Farther to the north. And the poconos, thats an area where weve really just been seeing the rain kind of training training which means one storm is moving over the other. Thats where we see heavy rain. Also lightning in the poconos across i80. Well be tracking these storms for you as we go through the rest of the evening. But as for now, were watching them moving into the Lehigh Valley and well continue to see the line progress toward the philadelphia area and the i95 corridor. Now, throughout the rest of the afternoon and evening, glenn and i will be keeping you updated on social media, twitter, be sure to follow us there for more information. Also on the nbc 10 first alert weather app. Thank you very much. Now to the steamy conditions outside. Nbc 10s doug shimell in Chester County. Talking to volunteers today who have been hitting the streets, encouraging the elderly to take it easy in this weather. She knows the longer it takes her hi, how are you . The hotter its going to get. One
Look at the step down in temperatures in the sevenday forecast. Thank you. The hot day combined with the concern dry conditions means we are at a risk for forest fire work have seen fires burn hundreds of acres in new jersey and one overnight. Reporter hi there this is serious conditions its such that an amber from a fire or a tossed cigarette could spark a much bigger fire right now, crews are in Jackson Township setting small backfires and mopping up after a suspicious blaze lit up in the wildlife man manor, they warn that it poses an extreme fire danger. The heat is up and the winds have gone up and it all continues to spread the fire. Forest Fire Service Section says that dry hot wind is a recipe for forest fire. It spreads out and starts to burn down deeper with the turf and tough. And that dry grown cover is fuel for the fire. Its comprised of dry leaves and when the fire starts on the surface it continues underneath as well. The fire service is staffing all of its 25 tower searc
Boundary, that is not rain but the rush of win winds ahead of the squall line. Early evening, much needs drefrming downpours this is the good news, and frequent lightning and cant rule out of the important of isolated small hail but as that squall line moves into south jersey, it encounters school ocean air and tomorrow parts of south jersey could see storms finally, ill talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. As you keep an eye on the weather, texas is dealing withouter devastation catastrophic floods left homes destroyed. Near dallas officials are keeping a close eye on this dam you can see the water pouring over the side of it it and its on the verge of failing and it could wipe out dozens of homes below and rescuers are using infrared helicopters and hundreds are on the ground searching. Among those are laura mccomb and their two children their Vacation Home was destroyed when it floated and crashed into a bridge. She called me and said im in a house floating down the riv
Our stormy weather, and in center city philadelphia, it all produced a beautiful sunset and much cooler and more pleasant conditions. Lets check with double scan radar and meteorologist cecily tynan. Jim, double scan live quieter then it was five hours ago. We just have a pocket of light showers in parts of the camden and burlington county, and with a broken line of heavy downpours, unfortunately the situation where were not seeing everybody seeing the rain. Fill at. 6 of an inch of rain. Allentown and reading less than a quarter inch. Trenton and lancaster less than a tenth of an inch. Downtown Wilmington Report nothing measurable rain but we had some heavy downpours on the border of new castle and kent county delaware. Any rain we got was a drop in the bucket. The main rain deficit i should say philadelphia, more than 2 inches below normal. Allentown is in a maryland rate drought, more than 3 inches below normal. Trenton more than three. Atlantic city more than two. Wilmington little
This is the way it looked tonight in manayunk a neighborhoods throughout the tristate area line of gusty thunderstorms moved through right on schedule and took a little bit of the edge off of our very dry conditions. It is wednesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the of aftermath of our stormy weather, and in center city philadelphia, it all produced a beautiful sunset and much cooler and more pleasant conditions. Lets check with double scan radar and meteorologist cecily tynan. Jim, double scan live quieter then it was five hours ago. We just have a pocket of light showers in parts of the camden and burlington county, and with a broken line of heavy downpours, unfortunately the situation where were not seeing everybody seeing the rain. Fill at. 6 of an inch of rain. Allentown and reading less than a quarter inch. Trenton and lancaster less than a tenth of an inch. Downtown Wilmington Report nothing measurable rain but we had some heavy downpours on the border of new