The entire region in the Flash Flood Watch a and that goes right through tomorrow morning. Conditions are favorable for flash flooding to occur. Good news we have not seen any flash flood warnings just yet, we have this flood advisory across berks county that goes until 9 30 p. M. And what you have to watch out for is Flash Flood Watch areas of downpours, as much as 2 inches per hour in the localized downpours embedded with the larger system, street flooding, watching creeks and streams, never drive through a flooded roadway. Coming up we will time out the end of these storms as they move through overnight and we will have your weekend forecast as well. Jessica, back over to you. Grand jury has decide nod charges will be filed against two new Jersey Police officers involve in the Fatal Shooting of a man during a traffic stop. That is a decision that comes after an investigation into the case by the Cumberland County Prosecutors Office. Eyewitness News Reporter Charlotte Huffman is live
I wanted to kiss sue serio right on the lips yet. Do you mean right now. Get a room. Yes. And, we will see that. Good thing he is sleeping. You know what if you walk out this morning, you may need a sweater depending where you are, because it is very cool up in the mountain today. Bus stop buddy ready to take a hike, and wear that sun screen. It is a cool start. Good morning, everybody. It is 6 02. We are good to go, this morning, and all of the majors like blue route here looking good coming out of the mid county no problems on the bennie up and over into downtown, but if you use the walt whitman bridge, we have a brand new traffic pattern here this morning, some construction here in the center lanes, center, toll plaza lanes, of five, six and seven will be closed. When you come over whitman into philadelphia it is always a little confuse to go begin with because we have to figure out whether you do a cash lane, ez pass lane, sometimes lanes are closed bottom Line Construction today,
More tickets for papal events that weekend. A total of 10,000 tickets will now be up for grabs for the popes event at independence mall. 10,000 tickets for saturdays papal festivities and another 10,000 more tickets for the popes mass on sunday. Organizers say the event itself justifies all of the changes we have seen in recent weeks. Huge part of this is the experience pilgrims joining arms and singing and waving their flags from tow heed dough, ohio or to lido pain. Its going to be the most joyful experience ever. So i would say to everyone, come see our city. Come see our pope. You have to think about the people who are booking their trips far in advance. Paying a lot of money to come to the see to see the pope. And its also, you know, we also have to get the message out there. That this a positive event. Reporter spokesperson from the greater Philadelphia Hotel association. He says there are some cancellations due to planning confusion but not a quote mass exodus. He also says one
Hours, it will move into the western suburbs and portions of the i95 corridor. Thats at 3 00 this afternoon. To the south and east we have a mix. Thats some sleet across portions of delaware and south jersey and rain as well. Thats at 5 00 in the afternoon. But as the atmosphere cools, that all changes to snow. And the snow will continue accumulating during the evening hours. So this morning things are pretty quiet. A few icy spots possible. 30 degrees at 7 00. By 9 00 clouds are increasing, 31 degrees. And the first snowflakes arriving in parts of the area especially the western suburbs at lunchtime with a temperature in philadelphia at just above freezing at 33 degrees. Well take you through the future weather hour by hour and right on into the end of this event when im back in ten minutes. But first well go to traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning to you, bill im starting off with a live look at 295 near route 70. No accidents or delays. The new jersey turnpike looks good. Sam
Standing by with that. It is one of two oneday warmups. It will be warmer this afternoon. Right now its cold enough for snow and we are watching the radar for snowflakes. Theres a chance to see some in the pocano mountains. A better chance of showers in the pocano mountains. But we have a few snowflakes moving into chester county. More impressive is what is moving through portions of northeast pennsylvania. Just some light snow showers for the pocano mountains and less likely the farther south, too. But everybody is cold this morning. 24 degrees in philadelphia. Also the teens north and west but well get some sunshine. So a nice warm up 38 degrees and climbing at lunchtime. Well go through the forecast hour by hour when i come back. First to jillian mele. So far the majors are looking good. This is a live look of 76 near girard avenue. No accidents or delays to report, but in norristown we have a really big fire in this area on swede street between Chestnut Street and marshall street.