Some overachievers, those young men. Thats right. Good friday morning. Apologies for my voice. You sound great. So we begin with the memorial day weekend getting off to a nasty start with severe storms marked by rain, wind, hail and flooding and not over yet. The radar shows whats happening. Those same dismal conditions will extend from the gulf coast to the great lakes and Central Texas has already taken an especially hard hit. A tornado ripped through Brian College station leaving residential areas in tatters and brought enough rain to cause widespread flooding that shut down major roadways and swamped city streets. In kansas city it was a dark and gloomy area over kauffman stadium. Not ideal for the baseball game between the royals and white sox. That was postponed but not for lack of optimism from some fans who stuck it out with that tiny hope they might see action. The scene in more like the middle of winter. Hail piled so high it looked like snow. Several tornadoes also were repo
[ technical difficulties ] reporter neighbors say the victim here identified as 74yearold William Patton was a heavy smoker. You can see the ladder leading up to the second floor Apartment Unit there now just boarding it up. The assistant fire chief says smoking materials, specifically a cigarette butt is believed to be the cause here. Thanks to a working smoke alarm and a neighbors quick action, no one else was hurt. You see a broken window but no real sign of a second floor Apartment Fire and loss of life on mosby woods drive. Firefighters found a man inside a second floor bedroom and identified him William Patton. They pulled him out, he was unconscious. They did cpr, tried to revive him but injuries were not sustainable with life. Reporter a neighbor above mr. Patton heard the smoke we can tell you mr. Patton lived alone here. He was an American Legion post commander. Now, firefighters plan to go doortodoor to talk to neighbors about the benefits of working smoke detectors. That is
Hours are looking. 70 degrees at 7 00 a. M. , 80 by 7 00 tonight and most of the rain showers should be over by then. So evening plans should be mainly dry. And off to a cool breezy start tomorrow morning. Well talk about those tomorrow cool high temperatures coming up in a tumor minutes. Back over to you. Metros Safetrack Program continues. Were watching your commute to make sure it goes smoothly. Metro says trains will be more crowded today with more people heading into work. So if you can, leave early. And we have Team Coverage now with molette green at the East Falls Church station, but lets begin with jack taylor. It is day number two of a morning rush hour with this ongoing track work. Other than and silver line going to be single tracking again this morning between East Falls Church and ballston. Rains will run every 18 minutes. Monday is lighter volume than tuesday, so what happened yesterday will be very different this morning. Well keep you posted. 198, some sort of an issue
Custody. Marina marraco is live in palmer park and we learned today that detective colson died from friendly fire. Reporter he did. And that makes this story that much more tragic, if thats even possible. One of his colleagues shooting detective colson, shooting him kritly here on critically and ultimately he died. The chief saying tonight that detective colson displayed extreme heroism because he basically walked upon that gun battle and when he saw what he did, mind you, he was off duty in an unmarked vehicle with no uniform and no body armor and yet still he engaged that suspect and the chief says it was that extreme heroism that allowed those officers to then neutralize the threat. He kept yelling come out and confront me. Im ready for you. Im ready for you. Reporter for nearly 10 nu her front door as she says this man stood in the middle of the street facing Prince Georges County district 3 Police Station threatening officers. He reached, put his hand in his coat and i said oh, my
Case. We believe one shed did catch on fire. We have a lot of resources there and i believe well make headway shortly. Leon we will check back later to see how much progress you make. Good luck. Alison . Actually now lets check in with steve rudin in Storm Watch Weather Center now. More on todays red flag warning. Steve, what is the word with the winds out there . Steve the winds gusting between 2535 miles per hour. Most of the area under a red flag warning until 8 00 tonight. These are areas with popup potential for fires like this afternoon. 72 right now in germantown on the weather bug network. We have wind gusts up to 30 miles per windy as we move through the evening hours and overnight as the dold front approach cold front approaches from the north and west. Show you what it look like on the satellite and radar. Its dry. If you plan any Outdoor Activities you will be fine. Relief from the dry weather is on the way late tonight early tomorrow morning. Cold front will push across th