Center city are beginning to wave around as the wind pick up. We have the first round of rain clearing if philadelphia and pushing to the north. We have thunderstorms to the west by harrisburg they will lift to the north, they are not severe thunderstorms not yet anyway, there is steadier rain pushing through north jersey, some of the roads are extra wet, you have to slow down right now. As you take a look at the wide view theres rain on the doorstep. We have precipitation to the west and southwest of us of that will swing in later this morning. Theres a chance of heavy rain and strong thunderstorms. Lets cover the rain. A flood watch is kicking in this morning and goes into friday afternoon and all the counties you see across the area were looking at anywhere from one to two inches of rain, it wont come at once, there could pockets of heavy rain this morning and more this afternoon. Seeing how the ground is saturated and creeks and streams are running high. Flooding possible. We have a wind advisory in coastal communities up to the delaware bay gusts of 45 Miles Per Hour could give you problems there. Were looking at the possibility of severe thunderstorms, the big issue, strong, damaging wind gusts. The best chance of those wilmington and south in delaware and extreme south jersey, but when you add the tornado threat that comes into philadelphia. The southern half of the region, in particular you have to be careful of storms that form. 48 degrees in philadelphia. 40s across the region. A couple of spots down south in the 50s. As we roll through the day, well get into the 60s with a high of 64 degrees right around 4 00 p. M. But, again, heavy wocts of rain and pockets of rain and thunderstorms. Im tracking it in future tracker 6. Reporter were tracking accidents this morning, david didnt take long to have our first one on the ramp from the vine street expressway westbound to the schuylkill expressway eastbound, the ramp is completely reopened, the crash is gone, but we are expecting a number of accidents this morning on these wet roads. As we looking at the big picture, so far speeds look normal. Be sure to keep them down especially on the wet road surfaces. We had overnight construction especially before the rain moved in on the ramp i95 to be northbound vine. Delco, i95 south of the blue route is gone. Here the roads are damp with no major problems traveling northbound from the delaware state line up to the airport, although cant guarantee that your flight will be on time out of phl. We have word of a crash in hatfield, 309, bethlehem pike blocked off at mill road 309 incline, you can see that on cow path road to get around that. Salem county, a water main break this morning, wetter here, 48 harding highway blocked off pennsville, alburn road. Pens grove alburn road gets you around that. Keep up to date with the weather and traffic its a Free Download from the apple and google play store. Gets your updates on facebook, meteorologist, david murphy will take live questions during Updates Facebook live about the storms or anything else you want to chat about with david at 520. Flames broke out at 1 15 a. M. On the 5400 block of diamond street in wynnfield section of philadelphia. It spread to the home nextdoor. Firefighters got the flames under control shortly after they arrived, nobody was injured. A philadelphia monsignor is accused of taking half a Million Dollars in donations meant for retired priests. Federal investigators say he used the money to gamble. Jeanette reyes is live at the afternoon archdiocesan headquarters in center city. Reporter federal Authorities Say gambling is one of the many things this philadelphia monsignor sent over half a Million Dollars on. If he is convicted on the charges he faces decades in prison. Monsignor william d it to gamble, concerts and lavish dinners. He allegedly pocketed over 535,000 over the course of nine years and eventually the bank did take notice and alerted the archdiocese. In a statement, the archdiocese said it immediately froze the account. They contacted the feds and of course took it from there. The 77yearold is charge with four counts of wire fraud related charges. Its a slap in the face, youre talking about preaching all these good deeds and helping other people out and being kind and generous help your fellow man. Reporter and his attorney said his client plans on entering a guilty plea, if convicted he faces up to 80 years behind bars. Reporting from the philadelphia archdiocese, Jeanette Reyes channel 6 action news. A teenager is recovering from a shooting in west philadelphia. This was the scene last night around 9 00 p. M. In the 5800 block of montrose street. The 18yearold was shot in the hip. He was rushed to penn presbyterian for care, he is in stable, but police have not made any arrests. A Community Came together to cry and call for an end to gun violence. Three men gunned down in north philadelphia on monday. They were shot to death near 11th and styles. A 4th man was shot, but he survived. Investigators say two men fired at least 25 shots at these victims. 70,000 reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of those two. New details have been released in the murder of a Lehigh County mother last year. Police arrested joseph razzler in charge him with killing stephanie roof. Police say he killed her with a homemade air gun. He is being held in jail without bail. Reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the disturbing case of animal torture in berks county. Someone doused this cat in gasoline and found her in blanket and stuffed her in a trash bag. Two workers heard the academy on youing heard the cat meold meowing. If youre looking for a job, spring career fair at Bucks County Community college in the links pavilion at the newtown campus at 11 30. If youre somebody looking for a job, all the best, we hope the day brings great things for you. As for the rest of the day, could have severe storms you have to watch out for. Reporter and flooding rains, right now we have nuisance the north of philadelphia. Every now and then you get a blip of yellow which is a brief. This is not the problematic rain thats coming this morning and hanging with us, at least early to mid afternoon. Looking outside, we have sky6 live hd we are gray, how about the cloud deck cutting off the tops of the Center City Buildings moving in and providing us with rain and eventually heavy rain of thats a crazy picture this morning. 48 in philadelphia. 49 in wilmington, 46 in allentown. 45 in trenton. Up to 50 in cape may and millville. In terms of the rain its not bad now, but the models show by 7 00 a. M. , 8 00 a. M. , 9 00 a. M. Well get heavier showers in and if there are thunderstorms mixed in the southern of half of the region. We are looking at stronger thunderstorms that could produce problems. By noon this is charging up from the south and giving us problems. Through the morning into midday and early afternoon thats the e biggest threat, by 4 00 p. M. There could be a couple of lingering thunderstorms and showers. By 6 00 were getting support n. At times there will be periods of heavy rain, with the ground already saturated that water is shooting off to the creek and stream beds and we could get flooding. That is coming in the early afternoon. These storms that form could give us windts and isolated tornado philadelphia south, lightning moderate, chance today, downpours, high chance of that from any thunderstorms strong winds possible, as well. Hail not much, but an isolated tornado an issue. In the lehigh valley, rain and thunderstorms, windy conditions, too. At the shore, windy advisory with gusts up to 45 Miles Per Hour. Strong storms possible, 64 the high there. In philadelphia, 64 with periods of rain, a strong thunderstorm cant be ruled out especially as we head into the mid afternoon hours, 45 is the low with rain ending overnight. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, were going for a high of 64. The big issue is the periods of rain and potential for strong storms. Tomorrow, cool for the phils home opener, bring the rain gear and heavy coat high of 51 cooler than that and stray shower possible. Brightening up for the weekend, saturday, 56. Sunday, 67. Back in the 70s on pass overmonday and straight through wednesday. Passover monday and straight through wednesday, better conditions coming. A main golfer may not tee it up at the master today, a freak accident may have sidelined the pro. Reporter were looking at water Montgomery Mall at 309 dekalb pike, you can see the drops on the camera lens, talk about a crash on this thursday morning. Ugh your allergies. Try new Flonase Sensimist instead of allergy pills. Ugh your allergies. Its more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. Using unique mistpro technology, new Flonase Sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. Most allergy pills only block one. And six is greater than one. Break through your allergies. New Flonase Sensimist 5 14 a. M. , wet runways at Philadelphia International airport odds thursday morning, phl is warning travelers you could see delays especially when severe storms arrive in the delaware and lehigh valleys. Speaking of delays, there will be some on the roads. Lets go over to matt pellman. Reporter there will be some of those and slipping and sliding running into things. I have a feeling on this thursday morning, things will not go to fantastically, good morning to you, matt and tam. Coming out of the burbs we have a crash in hatfield, montgomery county. 309 bethlehem pike near mill road near the 309 incline. Traffic is stopped because of the accident. Emergency crews responding to the scene right now. 309 blocked both ways at mill road in hatfield township. Instead of that go down on cow path road. You can use the northeast extension as an alternate to 309, but lets talk about the construction going on over there. Had work southbound between quakertown and lansdale on the nex blocking the right lane. Northbound to lansdale blocked with construction this morning. Farther south on the nex theres work near the empty county tolls and theres work on the westbound side going northbound. No shortage of construction on 476. What were not seeing if fog which we saw yesterday morning in bucks county near the scutters falls bridge. Until 6 00 a. M. Theres construction on the bridge southbound coming into pennsylvania, one of the two lanes is blocked, tam. A driver who plunged into a florida lake was saved after some define divine intervention. The they watched the car go into the lake, the man asked him to let him drive, the man said not today. They pulled him to the bank. A funeral will takes place at argue Arlington National cemetary for john glenn. The First American to orbit the earth and became a senator in ohio. Phillies continue their three game series in cincinnati this afternoon. They held off the reds for 6 nrgs and gave up two innings an gave up two runs in the 7th. They lost. A freak accident might city line the number one golfer from playing in the masters today. He fell down the stairs and landed hard on his lower back. Johnson had time to try to recover today. He has a late tee time for his first round at 2 03 p. M. This afternoon. Hello moto. Its time to reimagine the smartphone. Snap on a speaker. A projector. A camera that actually zooms. Get excited world. The moto z with moto mods. Save at least 20 on select moto mods when you buy any moto z droid. Save at least 20 on select moto mods yoga before we go out. Downward dog. Reporter before we deal with the morning commute. Accidents in hatfield township, 309, flashing lights by mill road by 309 incline because of a crash. Looks like some traffic is squeezing by. Youre getting by okay on the wet bridges this morning. We have overnight construction on a few of them. But traffic is moving fine on our good buddy ben between camden and center city. Amtrak delays in and out of new york. Delay on the airport line. Reporter we have light nuisance rain pushing through north jersey and the northern suburbs. Thunderstorms to the west they will miss us. Those are not severe. The severe heavy stuff coming in the morning and extending into the early afternoon. On the bus stop cloudy skies, its damp out there. There is a chance of a thunderstorm hitting before the end of 6 00 a. M. To 8 00 a. M. Period. You might check that out on the smart phone or 6abc. Com before you go out the door. Temperatures in the 40s, high of 64. Theres a chance of pocket of heavy rain and strong thunderstorms in the morning and afternoon hours. In healthcheck, aspirin is known to be a pain reliever and good for your heart. A study done by researchers at harvard found that aspirin may reduce your chances of dieing from cancer. 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