Philadelphia Weather: Heavy Rain Starts Tonight

Lauren Casey reports.

CAR AND RECORDED LICENSE PLATENUMBERS.NIKOLE KILLION FOR CBS-3EYEWITNESS NEWS.TURNING NOW TO YOUR WEATHERAS YOU HEARD EARLIER WE AREABOUT TO GET HIT WITH SEVERE ANDPOSSIBLY DAMAGING WEATHER,LAUREN CASEY IS COMING FROM HERHOME TO YOURS WITH THE FORECAST.LC.THANKS SO MUCH, UKEE.YEAH, TRACKING A POTENTIAL FORDAMAGING WINDS THROUGHOUT THEDAY TOMORROW.IN ADDITION TO A SEVERETHUNDERSTORM THREAT.BUT ALL IS QUIET RIGHT NOWTHINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE VERYDRASTICALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THEOVERNIGHT PERIOD.BUT BEING SUNSHINE BEATINGDOWNRIGHT NOW LIVE LOOK AT THELEHIGH VALLEY BETHLEHEM SOMECLOUDS ON THE SCENE OTHERWISELOOKING GOOD AND FEELING GOODWITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE60 RIGHT NOW THE IN LEHIGHVALLEY UPPER 60S IS LONG ISM 95,NEAR 60 DOWN THE SHORE AND MIDTO UPPER 60 SUNSHINE ACROSSPORTIONS OF DELAWARE.WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZEOUT OF THE SOUTH.BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A HUGETIME BREATHE AS WE HEAD INTOTONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAYTOMORROW.SO FOR TONIGHT AREAS OF RAIN AREGOING TO DEVELOP.MAINLY AFTER 10:00 P.M.SO NOT TOO LONG FROM NOW.AND GUSTY WINDS WILL START TOPICKUP ESPECIALLY AFTERMIDNIGHT.WINDS GUSTING TO ABOUT 40 MILESPER HOUR THROUGHOUT THEBUT THAT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO BETHE STRONGEST OF THE WINDACTIVITY.STORM SCAN 3 SHOWING USGENERALLY QUIET CONDITIONS BUTWE DO HAVE THIS HUGE AND DYNAMICSTORM SYSTEM, A DOUBLE BARELYLOW BRINGING SNOW TO PORTIONS OFTHE MIDWEST AND SEVERE WEATHERTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH.CHECK OUT SOME OF THOSE STORMSROLLING ACROSS PORTIONS OFALABAMA, AND MISSISSIPPI.ALL OF THAT MOISTURE, ALL OFTHAT ENERGY IS GOING TO BEMOVING IN AS WE HEAD INTOSO WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALINGWITH HEAVY RAIN, THE THREAT OFSTRONG THUNDERSTORMS.AND DAMAGING WINDS PERSISTINGALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITHTHOSE WIND GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO60 MILES PER HOUR.THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE STORMS,AND THEN WE HAVE A STORM THREATON TOP OF THAT.WE ARE IN A SLIGHT RISK OFSEVERE WEATHER FOR MANY MUCH OFAREA.CATEGORY 2 OUT OF 5 FOR SEVERETHUNDERSTORM CHANCE THAT WILLMATERIALIZE IN THE AFTERNOON.AFTER WE DEAL WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IN THEMORNING.SO THE MAIN THREAT IS GOING TOBE MOST STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.ALSO, EMBEDDED WITHIN SOME OFTHESE THUNDERSTORMS, WE CAN'TRULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ANISOLATED TORNADO, WITH THESESTORMS THAT WILL BE MOVINGTHROUGH AS WE HEAD INTO THEAFTERNOON.SO FUTURE WEATHER SHOWING USAS WE HEAD INTO IT IN, RAINSHIELD OVER SPREADING THE AREA.RAIN STEADY AND HEAVY AT TIMESTONIGHT, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THEFIRST HALF OF TOMORROW MORNING.BY THE AFTERNOON STILL SOMERAIN AROUND NOT AS WIDESPREADBUT WE START TO TRANSITION MORESO OVER TO THAT STORM THREAT.THOSE ARE THOSE CELLS THAT WEARE CONCERNED ABOUT.THE BEST TIME FRAME WHERE WECOULD SEE SEVERE WEATHER BETWEEN2 AND 6:00 P.M.

TOMORROW.AND THEN THINGS WILL START TOCLEAR OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THEEVENING HOURS.AND THAT SEVERE WEATHER THREATWILL COME TO AN END.ALSO WE'RE GOING TO BEDEALING WITH THAT HEAVY RAIN ASI MENTIONED THROUGH TONIGHT ANDTHE FIRST HALF OF TOMORROW.WE COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS UPTO 2 INCHES ALONG I-95POTENTIALLY TO 3 INCHES TO THENORTH AND WEST.SO WE COULD INDEED SEE SOMELOCALIZED FLOODING.SO A DANGEROUS DAY OF WEATHERFORTUNATELY A LOT OF US WILL BEWORKING FROM HOME, BUTCONVERSELY, WE WILL LIKELY SEENUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES SO THATCOULD BE A LITTLE BIT TRICK YEUKEE PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME ASWELL.BUT A GOOD DAY SILVER LININGTHAT WE ARE ALL HOME THAT WE