For president of the unite states. Debate night. Ten democrats return to the stage. Who stood out and who could be forced to drop out before the next big night . And storm team 4 trackng a good chance for some strong to potentially severetos tomorrow. Ill take you hour by hour in minutes. Announcer news 4 starts now. First tonight were getting ready for a wet wednesday heading our way. Good evening. Im doreen gentzler. Im jim haa dly. Few of you may have seen some showers tonigat but this look future weather shows we have a lot more coming our way tomorrow. Ief meteorologist Doug Kammerer is here. Doug, what time should we start seeing these storms . This isot going to be a washout of a day for your wednesday. But we are talking about a good chance of storms during the afternoon tomorrow. So you want to take tumbrella when you head out the front door. Thats for sure. Were not going to be seeing any storms early in the morning but these will come in after the the noon hour and i think a
The storm is expected to become a hurricane byhe time it makes landfall this morning. First responders have told people along the coast in louisiana that the time to run has passed and now people have to hunker down and barrel through the storm. T good morningo you, im meagan fzgerald, were tracking the latest developments on Tropical Storm barry and how that system could affect us here in the d. C. Region. We want to check in with Lauryn Ricketts. First and foremos this storm system is continuing to churn very slowly over the last several hours. It has sped up. From three miles to five miles an hour, heading towards the coast of louisiana. Now, not sure if its going to get to category 1 status manufacture it makes landfall. Winds are 65 miles an hour. The thing is, it m doesntatter if it makes hurricane 1 status, capgory 1 status, or troal storm. The damage is starting to be done right here. Lots of rain headed towards new orleans, towards baton rouge, just to the west of new orleans.
Warning until 5 15, for another 14 miutes, princegeorges and parts of charles and fairfax counties as well. This storm was producing prolific amounts of lightning. Starting to see some of that lightning fall out of thunderstorm which is a good sign. It means that the thunderstorm is starting t calm down a little bit and fizzle out somewhere, but, still some very heavy rainfall and that will ber the main tt out there tonight, hervey rain. Ill have the fireworks forecast coming up in about 15 minutes. All right. Thanks, amelia. People havehe been gatng down on the mall well before this rain hit. And even after is started our crews have seen many folks headed down to get a good look. Crowds continue torow as we check in with W Corey Smith the live near the Lincoln Memorial where the president is the set to speak. Reporter yeah,gu , the crowds do continue to fill in. But this rain is kind of forcing people to make that executive decision, are we going to stay or go . We see more people fil
Corridor. Notice most of maryland now is dry, and i think a lot of us are going to be okay for fireworks tonight. When i say that, yes, the ground is going to be damp out there. There might be some showers in spots, but i think a lot of the thunderstorm activity is showing signs of fizzling out and will continue to fizzle out once the fireworks start to go off. Heres future weather at 7 00 p. M. Notice still some showers potentially in the metro area and no heavy rain, no thund storms which would lead to evacuations, but, guys, thats where the strong line of thunderstorms has developed. It really hasnt moved so we could see some big issues out that way, including areas ofw chester and luray. We could see some flooding concerns and postponement of fireworks. Much more on the fireworks you got it, amelia. Near the. A scuffle bewoeen t groups of demonstrators caused problems. Heres news 4s Jackie Bensen with more on whatsg. Happenin reporter i have a lot of new information for you, and we
Yes, more storms. Ill show you what that means for the fourth as well. And new tonight, a quiet neighborhood shaken by gunfire. Ashriple ooting in a ark v parking lot putting people who liv nearby on edge for the second time this year. Hi, everybody. Im jim handily. Right back to that soaker of a night. A noisy one too. First came the heat, then on cue those heavy down tonights round of summer storms moved in quick, but folks, they were powerful. They stalled traffic, took out , power lin even sent a tree through the side of this home here in olney. Now the question is what should we expect tomorrow . We have Team Coverage for you tonight. News 4s Darcy Spencer will give us a look at the cleanupis that still under way. But first doug cammerer in the storm center. Are we going to need those umbrellas again tomorrow . Youll need them but today if you went outside even the big umbrellas a day like today really doesnt help a whole lot because that rain is coming down so hard,uch big drops