Chance for an isolated tornado. The tornado watch has been extended until midnight. Lets look at the radar first. Here are the storms moving in especially in Newcastle CountyChester County this storm area cluster moving to the northeast, around 25 Miles Per Hour. Not too quickly. Philadelphia, around 11 50, close to midnight. Salem, 12 30 in the morning. Not moving too quickly, but dropping a lot of heavy rain. One to two inches per hour. Flash Flood Warning is out for Newcastle County including will wilmington wilmington. This area is moving into burks county. Reading, 11 11. Allentown, 11 48. There are two areas of storms were watching. Either way, all of the counties shaded in yellow from allentown down to kent county and jersey this is still a tornado watch until midnight tonight. Isolated tornado could still exist with any strong storms. Severe thunderstorm watch is up for northampton poconos and mercer county. This goes until 1 00 in the morning. Heavy rain and lightning. It goes for the rest of the area, too. Future weather shows the rain and storms with potentially damaging winds lasting after midnight. Even through the very Early Morning hours. The timing has slowed down. Coming up ill show you what it means for your morning commute. Well continue tracking the storms now is. Download our weather app. Youll find radars warnings sent to your phone. Its a free download. Breaking news. A transformer explosion on the mainline. It could be linked to the heavy rain we had earlier today. Nbc 10s George Spencer is live on the scene. What can you tell us . Reporter jim, witnesses described being knocked off their feet by this explosion. Take a look at the very active scene behind me. An entire commercial strip in the center of town basically on lockdown right now. An underground electric transformer exploded from underneath the sidewalk in front of this pizza shop tonight. It may have been caused by heavy rain earlier today. Witnesses just told us they did notice a strange smell before the explosion. But it was still a shock. You know morgan comes in and says the fire trucks are coming. It smells like gas, so we have to get out. Next thing i know were heading out the door and then after that, it was like a big explosion. It knocked me off my feet. I could feel the heat. I heard the fire alarms go off, and i ran to the back. I hit the ground really hard from the explosion, the force hit me. She was really scared. Yeah, it was really scary. Reporter we joustust spoke to a higher up in the police saying we were experiencing power problems. 14 businesses on this strip are without power. They are keeping pretty much this entire stretch of north wayne avenue shut down mostly as a safety precaution at this point, while they figure out what caused all of this. That is the latest. Im George Spencer, nbc 10 news. Hell likely have to battle for the third string spot. Tonight, hes the most famous player on the eagles. Tim tebow joins the eagles. Its tebow time. Theres no guarantee hell meet the team, but his signing is national news. The eagles sent out this picture. Its a oneyear deal for the minimum salary. The ink on the paper was barely dry when the eagles put his jersey for sale on their website. Keith jones is live tonight. The latest move in a wild off season. Reporter jim kelly is hard to keep up with. Evidence of that at south philadelphia, outside of the link. This sign mime Vick Mccoy Jason and now with tim tebow, you have local businesses scrambling to keep up. On a conveyer each one carefully molded and hand picked much like a football player. At the pretzel factory and the eagles, that twist is tim tebow. Come didnt get it. I didnt get it. Its tebowing. Reporter i gave the next fan some help. How does this look . Pretty great. Reporter it turned into an odd night. What knee is to what . Reporter its not as easy as it looks. We tim tebowed the tebow pretzel. My name is jim. Reporter jackpot. Thats what the factory is saying. Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Theyve done a good job of keeping up to the changes to the birds but you wont find one jersey jersey, tim tebow, but this rack of guys no longer on the team. Sanchez sanchez. Tebow, not so fast says our partners. The Sporting Goods doesnt expect to stock up because the stores were burned last time when he signed with the jets and barely saw playing time. I believe well win the superbowl. Reporter with tim tebows help . Of course. Reporter they should have a lot of tim tebow jerseys in there . Of course. Reporter love the optimism. The manager tells me that they will have those tebow jerseys on there, and theyre going to reevaluate if he isnt cut by the start of the season. Keith jones, nbc 10 news. Thanks. Nbc 10, the official television station of the philadelphia eagles. Well take you live to chicago on draft day. It airs thursday april 30th from 7 00 to 8 00 p. M. Then hear from the coach and some of the eagles picks on our post draft special. The eagles blueprint airs sunday, may 3rd at 11 35 p. M. Only on nbc 10. To other news. Tonight, a mill bill Police Officer is on the wrong side of the law, accused of driving drunk. Hes the cop in charge of the force. N nbc 10s George Spencer found out this arrest is the latest black eye for the department. Reporter the lieutenant had been a spokesman for his police force and, more recently was assisting in the departments transition. After the retirement of mel melvilles police chief, he was the ranking officer in charge. Late last night, he was arrested for drunk driving by the officers he supervised. I guess he has to face the consequences like everyone else. Its ridiculous. It is. Totally ridiculous. Reporter investigators tell us he was just pulling out of the parking lot from sideline sports bar when he collided with another car. Witnesses say they first noticed the small sedan and the officers truck stopped right here around 10 00 last night and thought nothing of it. That all changed though as more and more officers lined up at this scene. All told witnesses describe at least five police cars here plus unmarked vehicles. No one was injured in the crash, but the officer failed a field sobriety test and was arrested around 11 15. Theyre regular people too. I mean sometimes we make mistakes. Reporter you have sympathy. Absolutely. Reporter just back in september, two other melville officers were accused of drunk brooifing ing driving. Until last year, the officer had been at the center of a whistleblower complaint against the city. Theres no word yet on his status with the department. For residents, the latest news is disheartening. George spencer, nbc 10 news. Hands up dont shoot concerns about Police Actions to our south as demonstrators took to the streets of baltimore today. Theyre demanding answers from the police force. The protest smarted by the death of freddie gray. He died yesterday, a week after his spine was fractured when being taken into custody. That arrest was caught on cell phone video. Six Police Officers have now been suspended while the citys Police Commissioner ordered the police to review and rewrite its policies on moving prisoners and providing them with medical attention. New at 11 00, robbed and sexually assaulted, thats what police say happened to a woman walking to her car. Investigators say after midnight on saturday, two men groped the woman on West Thompson street. She told police they took her purse and threatened to shoot her if she fought back. The attackers took her to an alley where they assaulted her. Tonight, a university of delaware Soccer Player is charged with raping a student. Paul defeo went back to the 21yearolds home after meeting her at a restaurant saturday night. They charged him with rape and strangelation. The woman survived but theres no word on her condition. He is a goalkeeper on delawares soccer team. The race for philadelphia mayor focused on Technology Innovation and entrepreneurship. The candidates discussing those topics here. The gathering is part of philly tech week, presented by the Parent Company of nbc 10. There are ten democrats in the race. The democratic primary is may 19th. The one republican in the race is Melissa Murray bailey. The general election is coming up november 3rd. To decision 2016 now, Hillary Clinton dismissing questions about the Clinton Foundation as predictable political attacks from republicans. Upcoming book called clinton cash claimed clinton was to donate to get favorable treatment for hillarys department. The Clinton Foundation has been involved in a lot of things, so have their donors. Theres going to be a lot of conflict of interest. Were back into the political season and therefore, we will be subjected to all kinds of distraction and attacks. And im ready for that. I know that that comes, unfortunately, with the territory. Before clinton was confirmed as secretary of state, the white house insisted the foundation showed all money for ethics approval. It did not in one case. Joe biden will be in philadelphia tomorrow to talk energy. The Vice President will speak tomorrow afternoon in center city. He will be traveling with secretary of energy. This will be mr. Bidens second trip to philadelphia this year. You can count on nbc 10 to be there for tomorrows speech. Coming up im tracking storms moving through the area. We still have a tornado watch out and severe thunderstorm watch. Ill show you what you can expect the rest of tonight and for the morning commute. We had over 15 months. More chaos. Who is accusing Council Members of shredding documents after the government shakeup . It could cost more to ride transit. Authorities have arrested the captain and a crew member of a boat that capsized off the coast of libya, with hundreds of migrants on board cht. As many as 900 people are feared down. One survivor says many thought they were being rescued so they rushed to one side, and it tipped the boat over. New at 11 00, ak jrueccusations flying. The council held its first meeting with its new president. It was not without controversy. Harrison was there. Reporter more than a week ago, council now needs three new people to sign checks in order to pay bills. Council president says he wont be one of them claiming the District Attorney told him to stay off the signature list. Why did he tell you that . I dont know. But im not going to defy the d. A. Reporter that was just part of the controversy at the first meeting. Several residents sounded off about councils past practices. Its been disgraceful. Now, youve become a statewide embarrassment. Reporter even before council took one official action the former manager, paula brown, made her presence known, accusing Council Member of shredding documents. Shredded friday and have been all week. We were able to retrieve that amount. Nobody did any shredding of documents or anything like that. Youre lying. Absolutely not. Reporter brown says she plans to take these bags of shredded papers to the District Attorneys office tomorrow. The state is asked to step in to appoint a temporary manager to help the town with its finances and train new staff. For the investigator harry hairston. Tonight, thousands of people are calling on the department of justice to investigate several Police Departments in Cumberland County. A woman started a petition to audit the Police Departments. The move was prompted by policeinvolved deaths, include including reed shot to death during a traffic shot. And white who died after an altercation with police last month. The petition has more than 48,000 signatures. We reached out to the Cumberland CountyProsecutors Office for comment but havent heard back. For the first time in five years, new Jersey Transit customers could face fare heights and service cuts. Its part of the attempt to close budget gaps. It will affect riders on trains and busses. It would be the first hike since 2010 when it raised fares by 22 . We looked at busses from gloucester to philadelphia. Currently, 3. 90. It could jump to 4. 25. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. We have storms moving into the area right now. Some of these are pretty strong. Were currently watching them in delaware moving toward philadelphia and also moving into the poconos. Well start with delaware. A heavy storm moving toward dover in kent county. Lightning there. This extends to Newcastle County salem county and south jersey. These are across the major interstates. Wilmington seeing heavy rainfall. Newcastle county because of the rain earlier this morning and today, were seeing a flash Flood Warning until 1 30 in the morning. One to two inches per hour. Thats a lot. This whole storm, the system is tracking to the northeast. Not very quickly. Right around 25 35 Miles Per Hour. Philadelphia, little bit after 11 30, you can expect the heavy rain and lightning. Salem, a little after midnight. Levittown and hamilton. Poconos, approaching burks county anywhere from 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour wind. Small hail possible. Allentown by 11 42. First alert weather day still out for tonight. Overnight, we expect storms. Some of the storms damaging winds and potential for damaging hail. We have threats for an isolated tornado. Its extended from allentown to kent county. Parts of south jersey. Until midnight tonight, we still do have that risk out. The watch is now until midnight. Then we have the severe thunderstorm watch for the poconos. Mercer county. This goes until 1 00 in the morning. Really, the entire area is going to expect storms moving through, except if youre along the shore. Most of these will stay around philadelphia and points north and west. As we go through the next few hours, storms continue to move in. Midnight tonight we have storms around the philadelphia area. Especially up into parts of the valley. Early in the morning, 2 00 we could be seeing heavy rainfall. Most of south jersey is in the clear. The Severe Threat has been philadelphia and points north and west. Then as we go into the Early Morning hours, 3 00 a. M. We see this break up just in time for the morning commute. Everything will be cleared out, so it will be a dry morning commute. Even though we still have the late storms around. Theyll linger for a while longer. For the rest of tonight, showers and thunderstorms. Some of these could be severe damaging winds, high winds and also heavy rain lightning and potentially ice rated tornado. Edisolated tornado. 52 in philadelphia. Tomorrow, mostly sunny. Itll be windy, a change. For the next few hours, a lot of these storms will be moving in while many people are sleeping. Already in bed. Maybe youll hear the thunder while youre sleeping. Wednesday, well see showers. Thursday through the beginning of next week temperatures a bit chilly, in the upper 50s. Thank you very much. You know what time it is. Its tebow time here in philly. For how long . See what some former eagles think of the newest birds chances to stick around. This is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Im john clark. It really happened. Tim tebow is officially an eagle. Signing a one year deal. Hes here on a wing and a prayer. Hes going to try to resurrect his career. He participates in the birds workouts this week and has a chance to make the team. Nothing is guaranteed. Its a good thing. Determination is a good quality for you. Did the workout go well . It was fun. Determination has paid off for tim tebow. After two sentenceasons out of the nfl, chip kelly is giving him a chance after working him out last month. We brought a lot of players in. That name just obviously people look at it. How long will tebow time last . Maybe chip just needs an extra arm for mini camps, because sam bradford isnt ready. Or could tim beat out third spring quarterback, matt barkley, and make the team . Its a head scratcher. We all know what tim tebow did as a collegiate player. We know the character person he is. All that being said his game does not project to the National Football league. Tim tebow will not be on the 53man roster just because he doesnt bring enough to the table to warrant being there. Hes completed 48 passes in his career and espn ranks him the lowest quarterback since he came into the league. Heres the comcast network, breakfast on broad. I cant see him as a backup quarterback. I think at this point, it looms because it is tim tebow. I think itll die out probably after the first or second preseason game. Or maybe tim could be the best qb on chips roster to run his read option offense. Or he could use him in short yardage situations. What is the ultimate goal . Is chip trying to do something in the culture . I think tim fits into that. The bigger question is does he fit into what theyre trying to do on the field . Thats a big variable there. Tim tebow is here. Im john clark. Were right back. Youre only young once. Unless you have a subaru. announcer the subaru xv crosstrek. Symmetrical allwheel drive plus 34 mpg. Love. Its what makes a subaru a subaru. Under that tornado watch. We are until midnight. Theres always a possibility we could at least see an isolated tornado. At this point, were mostly looking at thunderstorms with heavy rain lightning and high winds, near 40 Miles Per Hour. You see the cluster moving into the philadelphia area. Also, one right around allentown and monroe county. This is going to be the picture tonight. The storms are going to move through over the next few hours. Well see the lightning, the heavy rain potentiall