This is wjz tv, baltimore. Good morning maryland. Now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjzs news team. Your first warning weather and wjz Traffic Control with Sharon Gibala. Its wjz, marylands news station. It is the top of the hour, and what started out as steamy has turned into stormy in a lot of this area. Kristys got traffic after martys first warning weather. Its turned into a real storm in the past 5 minutes. Before we put the radar in motion and zoom in on something, heres the current active Severe Weather alerts. For eastern Baltimore County, Harford County Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 6 45. For central Harford County until 6 30 we have a Tornado Warning in effect. Now what i want to do is focus in on one particular area here. This would be central Harford County just southeast of bel air. And that is going to be one heavy duty cell of rain, and i think this may be, you know, just a little west of crazy well. Little west of crazy what were talking a
the posted speed limit, 60 and 58 on the top and west sides of the beltway. there is 95. no issue there at white marsh boulevard. remember wjz 13 is always on for traffic information log on to wjz.com. anne arundel executive will head to trial after a judge rejects the request to dismiss the charges against him. here is meghan mccorkell. reporter: a big win for prosecutors. a judge rules that county executive john leopold will stand trial on four counts of misconduct in office and one count of misuse of taxpayer money. denied, denied, denied. a judge shoots down attempts to dismiss charges against john leopold. he is accused of using his security detail to drive him to sexual encounters in public parking lots and spy on political opponents. the county executive maintains his innocence. i am confident when the relevant facts are known we will prevail. reporter: his lawyers say charges of misconduct are too vague. in the ruling, the judge says the court cannot conclude
the streets are wet from overnight rain. kristy is in for sharon and marty s in the weather. fog is forming around the area. kristy s traffic cam will show us. widely scattered extremely light showers, rain is over. it s this in the mid-70s on to a high of 87. we have a couple of problems in the elk ridge area. we have a sinkhole that has montgomery closed between landing and hunts club. take route 100. we re watching an accident in baltimore city, frederick avenue. off of hart road closed between crane and somerset in glen burnie. in sykesville, barnett between lee and mcbethway. still pick up volume but things continue to move. for instant traffic updates, log on to wjz.com. here s what people will be talking about. an elderly woman who people called granny is dead inside a house in baltimore. andrea fujii updates it live from city police headquarters. reporter: the victim s daughter found the 91-year-old lying dead on the kitchen floor. this morning she s pleadin
it is st. patrick s day 2011. kristy is in for sharon and meteorologist tim williams. we re going up to 65 today. overnight lows in the 40s and a clear moon lit sky. tomorrow 77 degrees. some parts of the hear will see temperatures near 80. sunny to partly cloudy, breezy and pleasant. here s the rush right now from kristy, wjz traffic control. 95 southbound, that s beginning to slow down as you make your approach top mountain road, also slowing at security boulevard. average speed at this point at 45 miles an hour. eastbound phoenix is closed at carroll and star light farm drive. york road would be the better bet. the harrisburg expressway remains trouble free in both directions. a look at your drive times from 795 to 95. 54 miles an hour and 12 minutes to get by. you can see volume is building on the west side at liberty road. here s a look 694 west of per ring parkway. for more, you can count on us the wjz.com. here s what people will be talking about today. a race
good morning. it is the top of the hour. that is a fantastic shot. beautiful. wow. we live in a pretty city, uh? nice and calm. we begin with marty. let s take a look at how this day will square away. that s the sun rise of the year so famplet 35 degrees. before not too long in the low 50s. we ve got a bunch of rain moving our way. thursday s going to be a tough one. jess, take it away. now to kristy in traffic control. we have a disabled vehicle that s westbound at route 40. that may catch your eye. so take your time if you re traveling in that area. moving over to the beltway, slowing as you make your approach to harford road. volume does continue to build approaching the beltway. we are watching some construction in baltimore city that could slow you down this morning. westbound between bach hill and roland avenue, that is closed off. all lanes blocked between north pulaski and green street. let s take a live look. traffic is building on the west side at liberty