Fox 8 news at 6 00 starts now. We are on storm watch, literally tonight paired we have been watching the storm watch w roll through downtown cleveland the temperature here andn cleveland has dropped almost 20 degrees and just the past two hours. Welcome to fox 8 news at 6 00, im bill sheil. And im jennifer jordan. Our weather has taken a turn fr the worst in the past few hours so lets get right to meteorologist jennge harcher. She has been keeping an eye on the storm all joins us live from the Weather Center with the very latest. Jen . A strong cold front pushingn . Through the area is sparking a severe thunderstorm. The mind ea of thunderstorms pushing across our area right now. Moving pretty quickly buto for eastern areas and southern spots under the severe thunderstorm watch through 10 00. Those shaded in bright yellow are under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning that is eastern lake, geauga, ashtabula, portions of eastern and northern Summit County. N lets go to storm fox and show you what is going on. Igo will take you straight to where the Severe Thunderstorm Warning, by the way this is just newly issued about five minutes ago. This line of severe thunderstorms from ashtabula down to man away is moving pretty quickly here to the northeast at around 50 Miles Per Hour. It is a fastmoving line here and embedded in this line we could have nickel sized hail also damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 Miles Per Hour. I want to see some of the areas that include this thunderstorm warning. Ashtabula, geauga, northern Portage County and ended Trumbull County, you are seeing the Severe Thunderstorm Warning. It will be in a roar in the next couple of minutes as well as streetsboro. Eastern portions of Ashtabula County 6 05 and Simas Edgewood about 6 07. Moving pretty quick to the northeast at around 50 Miles Per Hour. Lets take a look at the movement of this line. You can see everybody is going to s get the rain. If you are in the extreme southeastern areas and i you havent had it yet it is coming. It continues to work its way to the east and along that line you have the damaging wind gusts of 60 plus the hail. We havent had when gus underlying kenny pushing through. We take you hour by hour and there you go. H at 6 00 it is really picking up on that line. You can see thee book of the severe storms pushing over the pennsylvania o border at around 7 00 but that doesnt mean that the rain is over with. I do expectdetth some lingerinn over the remainder of hours and pushing out buy midnight. Still cant put oute rumbles of thunder. Take a look at this temperature contrast. Painesville, 85 degrees and youngstown and 85 degrees akron canton but where the showers and storms have moved through we have alreadyonh dropped a good 1520 degrees from cleveland down to mansfield and columbus. And 60s being reported ine northwestern ohio. You know that behind this front it will get cooler, less humid and more comfortable second half of your weekend. Just to reiterate a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for ashtabula, portions of lake, portage and Trumbull County and over into is until 7 00. I willnt continue to track the line as it moves through in a little bit. A stormy night out there. Jen, we will check back in with you in a few minutes. Stay with fox 8 and fox 8. Com for any updates on the threat of Severe Weather across northeast ohio. And if storms do any damage in your neighborhood, wait until its it safe to snap a few pictures and send them to us so we can feature a few on the air. In other news this evening, Cleveland Police are asking for teenage purse snatchers armed with pepper spray. Lori taylor says they struck inri a popular west side neighborhood. She joins us live from the newsroom with surveillance pictures that could help bring them to justice. Lori . This happened tuesday night and gordon square. The unsuspecting victim was able to fend off the kids but not before they got her with the pepper spray. These are surveillance photos of three teens Cleveland Police say played a role in an attack on a woman whose purse they were trying to sa it was near west 65th in detroit where they attempted purse snatching played out less tuesday. Ou police say a boy, who appeared to be about 13 years old, approached the woman womanish was parking her car. The youngster asked if he could use her cell phone and she said no. He then asked for money, which she also refused. D thats when two other teenagers appeared, blasting her with pepper spray while at the same the kids intended victim didnt make it easy on them. She held onto her purse while screaming and that caused them to runhi. It is troubling news to those who visit orro live in the area. Crime or Something Like this canik happen anywhere, obviously when you come into an urban area you are increasing your risks but you should always be aware of your surroundings. Why would you do that . There are other ways to make money, mow lawns. My her obviously goes out to the w city we need to do a lot to help the kidso too. I think the big problem is not providing enough programs, not providing enough outlets and infrastructure to keep the kids healthy and safe. It is hard to make out faces in the video but if something about s these kids looks famili, Second District police are hoping he will call. Lori taylor live for us beloved mother of three. Debra perrault was shot and killed after a car crash in seoul and less month. Funeral services for the 53 yearold wife and brother were how this morning at the Fellowship Church of godr in bedford. Proles grieving family is asking for privacy during this difficult time. After the funeral, deborah was laid to rest at Crown Hill Cemetery near her home in twinsburg. Again, she is survived by her husband and their three children. Meantim man accused of shooting debra perl on 16 charges, including aggravated murder and felonious assault. Stolen police say 29 yearold Matthew Desha ran a red light, slamming into perls car, and sending his flying. Witnesses say 1his car came to a stop, he crawled out, holding an ar 15 rifle and opened fire, shooting perl several times. Records show he served two tours in iraq and was treated for ptsd. He is being held on a 1 million overdoses d continues to cause major problems in Summit County. Last night akron Police Responded to at least for suspected cases, including one thatcl left a toddler wandering alone. Fox 8 Allison Brown is an akron tonight with more on the disturbing details. Thankfully theng child is sae tonight but police say that child left the home while the overdoses were taking place. This p all happened on friday around 5 00 in the evening and the 900 block of concorde v people overdosing on drugs inside of a home here. A fourth showed up later also high. Akron police say the three yearold had been inside that wandered the street over into someone elses backyard and thankfully a neighborthth watchd the toddler until police arrived. The people around here say it just seems like the drug problem is getting a lot worserr. Really sad because it is past, from last year to this year, it has really gotten awful. You dont know their circumstances to reachh out and get help. When it comes to the people whoe overdose we are waiting to hear about potential chargeso in this case. Meanwhile i spoke to neighbors and they say they are happy that toddler was taken care of. That is the good news. Allison brown in akron tonight. Last nights overd thev latest in a long list of drugt related incidents here in northeast ohio. And tonight one startling images making headlines and turning heads across the country. You have probably seen this picture by now. Its a couple , unconscious after using drugs, with the little boy sittingt in the backseat. East Liverpool Police chief john lane said he decided to release the picture because his officers are spending far too much time responding o to overdoses every day. Problem has become. This is what the officers are seeing daily. It might not be int a car going down the street but they are seeing this in homes and all these people have kids. These kids are involved in this. You cant do this in front of them and not expect the kids not find needles. The woman in the photo is the childs grandmother. Hehe is now with relatives. Both people were treated at a nearby hospital and are now facing several charges, including child endangerment. They cae need and to support research right here and ohio. Looking for a cure for lupus. Lupus is a chronic disease of the immune system and people who suffer from it feel a bond in their battle against it. There is no i in lupus but there is the word us. In that spirit, a large crowd turned out at Progressive Field earlier today for this years walk to end lupus. The diseasea turns the bodys own immune system against healthy tissue those who suffer from it often do so and plane site coming yet you might never know it from looking at them. M. You cant see the impact. We look normal and im a lupus patient myself. You cantnt have it back insiden the life changes. We were in us is needed dollars are needed. We its just a blessing to see so many of my follow fellow olympians trying to come out to make a difference. To thate. End, money that has this one has gone to fund two Major Research grants and lupus. They are not old enough to drive buten they know how to handle a car. The soap box derby drivers of tomorrow got a crash course today. Today was the Second Annual kids day at derby downs and akron. Soapbox derby organizers invited hundreds of children seven and older to hop inside a car and hit the world famous racing kids had to bring was themselves the need for speed. It was kind of like scary. I was like nervous at first but when i went down it was like really fun. I was more worried about me. Rashing and that didnt happen its an opportunity for them to try soapbox derby racing. Often times what they find out is the parents are more nervous than the kids pickck the kids he a great time going down the track and they get to try it out and what it is led to number a of kids went on to bece involved in their local soup sir soapbox derby program. The fall rally races continue tomorrow. It is a big night in cleveland for the ultimate fighting championship which makes its debut tonightor at quicken loans arena. Not only is the ufc making its debut, but that debut includes a title fight featuring fox 8 sports anchor pj ziegler live with more on the fight tonightt in the 216. We have ufc here and different for not only usc but for the city. Fe stipe miocic got the whole championship and going for cleveland back in april when he be fabrizio wrote drum and results when the heavyweight title. Tonight he will try to keep that championship swag going. G. Stipe miocic will fight alistair over him in the featured match tonight which will play out on payperview. The winner will claim the stipe miocic findsht himself ina familiar spot, except this time the roles are reversed. He won the title beating the defending champ fabrizio in his hometown of brazil. Tonight 99 percent of those in attendance will be pulling for the euclid navina native. It doesnt matter where i play. To beat i wherever and im therr business. Ev you come out the winner and thats the way its going to be. Clevelands own just the evil i will also fight in the octagon tonight per it she will be part of the undercard and you can watchcher her father fight on fx sports one. I will let you know how stipe miocic h did. Might be tomorrow morning before we actually find out with all the results. Nd i saw some video from her result of she put out her fist like she did stand for that. A especially my hometown. T she certainly did that and gave her a shelf back. We will see how that plays out tonight and octagon. Still ahead tonight, Hillary Clintono is doing damage control after this controversial comment. Oi you can put half of Trump Supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. Will Hillary Clintons poor choice of world words cost are in 2012 . C of the Trump Campaign is already on the attack. Plus, a debate over dress code is pitting cleveland firefighters against their own chief. Pi whether two sides are split over a shirt. Then, just as Apple Unveils the new iphone 7, samsung is recalling one of its top products. Which popular smart phone could be a ticking time bomb. And the severe storms blowing through our area tonight already spawned s at least one tornado n illinois. S jen . I am tracking a line of severe thunderstorms pushinghi through our area. Some packing a punch with damaging winds and also hail and some backyards. I will have the details coming welcome back to fox 8 news at 6 00. A live picture looking out over the lake. Earlier today it was 90 degrees and probably at the pool enjoying great sunny weather. The nextrot, Stormy Weather is moving into northeast ohio. You know the old saying ift cleveland what a couple hours and it w will change for today prove that. This big line of storms pushing through oure area. It is very strong cold front and its going to bring our temperatures way down. There is a light at the end of thet tunnel but i am still tracking this line. Infected did catchs this on the roof camera. This is a time lapse and is jennifer said he saw this on out therere and 90 degrees but thent changes. It gets really dark and we get the heavy rain and the wind. Sixty mileperhour wind gusts by the lightning. At one point i did see at least 4,000 lightning strikes across here and ill get to the lightning tracker in a second but here is a look at storm fox right now. The strongest part of that severe thunderstorms is over toward ashtabula into eastern Geauga County and getting ready to push into portions of northwestern Trumbull County and in northern Portage County just north of the turnpike there. It is already moved out of this is whatrt you can expect. You can see a possibility of 60 mileperhour wind gusts and also some hail. The hill is ot toward middlefield so that is moving over toward or well. It is moving to the north what east at 60 Miles Per Hour. This is6 a pretty fast moving system. We are getting some heavy rain and torrential downpours now starting to get into wind him and jefferson will likely get hit with that pretty soon. That is the severe part of it. Those areas are under Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7 00. You go south and we are still dealing with the heavy rain and southern Summit County from barbertonhe, getting into portis of start county, hartsville, canal fulton and down toward dawn c and wayne county. Then it extends all the way through millersburg and homes kenny. But behind this, just of light rain but its a steady rain for mansfieldig to ashland and over toward norwalk, sandusky and the rain. In lorain countyor, lots of res and power lines down. Th to reiterate, severe thunderstorm watch until 10 00 for those shaded in yellow, mainly eastern areas. Ashtabula, trouble, portage, Geauga County under Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 7 00. Nickel to quarter sized hail. This is the culprit. This very strong cold front as it pushes through the area. Behind it highpressure sets up and it gets it gets more comfortable. In fact, takets a look at these temperatures tomorrow. We hit 90 degrees today and struggling to reach and 70 degrees tomorrow afternoon. Our normal 76 will be below normal tomorrow afternoon. You can see the contrast here. Eightys and 90s along the east coast and behind it the walkie to chicago in the low 70s. The dew points dropping down into the 40s and very dry air 59 degrees tonight and the evening storms will continue to push to the east and they should be wrapping up around 7 30. Partial clearing will drop us down into the upper 50s. Tomorrow mostly sunny and 70 degrees. Cant rule out a few clouds and the typical lake affect communities with a north westerly wind and isolated shower. About a 20 percent chance of a lake affect shower. 75 degrees on of sunshine expected. By tuesday we are backs up to 80 degrees but then we have another strong cold front. Wednesday scattered showers and thunderstorms and as it moves through the temperatures will be dropping off pretty quick into the upper 60s. Then we rebound again and it is a interesting week with temperatures fluctuating all week long. Our next really big shot of rain wednesday and sunday. I cant remember how many summer. We may have seen her last one today. Dont mark my words but i think its the 2,890th degrees day. Ive had so many number so far , i think it is 28 but i will have to check on that. Thanks jen. Still ahead tonight, she doesnt display with the boys, sheit kicks their b hines. Coming up, meet the ohio teenager who is in j she is better than most of the boys, at not one, but to sport. Coming up in sports, the buckeye spacer hurricane down at the shoe, plus the browns arrie in philly at head of sunday Season Opener and a wild finish in College Football that should never have happened. . . . You live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. 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