Continue into the evening, vocational thunderstorm but it will diminish after midnight. Tempter 64, tomorrow occasional light rain showers but it will taper off in the afternoon without temperature of 69, still hopeful during will be out before tomorrow evening. More in a moment. What everyone is talking about, the rain. It wont stop raining in the midlands and and is affecting all of us. One businesses forced to show its workers in and out of work because their cars cant make it in the water. Chuck has the story. Reporter the roads im standing on at the treatment plan is flooded. Msu of the heavy Utility Vehicle or truck it is impossible to get to and from work. Management says it isnt affecting operations in the plant. Whenever there is a rain theres a lot more water coming in, but we are able to keep up with the demand. Viktoria kramer is the Utility Communications manager at the plant, she says the facility created protocols and is still using it today. Our staff can park in a seco
The high clouds. Still cool between 8 00 and 9 00. Beginning to jump in the low 60s by then. Another day with a rapid warmup. Right now though quite a chill in the air. Not as chilly as yesterday. Only near 50s. Mid 50s nearby suburbs, upper 50s in washington. Near 60 right by the bay. Mid 50s Shenandoah Valley. You need your fleece this morning. Later today youll be comfortable in shorts. Youll need the sunglasses as well. Lots of sunshine around. Dry pavement, any problems on the road . Looking good. Road work here and there, tom. Nothing to really bother us here. 270 Montrose Road northbound and southbound moving along. 95 in virginia, dale boulevard also looking good right now. Taking a look here, 95 both ways here in maryland at powder mill road still have some lanes blocked in both directions because of the road work that is happening there this morning and, again, in bound 66 at 123 seeing a bit of a slowdown as you approach that construction as well. Ill see you back here in te
Farley in john farley. You were tracking this thing before it even touched the ground. Yeah. As we went to the afternoon, jonathan and i were looking at this. The way the radar works, it shoots up in the clouds. It sees the rotation. We could see this thing developing and yes, it did touch down. Behind me is the map that the Weather Service put out. Lets go to that. I will show you where it touched down and what the story was on this tornado. It was an ef0, it had winds of 85 miles an hour and it touched down right near charleston and dixiana road, just north of the farmers market. It was on the ground for about half a mile. They say. 6 miles. The width between 50, 75 yard and then grace will be talking about some of the damage that came through and it touched down at 2 28. 2 28 this afternoon. Lets talk about whats happening with the radar. As you can see, there is a lot of green. But this is light to moderate no more Severe Threat going out there. That said, what we do have is all of
Evacuating with dozens of others, and thanks to quick work from Fire Fighters no homes were damage. As they rolled up, the First Responders found the trucks driver standing with only minor injuries on the highway. The driver was self extricated and was met the by bls unit on the ramp where he we evaluated and transported to the hospital. Reporter both truck driver and a fire fighter were taken to the hospital to be check out for minor injuries. Investigators now looking for the cause of the crash which did not involve any other vehicles and theyre val waiting the Environmental Impact of the approximately 200 gallons of unburn gasoline which leaked into a nearby storm sewer and creek but did not enter the delaware river. And behind me you can see where gasoline powered down the embankment, into that drainage Area Environmental workers here all afternoon trying to assess the an amount of that damage. Meanwhile Officials Say it will be at least, 24 hours before this stretch of route nine
Who left with her dog, did not face any damage to their homes. Officials say that in fact there were only two minor injuries a fire fighter and the trucks driver who was standing safely on the roadside when the first responders, rolled up. The driver was self extricated and met by bls unit on the ramp where he was evaluated, interviewed by police and transferred to the local hospital. Reporter officials are still investigating environmental damage from gasoline that leaked in the drainage area and nearby creek. That spill contained before it reached the delaware river. So far there is no cause for the crash which didnt involve any or vehicles, and fire officials praise what they describessed as heroic actions by fire fight are for keeping the flames from decimating a neighborhood. Next time you see a fire fighter or police honor e mt shake their hand. You just dont splash a fire with what the tore put it out, you have to suffocate witt foam. That is especially difficult in, these cold