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Philadelphia and the surrounding area, lets get the latest from cecily tynan. Reporter the morning showers evolved in a steadier rain this afternoon and double scan live radar showing pickets of heavy rain west of philadelphia. Its going to be a while before we can completely dry out the atmosphere. And we are seeing the potential for a lot of rain in a short period of time. The National Weather Service Posted an insurance watch for philadelphia and all the counties surrounding i95 until 6 00 tomorrow morning. That means the potential for localized flooding we have been seeing flash flooding this is where the warning continues for the next hour and a half in southern Newcastle County, middletown townsend, delaware, these areas are seeing a tremendous amount of rain. This shows the radar estimates, how much rain middletown 3. 5 and middletown, delaware closing in on the a half foot of rain. Between route 1 and 301. This flips over with the current radar pockets of heavy rain generally s
Other parts of the region. Its not just the snow, wind will be a big thing for power lines. This is a live look at ocean city tonight and theres also a risk for coastal flooding. The First Alert Weather Team tracking it all. The hef yeaviest snow is rig around the corner. Nearly 600 schools are closing. Philadelphia schools are on the list. You can see it at the bottom of your screen and on the app. Our team of meteorologists tracking the latest timing and totals tonight. Chief meteorologist glen hurricane schwartz will get it live. Thats whats headed our way. Absolutely, and we can show you that one radar and its going to be quite a storm. There is a blizzard warning for all counties north and west of philadelphia. Its a pretty rare thing in this part of the country. Only the second in the last 12 years. What you need is winds of over 35 miles an hour and visibility reduced to a quarter mile less of at least three hours, and that combination rarely happens. It is expected to happen no
Where this is all headed right into the Lehigh Valley mainly as far as the wintry mix and the snow is concerned. Locally around philadelphia were seeing mainly rain. Well time this out for you hour by hour starting at 4 00 p. M. We can start to see just after midnight, were seeing a wintry mix for parts of chester county, berks county as well. New castle county, Delaware County will see a little bit of a mix. We get this going a little bit further in time, 5 00 a. M. , mainly rain south and east of philadelphia. North and west it looks like Lehigh Valley, bucks county, light mix, snow. If youre headed in that direction, give yourself extra time. I do think roads have been pretreated, good news there. For the rest of us, south and southeast of philadelphia get ready for more rain. And the saying is this, well be dipping into temperatures below the freezing mark. Well see icy spots overnight saturday into sunday. Coming up, i have the 10 day on 10. Thanks for that. Weve got complete cove
45 miles an hour. And during the day tomorrow, we will start off with a morning chill with wind chills mainly in the 20s throughout most of region. And in the poconos close between the teens and lower 20s. So the good news is, this is going to improve well take a look at your Holiday Weekend forecast including important travel days later in the broadcast. Ill see you then. All right, kathy. Those winds were really perfect today for spreading flames at this house in king of prussia. Small billowed high on east blearer road tonight. It destroyed one familys home. Fox 29s brad sattin has more from the scene. Reporter winds are certainly causing a lot of problems for firefighters the home behind me destroyed firefighters just putting the fire out here on east biedler road in king of prussia eighths total loss no one was hurt. It appears the fire started outside the home but quickly spread to it. An accidental fire that grew out of control quickly in large part because of the wind. This two