for the region until 5:15 this afternoon. tour shall downpours rate in excess of one to twenty fours an hour. flash flood warning for interior south jersey as well an additional storms are expected into the evening a flash flood watch continues into the night so there could be localized flooding. that is the very latest from the weather center. kate bilo live along kelly drive in philadelphia and kate all of a sudden everything is exploding across the area and i know you have some rain as wealth. reporter: it absolutely is exploding. kathy most of the day philadelphia has been pretty quiet. we had the storms off to the east and the ones off to the west. now this big lull of rain wall of rain is about to slam into the city. in the past 10 or 15 minutes the rain has really picked up in intensity along kelly drive. we ve seen about four or five flashes of lightning. we re hearing rumbles of thunder so i put the umbrella down. we have the mast down on the truck we re not ta
what is left of tropical depression bill is churning toward us threatening to bring heavy rains this weekend and storm scan3 is tracking its path tonight. good evening, jessica is off. i m chris may. bill has hammered parts of the south and midwest. in fact at a the rest river threatens to reach the highway that runs over it. we haven t seen floods like this but flood watches have been issued for this area. kathy when we expect the heaviest downpours. late tonight, chris that and that will extend into sunday. on storm scan3 we saw a few showers here or there. this is with a front that s sagging to the south but the main event is still well to the south and west of the delaware valley. you saw it right here through cincinnati. you can still see a strong rotation with this that counterclockwise flow, a strong area of low pressure as remnants of bill move through the midwest and head toward the philadelphia area. now, we will see a few spotty showers and thunderstorms tomorr
threatens to reach the highway that runs over it. we haven t seen floods like this but flood watches have been issued for this area. kathy when we expect the heaviest downpours. late tonight, chris that and that will extend into sunday. on storm scan3 we saw a few showers here or there. this is with a front that s sagging to the south but the main event is still well to the south and west of the delaware valley. you saw it right here through cincinnati. you can still see a strong rotation with this that counterclockwise flow, a strong area of low pressure as remnants of bill move through the midwest and head toward the philadelphia area. now, we will see a few spotty showers and thunderstorms tomorrow ahead of the main event but that flood watch goes into effect saturday evening through sunday for the possibility of flooding. you can see the flood watch everywhere. we re talk about poor drainage flooding, possibility especially sunday morning. we re watching the creeks and
around the delaware valley. heavy rain, countless strikes of lightning, even tornado warnings. tonight, half a million people are without power as trees and power lines are down everywhere. mother nature power caught on camera tonight. this tree came crashing down in the high winds. eyewitness cam video from paul, in the norwood section of the city. and powerful eyewitness photos have been rolling in all night. the storm hit the saint mary s carnival in william town, gloucester county. you see a lightning strike there right over attempt and after the storm had left, the carnival stands were in shambles. this is a picture of what was a funnel cake stand. we have a lot of ground to cover tonight in the wake of this storm. good evening i m chris may. we ll check in with jessica from rome in just a moment but first the damage. it is widespread tonight from the philadelphia suburbs to the jersey shore. and we ve got it covered. our team thee coverage begins with eyewitness news
the storm hit the saint mary s carnival in william town, gloucester county. you see a lightning strike there right over attempt and after the storm had left, the carnival stands were in shambles. this is a picture of what was a funnel cake stand. we have a lot of ground to cover tonight in the wake of this storm. good evening i m chris may. we ll check in with jessica from rome in just a moment but first the damage. it is widespread tonight from the philadelphia suburbs to the jersey shore. and we ve got it covered. our team thee coverage begins with eyewitness news reporter david spunt he is in hard hit chester heights delaware county. reporter: family members say this tree is at least 250 years old. take look at it. it came down split the home almost in half. there was a man inside. the homeowner was inside. i spoke to his son. he said his dad is rest tag local hospital tonight. i never seen anything like this. as bad as this. reporter: this is what a storm can do.