approaching flowertown now, crossing 76 in the p. A. Turnpike. Well track this storm for you, parts of bucks county. Well be seeing this very shortly. Warminster, north hampton, 5 58 and buckingham by you have 03. Moving to the northeast pretty quickly around 45 miles an hour. Thats the speed here. Philadelphia at 5 57 can expect some of the heaviest showers. Some of the heaviest rain strongest winds and the storm camden about 6 02. Cherie hill 6 11. Again, with any severe storms we expect winds near 60 miles an hour. Those are damaging winds, also heavy rain lightning and the potential for hail. So if we take a wider view there you see the warnings shaded in yellow. The storms approaching, major interstates, but this is really the only cluster of strong storms we have around. One thunderstorm that were watching, though moving into Mercer County. This is right around hamilton lawrence. This one just developed a few lightning strikes in the past five minutes or so. But either way, this is very heavy rain moving up near princeton. And this will be continuing to the northeast still around 35 to 40 miles an hour. So quickmoving storms. The severe thunderstorm watch, though does appear to have been trimmed now. It was for the entire area until 7 00 p. M. But now you see the counties shaded in pink. Burlington, camden. Looks like montgomery and bucks county. The philadelphia area included as well as Mercer County until about 7 00 p. M. Or so. Were going to watch this closely. Appears the Lehigh Valley extreme south jersey delaware you have been excluded from this watch. So the watch for you is canceled. Either way with any strong storms. 60mileanhour winds, lightning, hail and a potential for heavy rain. Future weather keeps bringing at least some showers in for the area as we go through tonight. Temperatures holding in the 70s. And by 11 00 p. M. Theres a possibility we could have a few showers around. By early tomorrow morning take a look the a these temperatures when you wake up, still very mild outside around the low 70s and the model is suggesting we could see at least a few showers. For tonight, though showers and storms early, some of those strong. Itll stay humid, too. 70 for the low in philadelphia. Possibly the mid60s north and west. Tomorrow partly sunny, hot day near 90 degrees with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. So once again, well be tracking those for you as we go into friday. Less humid. Temperatures still hot, though. Saturday we start warm 87 degrees. Look at sunday though 75 degrees, well have showers around, but now look at monday. 62 by tuesday, 64 and that comes with rain. Big difference next week. All right, sheena. A neighborhood treasure is on the move. Thanks to a local family, its not going too far away. Nbc 10 takes you to the new home for dozens of businesses. Well explain how this site will save hundreds of jobs. And all new on nbc 10 news at 6 00 looked like nice enough houses, but theyre all getting knocked down and rebuilt. Coming up why this is happening and who is going to benefit here in wilmington. Drivers are dealing with Stormy Weather as they head home from work. Were keeping an eye on conditions. Heres evidence of that weather on interstate 76 in king of prussia. Slick roads. Go slowly if youre headed out. An update on a story we told you about way back in january. When more than 40 Small Businesses in Montgomery County lost their leases. The vendors of the Farmers Market had no place to go until a local family stepped up to build a new home for them. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante takes us to the new site. Reporter it was no the projects brian haligan had in mind when he bought this hotel. A place that sat vacant for months. We requested a deal with the hospital. With the hospital paying and doing the renovations itself, the deal was a winwin until late january, the deal fell through and the Farmers Market down the street had just been evicted. Lets see if we can make it work. I wasnt interested if i could only do half of the vendors. Brian offered it to everybody. All our existing customers will be able to you know go down and continue shopping with us. And well get new customers from that area. It was very lucky that we had the opportunity when we did and they had an opening when they did. So just the move isnt without its issues, the costs are big. Especially to fit this building for each new space. I understand your costs. But maybe i can help out. And Montgomery County is helping, too. The county stepped in with a loan of about 250,000 to help them with their move to help them with startup costs, things like refrigerators and cases. From pass to to produce, all the vendors who want a home will have a home. On those walls over there. Were going to do try and get some historic pictures. Hes just as excited as the vendors for the brand new space even if it competes with a family business. A restaurant down the street. Im part of this community, too. I dont want to see all of these people without jobs its not just the Business Owners. Its you know the 50 people that work in the market you know. Going to be without jobs, too. The market is set to reopen here in august. In flowertown, nbc 10 news. Our first alert weather coverage continuing next on nbc 10 news at 6 00. We are tracking a severe thunderstorm watch across our area. Glenn . Yeah, the storms have already brought heavy rain and lightning to some areas. Well show you where theyre headed next and how long the threat will last. Plus, new Surveillance Video shows the man accused of attacking two women in south philadelphia. Tonight, neighbors in the area want to take new precautions to protect themselves. And Stephen Tyler at a strawberry farm . The bizarre rumor that involved the aerosmith front man in Mercer County. Its all next at 6 00. Heavy rain hits our area. And the threat for severe storms continues right now. The nbc 10 First Alert Weather Team watching this radar. These storms could bring lots of rain, lightning and damaging winds. Heres what it looked like in Chester County just a short time ago as that heavy rain came down. Now, check out these ominous clouds. They were hanging out over city hall in philadelphia just a short while ago. It is a first alert weather day as we follow these storms across our region. Lets get right to our First Alert Weather Team. Glenn, whats the latest . Well the storms continue to move through the area. And many of them are starting to weaken. There are still some that are fairly strong though. The first alert weather day continues probably until 7 00 when the severe thunderstorm watch would expire. We continue to see some severe thunderstorms. Weve had some warnings out there. Some damaging winds reported a lot of lightning. And some very heavy downpours. The threat tracker shows that we have had and will continue to see some heavy rain a lot of lightning, and some very gusty winds, the threats of the hail or tornadoes are extremely small. The severe thunderstorm watch continues until 7 00 for these areas in pink. And in yellow that is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning area that continues until 6 30. It is right across the philadelphia metropolitan area. Big Population Center getting hit with a big storm. Sheena parveen will get close in on that and tell you where it is and where its going. Thats right, glenn. One of the biggest issues across the area with the storms are lightning, heavy rain and potentially damaging winds. And with the storm that glenn just showed you with the severe thunderstorm, this one is