This evening, so Severe Thunderstorm Warning for berks , montgomery, extended until 5 30 for the possibility of 60mile per hour winds, and quarter size hail, also, a secondary warning for berks, chester, Montgomery County until 5 30, you can see, continuous lightning embedded within the line, torrential rainfall, as it continues to move off to the east, and weve already had torrential rainfall, where flashflood warning in effect including the reading area until 8 00 p. M. This evening. Ive seen multiple reports, of vehicles, stuck in high waters , so please, remember, if you see flood waters turn around, dont drown. It only takes about 6 inches of water to cause you to potentially lose control of your vehicle. Flashflood watch does remain in effect for large portion of the area until midnight tonight. As we continue, we will continue to deal with flashflooding threat. Also severe thunderstorm watch it effect for the entire area until 9 00 p. M. This evening. So, what to expect, strong
At 11 00, victorian beauty in northeastern pennsylvania, drone watch 3 giving you beautiful shots of jim thorpe as cbs3 summerfest heads to the mountains. Tonight, were taking a tour of an historic opera house and dancing the night away with the one and only beach boys. We are exploring the poconos right here on cbs3 and summerfest. Good evening im Ukee Washington. Live in jim thorpe pennsylvania, gateway to the poconos. Now, the shore is great summer destination, of course, it is. But the mountains are magnificent. Theres no doubt about that. Tonight we explore the charm of this town and so much more, each friday we like to give you a history lesson, lets continue our summerfest tradition and do it now. Through the years, this area has been called the switzerland of america as the slopes of poconos mountains lead down to the hifb town of jim thorpe. The town was once moan as maunch chunk, but in 1953, the name changed to jim thorpe. Thorpe was a native american olympian and athlete wh
Right here on cbs3 and summerfest. Good evening im Ukee Washington. Live in jim thorpe pennsylvania, gateway to the poconos. Now, the shore is great summer destination, of course, it is. But the mountains are magnificent. Theres no doubt about that. Tonight we explore the charm of this town and so much more, each friday we like to give you a history lesson, lets continue our summerfest tradition and do it now. Through the years, this area has been called the switzerland of america as the slopes of poconos mountains lead down to the hifb town of jim thorpe. The town was once moan as maunch chunk, but in 1953, the name changed to jim thorpe. Thorpe was a native american olympian and athlete who won in the 1912 stockholm olympic games. He also played Major League Baseball and was an accomplished ball room dancer. After his death, thorpes third wife moved his body to maunch chunk because his home state of oklahoma wouldnt give a monument. In turn, the town changed its name to jim thorpe. A
A lot to talk about today. But first, the storms have moved on. Were in for a nice weekend. Here is meteorologist, Matt Peterson with the eyewitness weather forecast, good saturday morning, matt, still muggy out there this morning, though. Yes, definately muggy morning for us this saturday morning, but it is dry, in the idea, there is no precipitation. Yes. Thats good newsment but our temperatures are still warm. Like we said, it is still muggy out there. And because of that, we are actually getting a little bit of fog that has now developed this morning. Moles of it is up into the Lehigh Valley, up into the poconos, as you take a look, at our broad heads ville camera here on our neighborhood network, you can see, off in the distance, a little bit of that fog, that is out there, down near close to the grounds, and even, as you kinds of look if the backgrounds, there are now getting a little bit of the lowlying cloud cover, little bit of fog that has developed. Again, most of our fog th
Good morning, everyone. That live look we just saw, yes, we have the clouds hanging over us. A humid, warm start to your day. Theres a lock another your seven day forecast scrolling along the bottom of your screen. You can see we have removed from the 90s from the forecast but we have pulled in the possibility of storms. Thats what were watching for for the rest of today and into tonight, a chance for thunderstorms. Were not saying all night long, but scattered activity is possible right on into the night time hours. Heres a look at your temperatures right now. Sitting at 75 degrees in philadelphia. 71 Atlantic City and millville as well in the low 70s. Mid 60s for mt. Pocono and 69 for lancaster. The temperatures are looking at moving into the 80s later on. More though as we move forward of storm potential. Thats the big focus for this big forecast. Well talk more about the chances of showers all over the region coming up in a bit. See you shortly. Thanks. Now to breaking news in nort