Where at points it was really coming down hard there. Glenn hurricane schwartz is here with the forecast. What a wet start to the week glenn. A very wet start. We have a break now from the heavy rain not from the low clouds and the fog. As we get some sunshine this afternoon, that is going to allow the temperatures to go up and the threat for severe storms to go up. Thats why we have a first alert issued for late today and this evening for the potential for severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail and possibly even a couple of tornadoes in the area. You can see the heavy rain moving out very fast. Of course, we still have a lot of low clouds around. More rain back to the west, as you can see there. Not that much yet, but we have to wait for the sun to help trigger some of these storms. The highest threat of severe storms later today goes all the way from North Carolina up toward the philadelphia area and again it includes many of our counties in pennsylvania and new jersey and all of delaware. The future cast shows this rain again moving now, just patchy areas of some drizzle at times, but watch what happens later today. There are those thunderstorms building up to our west and moving in as we head into the evening hours. Some of them again, very strong. 65 degrees at noon. The temperature jumping into the 70s as the sun comes out, and, again, that warmth is going to help trigger those storms. So the warmer it gets the better chance we have of those storms. More on the timing coming up with the rest of the sevenday in a few minutes. All right. Well check back with you. As glenn just mentioned, this mornings drenching rains caused some severe flooding problems in parts of our area. Nbc 10 Delaware Bureau reporter tim furlong has been checking out some of the worst hit spots. Tim joining us live from wilmington. Tim, whats it looking like out there right now . Reporter we have a bad case of the mondays in delaware. The rain came down very hard. This is governor prince boulevard right by the Merchant Square Shopping Center in wilmington. The rain came down in sheets. This shot right here is always a bad one when the rain comes down as fast as it did today. The road is closed now. I want to show you this. A little while ago tow trucks were pulling stuck cars out of a couple feet of water. Water comes down from the parking lot on one side and a hill on another. We met a young woman on her way to college classes. Shes not going to get there on time. That gold car is hers and it is waterlogged. I did not see the water at all. Thats the thing. I didnt see the water at all. All i remember is driving and as soon as i finally see the water and brake, im already in the water and my car immediately shuts off. Now i try to start my car again and it shut off again. Reporter now, this is a look at route 13 at 295 in new castle. Speed limits have been reduced on area roads. You can see there are spots where trees came down. This is on route 92 near Mount Shannon road in greenville. As we come back live, you can see the water is receding pretty quickly. When we first got here see that purple thing . That was floating over there and then you can see as you come over here all this muck came down from the parking lot there. That was under water. So the situation is getting better, but every now and then we see people trying to get through here. This car might be trying to do it as well. They come through this area. You probably still shouldnt go through this water like this person is about to do. Its not a great idea for your car and technically the road is still closed. Thats not going to stop this person. You can see its going down a little bit. Not too bad if you stay on the far side but this road is closed. Thats governor prince boulevard. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Avoid those puddles if you can. Thanks, tim. Cydney long has been checking on conditions in camden county. Shes live right now at brooklawn circle. I know its been a messy morning there. Reporter absolutely a very messy morning. Now that the rain is tapering off, hopefully the worst of it is behind us at least for a couple hours. We have been checking all the known spots. Take a look right here this is the worst of what we can find right now, just some minor ponding on the side of the roadway, puddles at brooklawn circle. Happy to report admiral wilson boulevard is clear, also camdens cooper river park but it wasnt an easy go for everyone this morning. Take a look. Certainly not easy to maneuver the roads in these conditions and also mass transit riders in camden also had a pretty slow go of it. The pounding rain forced flooding on the tracks of new jersey transits river line. It was shut down for morning an hour at the height of the morning rush. So you can see those folks out there waiting in the rain and umbrellas between the Susquehanna Bank center and the walter rand transportation center. A bit of a waiting game for them. The riverline runs from camden and trenton with stops along the way. Commuters were warned on social media of the minor delay and alerted that all light rail lines are back open and running again. All of this could be a precursor to some Flooding Issues potentially that well have to watch for when the rain starts again for commuters who are going home from work a little bit later tonight. Right here at brooklawn circle things are clear. Now back to you. Thank you, cydney. Stay ahead of the rain with the nbc 10 news app. All right. Moving away from the weather. Right now philadelphia sports fans are talking tebow. Tim tebow is expected to arrive in south philadelphia anytime now. The quarterback is reportedly signing a oneyear deal with the eagles. Jesse gary has his eyes glues on the nova care complex. Any signs of number 15 . Reporter the only thing we have seen this morning is plenty of rain but no sign of the baller known for going on bended knee once he reaches the end zone. I have called inside to the eagles this morning, and i am told that there are no plans for a News Conference and there are no appearances by anyone scheduled. Last time anyone saw tim tebow suited up it was for the new york jets as a backup. Many thought the sun had set on his nfl career and chip kelly was not a fan. He said we are not a tim tebow quarterback type of team. Chip is now hip on tebow preparing to sign the 27yearold signal caller to a oneyear deal. Reaction from birds faithful . Split. Tim tebow, come on really . I thought that swan song was over. I think we should keep him around even though hes a fifth guy now. Because hes a christian, im a christian. Good locker room presence. So i think its a good move. Reporter a good locker room presence but good on the gridiron . That we will have to see. Im going to stay here keep checking in with the eagles. Well have an update in 30 minutes. Live outside the eagles facility in south philadelphia jesse gary. Nbc 10 is the official station of the Philadelphia Eagles so count on us for complete coverage as we gear up for the season. Were going to take you live to chicago on draft day. Our draft day special airs thursday april 30th from 7 00 to 8 00 and hear from the coach and some of the eagles picks on our postdraft special. The eagles blueprint airing sunday may 3rd at 11 35 only on nbc 10. Right now Police Looking for the driver who slammed into several parked cars in northeast philadelphia. It happened adjust after 1 00 this morning. The driver swiped about four vehicles before the cars axel broke. Then the driver ran from the scene. No one was hurt. This morning there is heightened secured at Delaware State University after three people were shot on campus over this past weekend. There were two shootings at the school in dover on saturday night. They happened within hours of each other. Violence first broke out at a cookout with hundreds of students. It started with fist fights and led to gunfire. Someone shot three people in the crowd. None of those victims were students. Five hours later a second shooting happened at an offcampus apartment complex. No one was hurt in that incident. What is going on . Then i heard the second shooting. Fired three shots. Its just terrible. This Morning Police are still looking for suspects in the case. Today grief counselors are available for a Philadelphia High School community after a student athlete died over the weekend. Ryan gillyard was a freshman on the st. Joes prep football team. The 15yearold from upper darby suddenly collapsed saturday morning at the beginning of spring football workouts. He died a short time later at the hospital. Doctors still trying to figure out what caused gillyard to collapse. Administrators say the school has special programming today so students, faculty, and staff can talk with professional counselors. Drivers who travel route 23 in Chester County expect lanes closed today while crews begin a bridge restoration project. Valley forge road in schuylkill township will be closed between morehaul drive. There will be detours. Penndot says this bridge is structural deficient and needs to be fixed. Over the next eight months contractors will remove deteriorated steel beams and replace them. Starting this week you will have a chance to voice your opinion on septas 2016 budget. Septa is holding two public hearings in each of the five counties where the Transit Service operates. Officials say Public Comments will be considered before the Budget Proposal goes to the septa board for a vote. For complete list of the public meetings, head over to nbc10. Com or download our free mobile app. Another Security Breach in the nations capitol. Authorities arrest a man who tried to scale the white house fence last night. What he was holding as he made that climb. Plus Rainy Weather and tight security for this years running of the boston their monstoston marathon. A look at the event two years after that deadly day at the finish line. Im tracking the approach of thunderstorms later on today. Ill let you know when the storms are going to arrive and how long it will last just ahead. Yeah, im married. Does it matter . Youd do that for me . Really . Yeah, id like that. Who are you talking to . Uh, its jake from state farm. Sounds like a really good deal. Jake from state farm at three in the morning. Who is this . Its jake from state farm. What are you wearing jake from state farm . [ jake ] uh. Khakis. She sounds hideous. Well shes a guy, so. [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. Get to a better state. In our nations capitol at the white house the secret service has arrested another fencejumper. Investigators saying the person scaled the fence with a suspicious package. He cleared the fence but agents immediately arrested him. The package turned out to be harmless. Happening today, Hillary Clinton will be in New Hampshire where shell focus on Small Businesses and the part they play in our nations economy. Clinton will take a tour of Whitney Brothers a small familyowned furniture business. Hillary clinton won the democratic primary vote in New Hampshire back in 2008. A key senator believes Loretta Lynch could be approved as attorney general very soon. Senator mike lee said there is concern among republicans after lynch refused to acknowledge limits to prosecutorial discretion during her Senate Hearings but republicans say there could be a deal in the works to move that vote on lynch forward. Right now 30,000 people are running in the 119th Boston Marathon. This comes two years after the terror attack at the finish line. Nbcs jay gray reports from boston. Reporter hey there. The 119th Boston Marathon now under way. A bit of rain falling in boston right now, but that was expected. Its not really slowing down the runners or the spectators here. 30,000 runners in the race more than 100,000 fans expected to line the course and be a part of the celebration here in downtown. Its always run on patriots day. A lot of people will tell you this marathon this day, is at the core of what boston is really all about. So they want to make sure everything goes well here today, and it has to this point. Thats the good news. The race will continue throughout the day and into the afternoon. Strong Police Presence as you would expect. No threats leading into this race, so thats the good news and officers say theyre very confident that today is going to go off without any serious problems. It comes on the eve of the continuation of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial. The penalty phase starts tomorrow. For that reason the judge in the case has asked the 12 jurors and 6 alternates to stay away from this race. Stay away from the celebration here in boston because theyll be back in the courtroom tomorrow. That is the very latest from the marathon here in boston. Im jay gray, nbc news. All right, jay. The penalty phase begins tomorrow in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. Dzhokhar saartsarnaev faces the death penalty. In georgia, storms turning deadly overnight after a tree came crashing down on a home in atlanta. A woman inside that home was killed. Firefighters were not able to get inside the house until a crane arrived to lift the tree off that house there. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Well after a really nice weekend, things have really changed. We got bombarded with rain overnight and early this morning, and now we have a first alert that weve issued for later today and into this evening. First round though comes clearing. Thats going to help push the temperatures up and round two, the evening storms. Theres the first alert for late this afternoon and into this evening for some severe storms with some damaging winds and large hail is possible in some of those storms as well. Right now its still kind of cloudy and foggy. If it would stay like this there wouldnt be a threat of severe storms but we dont expect it to stay like this. 60 with a little bit of drizzle now. A light wind out of the east. We expect that to change too, and thats going to bring up some of the warmer air from the south. Want to see how warm it is . 70 degrees in dover, while its 55 degrees in allentown. So that warm air trying to come up. We have the east wind on the northern side so thats why we have this tremendous temperature contrast but the warmer air trying to surge in. Sunshine comes with that warm air. The last three hours, the heavier rain steadier rain thats gone and we see clearing back into baltimore, washington areas. Thats helping to push the temperature up especially around dover and delaware. Some of this moisture and energy back from the west is going to help trigger some of those storms. The highest threat goes from North Carolina all the way up to the philadelphia area. So were not the only ones that have this threat of severe storms. All of delaware is included and a good bit of southeastern pennsylvania and southern new jersey. That is for later today. So what happens . We have low to mid70s with the evening storms developing. Generally after 5 00 hitting the western suburbs and then moving out of here by about 9 00 tonight. We have the potential for brief downpours, damaging winds, and hail and well take a look at potential for tornadoes in the area. There could be a thunderstorm or tornado watch issued later today. The sky is clear on tuesday. And wednesday morning we may have a brief shower but look what happens after that. Its chilly. Wednesday, thursday and friday, some places in the 30s by the end of the week. Wow. Thanks glenn. Tough pill to swallow. Its a common problem, especially for our children but now researchers say they found the best way to help kids overcome difficulties swallowing their medications. And later, the scary crash that turned into a mad dash for cash, and its all caught on camera. See what happened just moments before that sent money flying everywhere. A recently approved melanoma drug has been showing promise in the treatment for lung cancer and an early stage study shrank tumors in 19 of the 500 patient was advanced lung cancer. The drug was especially effective for those whose tumors had a high level of pdl1. Half of the patients had lasting effects beyond a year. It works by thrusting the patients immune system in high gear. An experimental drug test is showing promise in the Early Detection of cancer. It looks for fragments of cancer in a patients blood. The test was able to predict recurrences of lymphoma more than three months before he showed up on cat scans. It also identified patients who were unlikely to respond to chemotherapy. More studies are needed but experts say the test could one day be used for early diagnosis of cancer. Now this morning a study shows the birth rate in pennsylvania is the lowest in the u. S. Outside of new england. According to the cdc, that birth rate is 11 for every 1,000 people. The highest is utah at 18. The lowest New Hampshire at 9. Put that in perspective, pennsylvanias rate compares to some European Countries said to be experiencing a fertility crisis. A new study explores ways to help kids who have trouble swallowing pills. Researchers found the best way to do it is verbal instructions head posture training using flavored float spray. Teaching kids as yuck asyoung as 2 years old was found to be effective. We are seeing a real break from the rain but only for now. Thunderstorms could be rolling through the area this evening. Glenn will break down the timing of the Stormy Weather just ahead. Plus a Police Officer pulled a woman from her car moments before it catches fire. See the rescue next. This is nbc 10 news. A dismal start to the day at the shore, and Stormy Weather is in our future as well as we look live right now outside at cape may. No