Philadelphia Weather: Flooding Potential

Kate Bilo reports.

THE VACCINE WHICH THEY HOPE TOSEE NEXT YEAR.UKEE.STEPHANIE, THANK YOU.SO FAR THE WIND HAVE BEENWORSE THEN THE RAIN BUT ITLOOKS LIKE THE RAIN WILL RAMPUP AS WELL.METEOROLOGIST KATE BILO JOINSUS FROM HER HOME WITH WHAT YOUCAN SPECULATOR ON TONIGHT,KATE.THAT IS RIGHT, UKEE WINDSARE OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONTTHAT IS COMING THROUGH WITHTHE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THAT ISWHAT WE WILL BE SEEING AS WEGO THROUGH TONIGHT ANDOVERNIGHT HOURS.LETS TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ISHAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IN CENTERCITY.IT IS NOT RAINING THAT HEAVILYJUST YET, RAIN JUST BEGUN.YOU CAN SEE DROPS ON THECAMERA LENS RIGHT THERE BUTWIND HAVE BEEN STRONG ALL DAYAND THAT IS WHY WIND WARNINGWAS EARLIER IN THE DAY AND WHYTHE FLOOD WATCH JUST WENT INTOEFFECT AT 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON.CENTER CITY MORE WIND AND RAINRIGHT NOW.THESE ARE THE SUSTAIN WINDSACROSS THE AREA.WE HAVE LOOKED AT GUSTS A FEWMOMENT AGO WIND AT 35 MILES ANHOUR IN WILMINGTON.31 MILES AN HOUR IN TRENTON.28 MILES AN HOUR IN ATLANTICHERE IS OUR SYSTEM WHAT WECALL THAT NEGATIVE TILT TO THETROUGH AXIS HOW IT IS BENDINGBACK TO THE WEST.RAIN COMING FROM SOUTH EAST TONORTHWEST.WHEN YOU SEE A NEGATIVE TILTLIKE THAT IT MEANS THE STORMSYSTEM REACHED PEAK MATURITYAND IT DOES INDICATE VERY,VERY STRONG MID AND UPPERLEVEL WINDS, KIND OF PUSHINGTHIS ALONG AND VERY OFTEN YOUSEE SEVERE WEATHER WITHNEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH.IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE AHEAVY RAIN EVENT, AND AS THERAIN MOVES ON IN, MORE SO THENA THEN ARE STORM EVENT BUT WEMAY SEE THEN ARE STORMEMBEDDED WITH THAN THAT LINE.HERE IS OUR REPORTS ALREADYTHESE ARE LOCAL STORM REPORTSAND THESE ARE ALL OUT AHEAD OFTHE MAIN COLD FRONT.WIND THAT HAVE BEEN HOW LONGALL DAY LONG AND IN DELAWARECOUNTY GREEN RIDGE A REPORT OFTHE 3-INCH TREE LIMB AND PURPOLE SNAPPED BECAUSE OF THEWIND PROCEEDING THAT COLDFRONT AND IN DEPTFORD TOWNSHIPGLOUCESTER COUNTY LARGE TREEDAMAGE IN DEPTFORD AND AGAINLOTS OF PEOPLE REPORTING, NOPOWER AT THIS HOUR.WIND GUSTS IN LONDONBURYTOWNSHIP 60 MILES AN HOUR.READING A WIND GUST OF56 MILES AN HOUR AND MILLVILLE54 MILES AN HOUR.AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXTCOUPLE OF HOURS THE RAIN WILLSTART TO TAKE OVER, 7:00 P.M.,VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS, JUSTWEST OF THE CITY.HEAVIEST RAIN IN THE CITYABOUT 8:00 O'CLOCK THROUGHNINE OR 10:00 AND STILL COMINGDOWN HEAVILY AT 10 OR 11:00.AS WE HEAD THROUGH OVERNIGHTHOURS IT WILL START TO EASE UPA LITTLE BIT BUT OUR FLOODWATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL2:00 O'CLOCK TOMORROW ANDAREAS IN THE FLOOD WATCH WILLSEE UP TO 3 INCHES IN A FEWAREAS, EXPECT ROAD CLOSURESAND THAT FLOOD WATCH ZONE ANDHIGH WIN WARNING REMAINS INEFFECT FOR THE CITY ON SOUTHAND EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING.TOMORROW'S BETTER BUT STILL ASPOTTY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM,AND NICE WAY TO START WEEKENDSATURDAY AND WE WILL KEEP ITIN THE 70'S UKEE ON SUNDAY ANDMONDAY WITH SUNSHINE JUST ACHANCE OF THE SHOWER EACH DAYBUT CERTAINLY BETTER, THANTODAY.