The storms down south, part of the same weather system headed even. Were on the leading edge of some of those heavy rains and the high winds too. You can see around columbia, gaithersburg, through montgomery county, even leesburg, blue mount areas. And even some gusty conditions, too. Headed towards gaithersburg, in the next 20 minutes, so all against eastbound for us, from in and out until 11 00 p. M. We have the possibility of seeing not only heavy rain, but also very high winds throughout the area. Those heavy rains could be delivers ponding on area roads. We could get quite a bit of rain in a short period of time. Lets go to chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer standing by with more on our potential for flooding and wind damage. Yeah, veronica, the National Weather service just issued the wind advisories for the entire area. Earlier today it was out towards portions of the blue ridge, but today its for the entire area with winds gusting upwards of 50 miles an hour. These are nonthunde
It could lead to loe visibility, so a flash flood warm. And of course right here in d. C. The Severe Weather threat tonight, but look whats right behind the system. The cold air, and yes some snow back toward the west. Ill show you what it means for this roller coaster right is just getting started. Cell phone video captured a tornado in the town of adairsville. It destroyed several homes and businesses. Check out what they did. It destroyed billing, knocked down trees. Storm team 4 has you covered as always. And stay ahead of the storm, downlocal the weather app. Search nbc washington in the app. Story or in google play. Theres a new twist in the trial of that former Culpepper Police officer. Today jersey were asked to testify about alleged misconduct during deliberations. Reporter david culver explains how it unfolded today in court. Reporter an unexpected shakeup. Suddenly it was the jurors being questioned, the judge and attorneys wanting to know how two additionnaries and one they
The monocasee in frederick, at or above flood stage for the day. Watch out for that on the rural areas. Winds have been picking up. Gusts over 40 Miles Per Hour, frederick county, washington county, panhandle of west virginia, locally weve had gusts to around 30 Miles Per Hour. And theyre only going to be increasing as the day progresses. Now weve got a wide variety of temperatures, 60 in washington. Its dropped back to the 40s now. The shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, up into western maryland. Hour by hour through the day, well have changes going on each hour. Well still be in the 50s by 6 00 a. M. Much of the metro area. By 8 00, down to near 50. Near 50 by 9 00 a. M. Sun breaking out. Well have gusts of wind to around 40 Miles Per Hour. Im back in ten minutes with yet another update. Now a look at traffic, your first 4 traffic this morning with danella. Good morning. Good morning. Checking a couple of incidents in our area. First well talk about the traffic lights. Its
Maryland. Melissa mollet joins us. Reporter we just speak with investigators they tell us the two little girls who died were ages 3 and 6, sisters. Chopper 4 flew over the house a little while ago. Take a look. This fire broke out in the twostory home in highland avenue. When firefighters arrived the heavy flames and instability of the house hampered they are rescue efforts. That blaze so intense, it continued to burn for an hour and a half. Dozens of firefighters responded. Four others were if the house with those girls including a 33yearold man, 33yearold woman, 8monthold and 7yearold who had to be taken to the hospital for treatment. The victims names have not been released and investigators woring to determine the cause. Other news, its been a rough morning in northern virginia. This was the dulles toll road. Traffic was backed up for nine miles after several accidents. That was all the result of a fastmoving storm that caught many drivers by surprise. News4s tony tull is in virgin
Standing among is the confusion, he was clearly shaken. Right now we are dealing with our sadness at the lost of our fellow member of our embassy. Reporter the turk irk government blamed a domestic militant group. We strongly condemn the suicide attack. Reporter its the latest in the series of threats to u. S. Diplomatic facilities. In september terrorists killed four americans in ben gauzi. The state department responded, promising more security. The level of Security Protection at our facility in ankara, ensured there were not significantly more deaths and injuries. Reporter the attack comes on the same day as the leadership handover in the state department. Cheering employees packed into Hillary Clintons farewell ceremony. We live in very complex and even dangerous times, as we saw again just today at our embassy in ankara. Reporter new york john kerry takes over as secretary today. Hes now responsible for carving the path ahead, as the u. S. Faces growing terrorist threats overseas