shady side and annapolis. it's just heavy rain. we'll watch this storm, could race to your location, you could be next on the list. right now, look at rainfall, annapolis, over two inches. edgemere, 2.63 inches and anywhere from an inch and a half to over two inches of rain in most locations. flooding already an issue this morning. storm drains are having a hard time handling all this water running down. we'll have to deal with periods of rain through the afternoon and into the evening. in all honesty, it's going to get worse before it gets better. let's see what's happening on the roads. they're already bad enough. >> in addition to accidents, we have several roads closed and flooding. not the morning really to be trying to hurry and go anywhere, just not going to happen. outer loop, liberty road, pretty much traffic is stopped. we had an earlier crash at wilkins, cleared out of the travel portion, it continues to block both shoulders, perhaps rubbernecking going on there, in addition to volume on top of the rains and the reduced

and annapolis 11:14 a.m. we're going to be getting some more flooding and rain coming in as we go through the overnight hours. i'm showing you the wider view, we do get a little bit of a break. we're going to start to taper things off as we go through the morning hours. but in the meantime we're waiting for this to come through. yes the rainfall rates once again in those reds, we're looking at about 1 to 2 1/2" an hour, so yes, we're definitely going to be in it and i'm not gonna rule out maybe some more severe weather, maybe a severe thunderstorm coming in the area, maybe not ruling out a tornado as well. as we check out what is getting on as we go into time, things start to go clear out as we work our way into the evening time frame, 56 degrees, more rain and flooding on the way. then by tomorrow rain in the morning, breezy, that temperature around 73 degrees. tomorrow night 51, mostly clear and cool, definitely looking forward to that. here is that seven-day forecast for you as we head into friday again. b

annapolis. arnold. just the last two hours, ritchie highway. >>> i want to highlight, what you are looking at, moving away from the radar site and that's where they are really locked in close together. >> that's the reason why the national weather service has posted a tornado warning. this has not come out of this office, all watches and warnings are governed by the national weather service and they indicate there may be a possible tornado. i want to highlight some of the locations they have included -- >>> the best thing to do is go to the lowest location in your home. if you are in amebule home or vehicle, try to find the best shelter in the interior location. these turn out to be weak twisters, ef20, ef1. that doesn't mean you are out of the woods. >> otherwise, a tornado watch for the rest of us. heavy rain thebes tends into baltimore county. kingsville and glenn arm -- places getting extremely heavy rain from the same conveyor belt and across to the east side of the beltway. so, we'll check out som

for now in annapolis, i'm live, don harrison for abc 2 news. >> go dry out. thanks for that report. >>> dunn doc and essex had to deal with flooded areas and other problems from the rain roosevelt leftwich has more on that. >> reporter: it was a mess, you had a lot of little roads in neighborhoods that had large pools of standing water. they were water midway up my calf here. it's been a big problem but the problem is it has been not so bad like you saw up in rosedale earlier, in fact this has been more of an issue of this being -- where high water has been more of an inconvenience than a huge problem. for folks along peach orchard drive this dundalk this happens at least twice a year. however, this year, make it that three times. it is sits low and when the water roles, for the matter sons, it's nothing. it's the back yard they are really worried about. that's because their back yard sits right up against peach orchard creek. the ground is covered in water but it hasn't come up to the house yet. they remember isobel and what it did. but the tide isn't high a

then annapolis 11:14:00 p.m. this evening, so we're looking at more rain moving in as we look at the satellite and radar, i'm gonna zoom out for you, you can kind of see where we're going to finally get a break in the action. we can sigh and wait for that. but in the meantime we still have that rain going to be working its way into the area as we go in the time. as i was telling kelly, this is what i was saying, the problem is we have all that moisture from nicole, then what's happening is we do have this area, this low pressure is riding along old frontal boundary, we're getting what we've got today. that conveyor belt is doing what it's doing. as we check out the forecast we're going into time and things are going to start to improve as we go into 6:00, 7:00, things are going to start to improve from the west to the east. as we work our way into tomorrow morning things are going to start to look much better. back towards the west here we're going to be looking at maybe a frontal boundary trying to work its way

annapolis hosting glen burnie, annapolis in blue. pickup the action first quarter. watson on the sweet, cut it back, picks his way through traffic. 15 yards for the touchdown, 7-0 panthers. same play, different playmaker. keith collins cutting back with a lot of room to run. 75 yards for the touchdown. annapolis is up 14-6 in front of glen burnie. sean woodland it's the third score as he tied ropes down the sideline into the end zone. annapolis beat glen burnie 28-20 annapolis beat glen burnie 28-20 for the everyone knows a fee is a tax. you raised some taxes during that period, particularly the property tax as well as a lot of fee increases. as you know, there's a big difference between fees and taxes. but...they're the same. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. there's a big difference between fees and taxes. fees and taxes are one in the same. if it comes out of my pocket, it's a tax. now he says it isn't true. we didn't raise taxes. what? still doing the same thing, paying out more money. typical politician. definitely. >> another round of showers and

words to near baltimore -- around annapolis north toward baltimore. this is a tornado indicated on radar, at least the potential. circulation of the macleod, a few thousand feet up. if we have not had reports of a tornado. just the threat that something could develop and come down. also because it is near shore, depending on where it decides to go -- it is not a well-defined storm. it could end up being a waterspout which could be equally dangerous especially if somebody is out in the water or near the coast line. we will give you a broader perspective of what the entire storm is doing and then begin more details for the tornado warning in just a minute. but here is sandra shaw with an overview of the system. >> we have been tracking this activity all morning. there have been numerous tornado warnings really around southern maryland and calvert and st. mary's county. the furthest point north, anne arundel. tornado watch until 1:00. whenever we talk of better tornado, we talk about wind shear and it amounts to a change in wind direction with height. th

annapolis about the coolest spot out there. and the heat indicks values, throw in that humidity, still feeling close to triple digit heat from cambridge through culpepper, hot stuff. the rest of this first evening of fall will feel tropical and in the 80s and a quick check of your hour by hour forecast tomorrow we're talking about hotter weather. 93 or so by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. keep that summer wardrobe handy. there will be a big change in the weather for the weekend and into next week. those are coming up. kelly. >> thanks a lot wyatt. >>> attorneys have reached a settlement in a lawsuit involving a fatal crash on the bay bridge in the summer of 2008. 57-year-old john short died after his -- he swerved his tractor-trailer to avoid hitting candy baldwin's on coming car. short's family has agreed to a $100,000 settlement. an investigation determined that baldwin had a blood alcohol level of .03 which prosecutors decided was too low to press crumb analysis charges. >>> closing arguments got underway in the charge of a man fa

according to the annapolis capital. the city will be more than $200,000 in the hole by the start of 2011. the city would move to find some way to pay its bills until revenue begins arriving later in january. mayor joshua cohen and the city council slashed millions from the city's budget back in june. the government's point person on the gulf oil spill says the well that blew out will soon be permanently sealed nearly five months after the deadly rig explosion. national incident commander thad allen said the relief well is expected to intersect with the blown out well within 24 hours. mud and cement will then be pumped in which is expected to seal the blown out well within four days. meanwhile monitoring of the oil that remains the gulf continues. the explosion back in april killed 11 workers and led to 206 million gallons of oil spewing from bp's undersea well. >>> closer to home the u. s. geological survey that new method for tracking chesapeake bay restoration will help them gauge progress. a dry summer keeps pollute

the tide tomorrow in annapolis should be okay. the tides in old town and indian head, a lited l more problematic. derek. >> from our weird news file, anybody who watches this show consistently knows topper and i have a love for one thing in particular. what is that? it is bacon. that is right. but we aren't talking about kevin bacon, or were we? to ebay where a group is calling itself, what would bacon do -- made entirely out of, what else? bacon. the ebay listing says that bacon kevin bacon has been preserved. so he will quote, stay tasty for generations, which would make sense if you could eat it, which you cannot do, by the way. the company runs on the slogan, everything should taste like bacon and they invented bacon salt and baconaise. sales will go to a nonprofit which helps child cancer patients and their family. so it's all in a good cause. >> very good. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag. 9news now will be right back. my dad is the supervisor of a train station and my mom's a teacher

., high tide in annapolis. waterfront merchants scrambling to sandbag their store fronts in a miserable pounding rain. >> my basement is flooding because of all the heavy rain coming in from my neighbor's lots. >> but at the unfortunately named storm brothers ice cream factory, the battle was lost. when raw sewage began bubbling up from drains and water began cascading in, reid tried to fight back with a broom. >> trying to come this way to the front of the store. so push it right out. >> high tide flooded pedestrian walkways at the edge of city dock that left the parking lot flooded. city crews closed off a number of streets and sewage overflowed to make a foul stench. owner, ryan got by with nothing more than flip-flops and decided that sandbags would be no help at all. >> our drains are actually backing up with the water that is out here in the street. coming up through the drainage system out here. >> there's no way anybody is going to get any business today in this area. you see nature taken over and that'

this is a normal thing for annapolis as they anticipate the high tides. but what is not normal here is a new anxiety, an old dam near town which has been declared unsafe and the question is how much rain can it take. >> this is where i believe about 270 feet from end to end. >> reporter: annapolis city spokesman phil gallan gave me a tour of the water works dam today, suffering from eroding foundations and gaping cracks. >> that's an indicator of our need to make the repair. this is certainly evidence of that. >> reporter: because of all this, the dam has been declared unsafe by state regulators who have ordered the city to fix it. in the meantime flood watches have gone up and city workers have been opening valves to draw the water works reservoir down in anticipation of up to six inches of rain. >> we'll be able to handle this. >> reporter: mcgowen said the city engineers are confident the dam will with stand the storm despite the condition. >> we're taking precautions. we have lowered the level of the dam to 5.5 feet below the top. there is no imminent

. >> this is part of living with annapolis. you have to deal with it. >> they were watching for the rising waters. >> we are pretty close and i am pretty sure that we tie up lines. >> they're watching things for a closely, especially areas that are prone to flooding. >> this is a challenge with the rain that we have. we have sandbags deployed for our businesses and residents. >> the nablus mayor tells us that there are concerns about thursday not's high tide as wind patterns are keeping water in the bay. he is offering extreme caution to those in low-lying areas. >> most people know what to expect, this is a matter of using common sense. >> at it is eerie how many people here in annapolis are talking about the hurricane and how all of this heavy rain and flooding reminds them of that and certainly they will be keeping a close eye on the high tide as it rolls in. the u.s. naval academy tells us 7 inches of rain now in annapolis. that is the very latest. is it much the same up there or not as bad? >> much of the same. i am standi

. >>> now to prevent a possible failure workers in annapolis have released water ?yiiuá water works park. the state has determined the dam unsafe and some hope the dam can actually handle all this significant rain av expecting. don harrison has more. >> reporter: annapolis city received a letter from state inspectors that warned a dam located west of annapolis and water works park off of route 6 50 was unsafe. the letter stated dam failure to result in massive flooding which may result in the loss of life and property, particularly to those traveling on the road at the time, as well as those downstream of the dam.  i believe it's about 270 feet from end to end. >> reporter: the mayor's office says the city is aware of of the 5problem. >> there is underground erosion right next to where the dam is. they are worried about long term and breakdown. but be clear there's no imminent threat of a major breakdown right now. understand there's a risk and we're going to be moving later this year on a number of repairs. we have staff here to monitor the water level tat the

it is quite a range and 78- degrees in annapolis and 78 in kent island. 87 in columbia. and the winds aric pentagon up out of the south. they'll continue to pick up and keeping the warm air in place. and still a hazy sunshine this afternoon. and the record challenging heat is making its way into the mid- trick atlantic today. the record is 95. it will be close and not on the fringe. we're talking about the record highs and it's the end of september here. it's all because of this front. and this is the one that brought the flooding to the midwest. it's rial dying out and that trend will continue. and when it moves through maryland, we'll have a chance for a shower and that's going to take if heat with it and we'll have a chance of rain increasing next week. it will move up from the south sunday. we'll get a shower during the day sunday. for the home opener for the prostate cancer challenge also, for the most part, it looks to be dry. we'll keep you up to on that and check back. the rain comes in monday and we'll have rounds of rain into tuesday. on the waters, matthew, tr

annapolis, deal, again i call your name unfortunately. chesapeake beach, harwood, more heavy rain. i can't guess what the rainfall totals are going to be there by the time the noon hour comes around. current temperatures, it is muggy outside. 74 degrees right now in d.c. humidity is over 90% as the tropical air moss moves in. look at the difference in temperatures where your tropical air. ocean city 75 and then off to the north and west, temperatures in the 60s. 63 in frederick, 66 at dulles. 62 in winchester. for today, heavy rain continues through the morning hours. flash flood watch in effect. possible thunderstorms, some could be strong to severe with possible tornadoes. winds could gust up to 30, 40, 50 miles per hour later on today. we'll have more coming up. >> it's impossible to believe, sir. >> yes, it is. it's been quite a morning. >> thank you, tony. we're going to take a break and come right back. ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. explore them all. yo

this is route 450 west of annapolis. i don't need the satellite/radar to let you know it is pounding rain here east of the dc area. as howard as told us all morning. west street. this is route 450. the left lane is not usable because there is so much water in the gutters and it is pounding on us. there will be significant issues this morning. i have seen school buses out. people are getting up and doing the best they can to move forward with the day. they will get on the roads and see the water in this section of annapolis and on into prince george's county in bowie. i'm about to get on route 50. the ponding water on the roadway and the inability to use the right lane because of the amount of water that is in the gutter that is the big issue this morning. it goes without saying that headlights are mandatory. if you have old windshield wipers leaving streaks, figure out how to change them quickly or don't go out at all. >> find a store for that. >> reporter: that is right. i'll move on to route 50 now. it is good to talk

investigators say a 54-year-old man was killed in annapolis. police say another man was also stamped. the two men had been wrestling on the floor. there has been no charge. >>> two men were shot just after 10:00 p.m. on the 3500 block of 22nd street. when the victim died, and the other is in critical condition. >>> in fairfax, police are warning residents about a serial burglar. eight of the -- of the incidents happened with the latest yesterday morning. residents are warned to lock their doors. >>> when we continue, the latest on the international terror plot intercepted by intelligence officials. who is at the center of this investigation? plus, a major recall alert. more on the millions of items effected. president obama ways in on the colbert purses stewart rally. thee keeping our eye on sky. thee keeping our eye on sky. steve will join us with we know everyone's looking for ways to save. why not save on car insurance? [ coin drops ] [ high-pitched voice ] thanks. [ normal voice ] you're welcome. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> let

i believe it's 270 feet from end to end. >> reporter: annapolis city spokesman phil mcgowan gave me a tour of the water works dam, suffering from eroding foundations and gaping cracks. but in the meantime, flood watches have gone up. >> we're taking a number of precautions. i think the first that we've lowered the level of the dam to 5.5 feet below the top. there is no imminent threat of a major break down. >> reporter: a failure of the 12-foot dam would release the reservoir down a small stream valley crossing route 450, about 4.5 miles from downtown -- annapolis. >>> and one man lost his life after an early morning fire in column because heights. flames ripped through the 5th floor of an eight story building. delia gonsalves tells us investigators say the fire was not an accident. >> reporter: the early morning fire that september more than 100 residents rushing out of the apartment building in complete panic may have been set by one of their own neighbors. >> most likely this fire will not be accidental. we're aware there was some type of domestic dispute going on in the building.

annapolis >> is well aware of their -- >> annapolis is well aware of their flood-prone zone. b.g.e. has extra crews on standby. >> the concern we has is the high wind. that can bring down trees and power lines. we already have some ground that is soaked from the recent storms. it is a good recipe for power outages. >> the fire department has a swift response team. .hey have beefed that upp they got there and zodiac boats ready in case they have to do any rescues. there is the water situation on northern parkway near 83. so far they have not had to deploy their zodiac boats. >> thank you. we're still awaiting word as to whether teachers will accept the new performance-based contractor it is a three-year contract with a 4.5% raise. this is a landmark proposal. >> with this new contract, baltimore will lead the state and nation in making the necessary changes to improve academic changes in our school system. teachers and administrators are not waiting for anyone to improve public education. >> the proposal would raise first years teachers pay by more than $5,000. it is the newest high-

all this rain has people in annapolis getting ready too. they're putting out sand bags by the downtown dock. >> it actually may be a pain in the butt, but if it saves your carpet or stone or whatever you happened to have in your place, it's worth it. >> now bge crews won't be able to start fixing the downed power lines until after the storm passes, they're asking people to be patient. if you want to let bge know you're without powerer call 877-778-2222. we're live in towson, linda sow, abc2 news. >>> an annapolis dam is determined unsafe. many are hoping this dam can handle the significant rain we're expecting here. state inspectors sent the city a letter stating that failure of the dam at water works park off 450 could result in massive flooding. workers have released water from the dam to prevent a possible failure. >> there's erosion, sort of underground erosion with the earth right next to where the dam is. they're worried about long-term break down. to be clear, there's no imminent threat of a major break down right now. >> a number of

let's go down to annapolis. how is this situation? >> we are getting the rain once again. i talked to the people at the naval academy's weather station and as of midnight they have had 7 inches of rain. i just wanted to give us a quick look. pretty much up to the dog over at the reserve club, you can see the water is up to the tables and chairs which is very high. that is expected to rise. -- pretty much up over the dock at the reserve club. some are worried but surprisingly, some are not. for those who have businesses or homes near the city dock in annapolis, they know that a good hard rain can mean mitre flooding and they are prepared. >> -- minor flooding and they're prepared. >> we have a small pump for something like this and then we have a large one which is the equivalent of a fire hose. when it gets really bad, we will be able to take care of it. >> some feared better than others. -- fared better than others. >> we are flooded from the inside out. we'll come back and let the water out. >> sourctourists -- >> we were here yesterday and it was not like this. >> peopl

and here we go again for annapolis. they were getting some moderate rainfall but heavy rainfall coming down. down in diehl we're getting heavy rain. largo, kettering area, and clinton, maryland as well. all of the rain tracking from the south to the north and embedded in these areas of heavy rain are some thunderstorms that we've seen primarily south and east of the district, down around st. mary's county, st. mary's city, some of the regions down there. meanwhile here in d.c., a couple of pockets of heavy rain south of alexandria, in fact pushing into alexandria right now. camp springs, heavy rain. over toward annandale and burke, and then portions of northwest and northeast d.c. as well. let's go to the graphics. i want to show you a tornado watch. this tornado watch is in effect until 1:00 this afternoon. it includes washington, d.c. it includes montgomery county, prince george's county, anne arundel, carroll, hall better, charles, st. mary's, baltimore, fairfax county, arlington county, prince william county and sta

you can see the line of red around annapolis. it is really coming down. these tropical downpours will continue all day. the center of the remnants of nicole and comment right into our area. it will take that low a while to make its way up the eastern seaboard. we are expecting more than four inches of rainfall. more likely in excess of 6 inches around the 95 corridor. aroundeeing a pooling the areas. coastal and flood water advisors. there is a tornado watch in effect until 1:00 p.m. for the entire area. it. name it, we have tha >> it is pretty treacherous on the roads. we have a handful of accidents. he's down by 70 at the patapsco river bridge. -- eastbound 70 from the patapsco river bridge. they are working to clear the mess now. you have to take southbound 29. those delays will get worse. they are expected to clear its at 8:00 a.m. on the outer loop topside, watch for an accident by the j.f.x. it is a police involved accidents. eastern boulevard at martin boulevard, flooding reported there. that is not the only area where we will see flooding. watch f

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route 94 woodbine road closed in both directions at annapolis road because of downed poles and wires. no problems southbound on the 95 corridor between the toll plaza. as we look at the cameras, beltway, northwest corner at old court road. traffic moving at a nice pace. back to you. >>> democracy 2010 -- we start with the race for the city state's attorney. a fierce fight. challenger greg bernstein looking to unset seat patricia jessamy. linda so with more. >> reporter: bernstein will be meeting and greeting voters at 7:00 as polls open up at cross country elementary school. jessamy will do the same throughout the day. it's their final push in what turned out to be the city's hottest race. jessamy is fighting to hold on to her 15 years as baltimore's top prosecutor. on monday she was endorsed from a group of baptist ministers. also, billy murphy, a well known attorney and former judge in the city. the race isphoused a lot on -- is focused a lot on baltimore's high crime rate and who will make the city safer. polls open up at 7:00. linda so, abc2 news. >>> voters will head to the polls

humidity 30%. 37% in annapolis. you have to get way down into the southern part of the eastern shore to find even moderately humid air. that's good, feels comfortable but again conditions just a little too dry statewide. clouds kind of hanging tough at the moment. this is that actual cool front as it pushes south of the state. a wider view across the east coast, you can see it's a kind of a slow-moving system. we painted it as a stationery front as opposed to a cold front, because it's going to slowly drift southward. our forecast model basically just keeping us partly cloudy through the day tomorrow. a dry day and even into thursday looking very quiet weatherwise. thursday afternoon our next system begins to approach out of the north and west and that is likely to bring us what we hope, at least some rainfall overnight thursday into early friday. looks like it will not linger into the weekend. one place we'll be watching this weekend, bermuda. hurricane igor, powerhouse, category 4 headed toward the island there. a

look at annapolis. they've hat 6.2 inches of rain so far and more on the way and we do have a tornado watch in effect where you see this area of ylow that. includes eastern north carolina, eastern virginia, the district of columbia, much of maryland and the eastern shore. that means there's a potenti for an individual storm to produce a funnelle cloud or perhaps a water spout until about 1:00 this afteron as that energy from what's left of nicole does pass off just to our west. so some heavier downpours from time to time throughout the rest of the afternoon. winds gusting perhaps to around 35 to miles an hour near the bay and on the eastern shore. and, of course, some gusts if we do get anyunnel clouds coming toward you. we' certainly let you know any time we get storm warnings coming out. we eat gel get them to you immediately. tomorrow we'll be drying out with a blustery nth wind. 40s in the morning, 60s in the afternoon. we'll be keeping youposted. looks like it may be a little settled. right now the

. >> 72 bel air, 72 baltimore and 73 now in hanover, highs today, in annapolis, some of the other spots 91 cambridge, 93 in frederick in dc. and getting hotter through the day. tomorrow under a sunny sky, clear out there tonight. we will talk much more about that. your first look at that second day of fall here, definitely looking at some hot weather on tap, 3993 or so on tap. >> we cool it off for the weekend coming up. >> thanks wyatt. wal-mart and sams club after a glitch made it impossible for them to use debit cards for many of the day. many stores around the country only accepted cash for several hours. we caught up with one shopper at the wal-mart in towson, who first tried going to the sam's club in cockeysville. >> they had signs posted that said "cash only" so i went to try to make a purchase and they wouldn't accept it, said all the systems were down across the country. >> they said the issue was fixed within a few hours and ununsecond down maintenance problem led to the outage. >>> if you have problems on facebook. the social networking site was down for about an hour becaus

these are already changing in annapolis at the airport itself. at the naval academy 6.7 inches worth of rain so far. it's also picking up in hagerstown. as far as our warnings, flash flood warning until 4:30. we have the threat of severe weather. a tornado watch is in effect. any of these areas could spin something up. in addition to that coastal flood warnings in effect. the winds are picking up out of the southeast. look at the wind gust close to 30 miles an hour and that will continue to rise as we head through the afternoon. here's the storm, coming up from the south. the thing i want you to get out of this we're not done. it extends into the deep south where the remnants are spinning around that will continue to feed in this giving us the setup. here's that storm making its way off to the north. tomorrow it does get out of here. we will start to dry up. one more thing before we're done with this. the high tide cycle. baltimore, ft. mchenry tunnel and it varies up and down the bay. the forecast looks like this, a very stormy day. we've got th

we are off to a warm start. 72 in annapolis. on the board or, 73. parkton, 64. mid 60's boss in frederick. los 60's in far western maryland this morning. the warm front has not come through yet. this is a warm, humid air mass. it will phillip summers time. the cool front will not come through until saturday morning. we will bake or broil. it will be mostly sunny. hot and humid. forill be in the low 90's the dew point. more humidity in the air than you like to feel. southwest wind 5 to 15 miles per hour. the front will be coming in about 8:00 in the morning west of us. we do see some clouds. any indication of rain is slim. less humid air comes in. we could see some showers off to our south saturday morning. rain off to our southeast on sunday. it looks like we could be dry on sunday. probably just some clotted this with a disturbance off to the south. 95 to today. football day on sunday. monday, tuesday, and was the, the rain chances increase and we do need it. >> there will soon be more space available for wifi signals. the fcc decides to open up on used airwave

down to annapolis, lake riviera, 8.22. calvert county, 5 to 6, where the rest of us have not seen quite the enormous rain totals and more rain is coming. we have the low clouds over d.c. and get outside and experience it, though. the clouds are going fast and it's incredibly humid. this is tropical air. this is how the planet takes care of itself and this is how the caribbean cools off. this is a transfer of energy going on and this is in our area. some was created in the caribbean and we have some spinning going on here and the yellow ones mean the storms are rotating high and wouldn't so -- to see where we fear. the lines of showers are moving straight to the north from south to north and they were severe and could have gusty winds in them and here week again and this isum the bay once more. that is go -- this is up the bay once more and do what you need to do to take care of your property and get stuff out of the basement, protect the important papers. more heavy rain is coming for you and this is nots a wide blanket of

. 63 out in annapolis. most of us in the 60s. 61 at dulles airport. satellite-radar, i want to show you this to you for a couple of reasons. number one, we've got mostly clear skies but clouds are grinning to stream in. not a whole lot in the way of cloud cover. there is a frontal system that will be making its way through here during the course of the day today. you will feel the winds pick up and see the clouds come through. after that, we'll see clearer skies. the kind of fronted, cooler and drier air. there is precipitation out there. that will not make its way in here. that moves down to the south. we'll have pleasant conditions for today and for tomorrow. tropics, i want to show you the tropics. they are very active again this morning. this is hurricane igor. as you know, you've been watching it for the last couple of days. still a category four hurricane. it does pose a threat to bermuda by this weekend. this is a new hurricane. hurricane julia just formed. it just became a hurricane. maximum sustain

the raii is falling heaviest toward annapolis and arnold and crownsville. those yellowwindicating moderate rain.3 -ot as heavy buttthat will pick up toward owings mills and reisterstown. heavier rain ttere. toward the norrh ann east, piery hall and e start later in the concentratton of rain heaviest to tooard the east. tropical moisture is bringing us more rainfall. we're nottconcerned about a %lash-flooding actually today, can handle a lot of rain. ú% fact, we can handle 4 or 5 inches of rain, it looks like noo that much but about two inches in baltimore of the the haaheaviest rain will be in the. that is because it will be closer to the north pressuue center. obviously everybody standing to frankly, because we absolutely need it.3 you do want to have the umbrella hand. you see the rain toward he west. later on this evvning, we see it around the 95 corridor heavier. we could have rumbles of thunder as the low pressure center ccntinues and oves closer. that low continues to showers. heaviee showers with thunderstorms early, by this afternoon, around 3:00 p

in glen burnie, there's a fire near baltimore annapolis boulevard and mountain road. right now as we look at our drive times, we don't have issues on the beltway, outer loop is all clear between bel air and providence road. 95 southbound looking good between white marsh boulevard and 695. no problems between the 83s. here we are on the harrisburg expressway, warren road. traffic is very light. no delays between mount carmel towards 695. jamie, back to you. >>> with the job market the way it is right now, players are looking at hundreds of resumes. >> we have advice for you on how to make your resume stand out from the crowd. >>> another police beating caught on tape. was this necessary use the force? we'll find out. ♪ [ monkey cheeps ] [ male announcer ] a bath becomes even more pleasurable when you know that your water is being heated in an environmentally- conscious way while saving you hundreds of dollars on your water-heating energy bill. the geospring water heater from ge with advanced hybrid technology. heating the water in your home any other way is just goin

we had a little over 460 people at the annapolis one so there's over 800 that will be downtown. clues are spread throughout the city. you can't have 800 or a thousand people going to one venue at one time. you need to log on and write your story about the couple and wait for confirmation. to show up. >> must it be engaged couples? or can jamie and his wife head there? >> i encourage you to come. please come. you have to be downtown at 11:00 to register at power plant lodge. at the end you're going to meet up at ramshead and there's a beautiful after-party. that is when the winner is announced. >> the ring is gorgeous. it's beautiful. give us all the information. is there a web site? >> there is. www.baltimorediamonddash.com.. and sign up. it will prompt you through everything you need to do. it looks beautiful on you, megan. >> i'll wear it for a while. jamie, what do you think? head to downtown baltimore? >> friday and saturday. >> what is the total you can take? is there a maximum? >> i believe they will cap out at a little over a thousand. thursday is the last day to sign up.

you can see the heaviest rain -own here in annapolis. in act, we get closer still, and let's get even downninto annapolis itself. you can see down there we re seeing the heavieet downpours. -f fact, the area that you see indicating the red and orannes out there, s much s an inch of rain has fallen in a lot of thoss locations. we get a widerrview now and den - look at where we have other %--et's see where we caa pop tht up or you. we look to the northeest where we have the heavier falling rai3 there. -e will show you what is gging on there. around the i-95 beltway from 695 you, can you see heavv rain north of aberdeen and seeing heavy rain and a lot of this activity is going to contiiue to move north and west.3 that is the gennral patternn and heavyyrain you caa see andd3 certainly thereeare. it's just not stoom centers in terms of ells. the heavier rain is going to move in that direction. any rainfall, but will get toeng that lattr. the moisture cominn from the south. we do havv flood watches as far as the tornado watch. that's the flood

taking it closer, 66 degrees in bel air now and 68 in kent island and 68 in annapolis. as we head into the afternoon. the northwest wind is picking up and we're bringing in dryer air. the clouds will mix with sunshine and we'll get to 80- degree this afternoon and dry air is returning for the weekend. we'll have the forecast. >>> what a waits you on the way to work? here's kristy breslin. >> well, it's an easy friday morning drive. everything is running smoothly on the northside of the inner loop and outer lupe. everything's in great shape on the westside. average speed, 65 miles per hour. moving to 95. that's a slowdown as you make your approach on the north eastside. harrisburg expressway, free and clear. taking a look at the travel times, 53 miles per hour average and 11 minutes to get through. and let's take a live look at the beltway at old court road. here's a look at putty hill avenue. back to you now. >>> here's what people will be talking about today. the murder/suicide yesterday. this morning, a doctor is recovering after being shot by a patient's son beforeha

almost 70 in annapolis and kent island. we were at 58 on tv hill. it's a warmer morning, a tad bit more humid. clouds will increasals the cold front -- increase as the cold front moves our way. look. the computer, barely into the moisture zone. so, having said that, the forecast for today doesn't have rain with a high of 86. clouds will break, maybe a thundershower or two around, maybe. tomorrow sunshine, a high of 80, beautiful weather begins tomorrow. 80 saturday, 82 sunday. hurricane igor to a strong cat four. it will hit head on the island of bermuda. we'll, of course, watch it for you. it will send swells. it will be a beautiful weekend. got to be very careful. julia is almost pretty much out of here. this is going -- we're still watching carl make a move towards the central mexico coast. >> here's kristy at wjz traffic coal. >> if you're getting ready to take the the beltway allow yourself a couple extra minutes. we have delays as you make your approach to harford road. about 10 minutes to get through. we have a disabled vehicle past the ft. m

in other words what's over annapolis will be over bel air, east madonna in about 35 minutes. this is all moving straight south and north essentially from what would be the harford zones, mason dixon line, arcing over bel air and hugging the immediate shore east of annapolis, bending right over kent county. we just have some heavy doubt rain. this is not going to be the only time we see this radar looking like this today. let's take a look at the traffics -- graphics. what we're seeing is easily three to six inches from the time it starts through tomorrow morning when it's out of here, but right now they're talking about a band primarily over the shenandoah valley but arc together east of frederick, like 12 inches of rain? >> that's amazing. >> that would be 144 inches total. let's put this in terms of snow. no. let's say it's going to be raining with a high of 75. when we come right back, we're going to roll down all the watches, warnings and advisories in the area. i'll just give you a blanket statement. other than garrett and allegany county we're all under some sort of an

and dulles, three inches for the day and the huge totals in places like anne arundel county and the annapolis area and the september mary's county and patuxent area and we had over eight inches of rain and patuxent river, 9 inches and an additional one to three and that is if you don't get a thunderstorm and that could happen. i think this did a fantastic job of showing where the heaviest band will set up in the last few runs here and there is where we think the corridor will be and to the west, it's not so heavy. winchester had over an inch and we run this through the 10:00 hour and there is that heavy ban moving from the west side of the bay to the del marva and you're going to get it, too. by 7 met morning, still showers try ing to linger, especially east of the bay, east of 95 and should begin to clear on out. we get to the noon hour, the sunshine is breaking out west of d.c. and the clouds are thinning everywhere else and a badly-needed drying process begins and saturday at 7:00, we have a descent day on saturday and could there be a few showers around on sunday? pop-up because cold air

just fire activity in glen burnie at baltimore annapolis boulevard and mountain road. you could see fire equipment there blocking the intersection. as we look at 95, the whole 95 corridor is pretty much incident free. no problems at the tunnels and we're looking good on the harrisburg expressway. 695 is going to be all clear so far on both loops. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> 5:33 right now. later today the city board of elections will begin counting nearly 2,000 absentee ballots that could decide the race for baltimore city state's attorney. late last night, the campaign for pat jessamy says even if the count takes place, this battle could be far from over. >> reporter: this race could drag on for a few more days, weeks, even months. a spokeswoman for the patricia jessamy campaign has a lawyer looking into reports of problems at polling centers, polls opening late, voting equipment that malfunctioned and other problems. right now gregg bernstein holds a narrow lead over jessamy with over 1300 votes. both are waiting for absentee ballots to be counted. a city elect

i see annapolis at 73. easton is down to 59 degrees. we are at 70 at reagan national. partly cloudy skies. low 70s at 9:00. upper 70s at noon. we top off at 3:00 around 80, 81 in spots. north wind 10 to 15. breezy at times. 4:31. how about traffic. is that good. >> overall yes. but when it comes to construction we have closures to tell you about. we begin with south capital. it's closed at the douglas bridge until probably 5:00 a.m. all lanes are open out of fredricksburg up to the mixing bowl. going back to the chain bridge area, we want to show you that this bridge is going to be closed in both directions until 8:00 this morning. that's due to bridge repairs. that will impact a lot of our drivers that use the chain bridge. on the outer loop you are doing okay. no problems out here. we are at speeds. live shot at university. finally we wrap it up at 95 and the bw parkway. 95 at powder mill, first set of construction will clear by 5:00. southbound watch for it at 198. >>> this morning the redskins and their fans are still trying to figure out what happened during their

you can see toward annapolis ii fact ann we will gettcloserú still, you will see the heavvest rain, and that indicated by the annapoois area as well, and those arees will continue to the areas that you see here in we will ccntinue to see heavy ddwnpours throughout he area through the morning ann throogh the day. we will get a wide ssreen3 picture and show you other areas %-you caany pleety of up toward ú%e northeast part of the state. up ii cecil county,,seeing heavy rain and where it's heavy next we will see the showers mmving toward the north and west. while we are not seeing any cities in the hhavy downpours, we willldefinitely see that movement to the north and west throughout the morning and we will continue to watch that through the afternoon. -s mucas far as how much rain we -icking uppann somm areas seeing we pick up an nch, and down in baltimore as a half an inch you3 ú%e to the ssuth areas movingg3 further north and less amounns to the west. we are going to dd to the much as, -4 inches of rain iiú ú%aces. in the northeast part of theatch flash-flood wwrning and a windhe ad

we have fire activity at baltimore annapolis boulevard, mountain road. aside from that, traffic is really off to a fantastic start, no problems here with drive times on the 895 uh, harbor tunnel thruway. seven minutes between the split and 295. no problems southbound 95 between the beltway and route 32. that'll take you about 16 minutes, outer loop, southwest corner of the beltway. as we look right now at our camera, you'll see traffic moving very well. light volume on the beltway, harford road. it's looking good on the west side as well. >> a minute after 6:00 right now, we know it's a close race. we know who's leading right now but this morning we're still waiting to find out who will be protecting baltimore streets, starting today, votes will be counted to determine who will be the next city state's attorney. linda sow is live with details on what's taking so long. linda? >> reporter: a spokesmen for jessamy says they're concerned about the integrity of the results and a lawyer is looking into the situation of reports tla there were problems at polli

all the rain has people in annapolis getting ready, already putting out sand bags by the downtown dock. >> it actually may be a pain in the butt, but if it saves your carpet or stone, whatever you have in your place, it's worth it. >> reporter: bge won't be able to fix the downed power lines until after the storm passes. they're asking you to be patient. if you want to let them know you're without power call 877-778-2222. we're live in towson, linda sow, abc2 news. >>> an annapolis dam is determined unsafe and now many are hoping it can handle the significant rain we're expected to get. state inspectors sent the state a letter stating that water works park off the 450 could result in massive flooding. workers have released water from the dam to prevent a possible failure. >> erosion, sort of underground erosion between the earth right next to where the dam is. they're just worried about long-term, a break down. there's no imminent threat of a major break down right now. >> phillip mcgowan says a number of repairs are planned for later this year. the staff will be monitoring the water l

morning, in western howard county, woodbine, they've actually closed the intersection of route 94 and old annapolis road again. we had downed poles and wires and utility work continues so expect to see minor delays out in that area. back to you. >>> do you feel safe in baltimore? you're going to think about that when you vote today for city state's attorney. it's a race we have not seen like this in years in the city. here's linda so live for us this morning. linda? >> reporter: the challenger gregg bernstein will be out here in 30 minutes, first, to greet voters as they head to the polls at cross country elementary school. let me tell you, this has been a fierce battle. the sidewalk is literally lined with signs. who will it be? that is the big decision voters will make today as they head to the polls to vote for the city's top prosecutor. patricia jessamy will be doing the same, meeting and greeting voters throughout the city. it's the final push in which turned out to be the city's hottest race. jessamy is fighting on to hold on to her 15 years as baltimore's top prosecutors. on monday she got a

head over to annapolis. that's where the heaviest rain is located at this time. toward dulles international airport still darker shades indicate heavier rain. we will look for these heavier bands of rain throughout the morning. the worst should be over by mid afternoon and clearing overnight. expected rain totals across the area, two to five inches of rain. a good estimate as you head off towards the east toward the delmarva peninsula. some areas could pick up four, five even six inches. breezy, 72-78 degrees. tornado watch until 1:00 p.m. this afternoon montgomery county, the district. arlington, alexandria and points east. pretty much the entire viewing area until 6:00 p.m. correct myself. until 12:00 p.m. this afternoon. here's what we expect for tonight. gradual clearing and improving conditions for tomorrow. let's get an update on the compute. >> steve rudin, police tell us in fairfax county on wall any road at willard street there was deep water that washed a car away. the driver managed to get out of the car safely, but if you encounterdeep water. do not a

about 2.5 inches for dc, but look at annapolis, 9.9 inches. derrick and i were talking about this earlier. there's a new number, 9.9 inches, and if we break it down more simply for you, in the immediate metro area, 2 inches plus and the western shore into the dell marva, 3 to 7 inches, that could be low and to the west of leesburg and win chester 2 to 4 inches. something else to worry about is coastal flooding and here are the tides you have to pay attention to. in alexanderia, 12 in the morning. and we have flooding and also have coastal flooding. never cross a flooded street by car or foot. check your pump, flash light and batteries. upper 70s tomorrow, flooding likely. a decent night for high school football. mid-70s on friday. chilly, and low 60s sunday and monday, maybe a sprinkle late sunday. >> with this weather system moving in, we are getting up extra early tomorrow. 9news now will be on the air half an hour early, 4:00 a.m. on the latest on traffic and weather conditions as the rain moves in. >> thanks, topper. >> let's talk donovan

annapolis 71 while perhaps martinsburg 62. one of our cooler spots at 66. in the tropics things are fairly quiet. still lisa out there. winds at 45 miles an hour. not moving quickly. forecast over the next few days to get to maybe there. we'll watch lisa but it is a fairly quiet, thankfully, period at least for the moment in the tropics. our seven-day forecast. we've got 90, 90, 92. chance for those afternoon storms today and tomorrow. saturday, we start to cooldown. i suppose by friday night early saturday there's a chance for shower but it's pretty light. late sunday, monday into tuesday chance for a passing shower as temperatures cool down to much more seasonal levels to upper 70s to low 80s. >> we're halfway through the workweek. can you believe it. we're going to help you get through it. dealing with construction on 270. it's going to be with us for the next few minutes or so. southbound at 124. northbound watch for it at falls railroad. to the real time graphics 95. a couple of spots here northbound at 32. also at powder mill and then southbound at 19