Many hours after the fireworks but were looking at the potential for some very heavy rain. So a Flash Flood Watch has been posted for entire viewing area until midnight, from midnight i should say until 10 oclock in the morning for the threat of some localized flooding on roads and creeks. Ill talk more about that. Once the rain moves out im tracking a heat wave on the way with the hottest weather so far this year. All the details on that in the full accuweather forecast. Rick. All right cecily. Well check back in later. Lets he had to the jersey shore and action News ReporterTrish Hartman who is live in ocean city tonight where overcast skies didnt keep folks from having fun on this holiday today. Trish. Reporter thats right, rick. The beach and the boardwalk have been packed today. We saw some sun earlier. Now its been drizzling on and off for the past half hour but these folks dont mind. This group of cousins from sicklerville enjoying ice cream and water ice. Wave lie to the folk at home. Say happy fourth of july. Everyone we talked to was thrilled to be celebrating down the shore. When you first get in its really cold and then when you get you get used to it it actually gets warmer. Reporter as far as the eye could see people were enjoying those refreshing waves in ocean city. Even with clouds in the forecast, the beach was packed with happy vacationers. Every single day we dig a hole and we get as deep as we can and then we put our feet in it and bury ourselves. Reporter this group from maryland staked out their area with red, white and plow, one of many ways beachgoers honored those who have made sacrifices for our freedom. I just love our heroes and i love everything theyve done for us. Its a nice day. I mean, this is a day god made for today. We have to enjoy it. Its the fourth of july. The freedom we have and thats all that counts. Were just celebrating u. S. A. Were very patriotic here to celebrate us. Reporter up on the boardwalk the gibbs family from havertown was gobbling up ice cream happy to be in their favorite beach town. A Family Friendly area. Its close to home and we have friends who live here too. Reporter soon theyll be long gone their long weekend coming to an end. Were hanging out on the boardwalk the kids want to go on a few rides and were heading home because they have camp starting tomorrow. This is it. This is our last hurrah for the fourth of july weekends. Reporter now, the day isnt over. There are plenty people coming off the beach. If youre sticking around theres still plenty time to enjoy the boardwalk, the rides, the games, the foods. The fireworks are scheduled to go off at 10 oclock. Trish hartman channel6 action news. From the shore to the city action News Reporter ali gorman is live for us on the ben franklin parkway. Ali, theres no shortage of things to do around town today. Reporter yeah, alicia and rick, it has been nonstop ceremonies, celebrations, parades across the city and as you can see behind me now, the party on the parkway is under way. People have packed the parkway for food, fun, music and dancing. For many, celebrating the fourth of july in philadelphia is a family affair. This is a family tradition. We come down here every year. Reporter and every year the feeling of patriotism is palpable across the city. Reporter the day started at Independence Hall where hundreds lined the lawn to hear the star spangled banner and excerpts from the declaration of independence. Read by philadelphia born actors leslie odom jr. From the broadway hit hamilton and tom vereca of abcs how to get away with murder. We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of americaism morning to night, east to west, everyone was decked out in red, whiter and blue. I got my face painted 78. I got the welcome america shirt. Reporter shes celebrating two occasions, the seventh anniversary of her life saving liver transplant and americas birthday. I just decided to wear a flag shirt and like red, white and blue head band and blue shorts. Reporter and back here live as you can see there are already hundreds of people along the parkway but if youre coming down for the concert or the fireworks, dont worry, there is still plenty of room on the lawn. Were just hoping that those lawns stay dry. Thats the latest here, reporting live along the parkway, ali gorman, channel6 action news. Rick and alicia. Ali thank you. We hope so, too. Of course well have more on the fourth of july festivities for you in just a moment but first an important story affecting a lot of commuters. Tomorrows expected to be a pretty rough commute for people who take septas Regional Rail after a third of the fleet was taken out of service. An engineer found a potentially dangerous defects in 120 silver liner cars. Its said to be a failed beam in the suspension system. Now, because so many trains are off the rails, septa is urging rail riders to look for work week alternatives. Because of the crowded conditions losing 13,000 seats is quite substantial. We want to get the message out there to be flexible with your glime please take note if you are watching this and you take septa. Septa says it plans to have a modified saturday special with Service Every half hour during rush hour. From our delaware news room tonight police in newark are investigating two terrifying cases of attempted abduction. The first happened yesterday at colonial gardens. A 28yearold woman unloading her car was grabbed from behind by a man. He put a rag soaked with a chemical on her mouth according to police. She was able to fight him off and get away. In the Second Attack a 61yearold woman was getting out of her vehicle at main towers when she, too, was accosted from behind. The suspect tried to push her back into the vehicle but she fought him off as well. Well have much more on these attacks live from newark coming up in our next half hour. A tractortrailer struck and killed a ped who was walking along i295 early this morning. It happened around 4 00 a. M. Near route 38 in mount laurel. No word yet on the identity of the victim or whether any charges will be filed against the driver of that truck. It is time now to take a look at how the roadways are shaping up tonight. Maybe people running away from the beach. Well see. Matt pelman isnt running anywhere, hes standing right there for us and hes live in the action News Traffic Center. Happy fourth to you. Same to you guys. Ill be running in just about 45 minutes or so. Traffic running away from the beach running pretty smoothly. I dont think a lot of people are anxious to leave the beach. In dennisville this is 47 northbound side of petersburg head up to the split. As you can come away from wildwood traffic has been moving pretty well. Were just starting to see a slow down on the northbound side of the garden state parkway approaching the a. C. Expressway there in the ongoing construction zones, speeds in the teens now. Volume is starting to build but up until this point it really hasnt been too bad. Getting sick of the grottos pizza, i cant imagine that but if you need to come back from the delaware beaches its great. Northbound side of highway one speeds in the 60s. With people staying down the shore longer well see heavier traffic later tonight and tomorrow morning which is problematic because we already had plenty of fish to friday with tomorrow mornings commute and the septa Regional Rail car shortage thats going to give us delays and a lot of overcrowding. This afternoon on septa patco and njt were on holiday schedules. In most cases that means a sunday schedule. Coming back from the poconos earlier crash on the southbound northeast extension is gone, so youre moving fine now with speeds in the mid 60s. But well check it again, rick and alicia, in the next half hour. The travel rush is on and security is high. After last weeks terror attacks at airport in istanbul airports enhanced security measures all across the United States and with 11 million seats booked, they just cant be too careful. Heres abcs Stephanie Ramos with the latest from the roads and the skies on this fourth of july. Fourth of july celebrations in our nations capitol will be some of the biggest but d. C. Is not the only city seeing many travelers and ramped up security. On this fourth of july, of the 43 million americans traveling over this holiday weekend, 36 million of them will drive. Prices are low and i figured id give it a shot and a travel. So low the average of 2. 27 per gallant been this cheap since 2005. Now if you plan on being on the roads later today get ready for traffic. According to the folks at traffic Navigation App waze the roads will be busiest at 10 oclock tonight as people head home from those fireworks displays. Dont forget airports. Terminals will also be jam packed with travelers. Airlines booking a staggering 11 million seats this weekend. The busiest hubs new York Las Vegas d. C. Chicago and l. A. Im glad im here early. Law enforcement not taking a day off this holiday. Youll see more armed officers and k9 units at airports across its u. S. Authorities ramping up security after a string of terror attacks in bangladesh, turkey and iraq in just one week. Officials reminding all travelers if you see something, say something. In washington, Stephanie Ramos, channel6 action news. Back here lots of communities throughout our area celebrated this fourth with food, fun and friends. Upper merion celebrated the fourth with its annual celebration in the townships park in king of prussia. The festivities kicked off with a carnival complete with rides lots of food and games and at this hour, the band the mango men are set to take the stage. They promise to take the audience on a trip to margaritaville. Not bad. Its fourth of july fun was in full swing in narberth as well. Families kicked off the holiday this morning at the narberth playground. There were lots of things for kids everything from cotton candy to a bounce house. There was a pie eating contest today as well. Sign me up. And the roar of motorcycles kicked off collingdales Independence Day parade. Several clubs took part in that parade including bikers against child abuse and the Pennsylvania Coalition of motorcycles. The bikers were followed by a local scout troop as well as spring bands. After the parade the community was invited to celebrate the holiday at collingdale park. Fireworks will take place there tonight at 9 oclock. In south jersey marching bands and more entertained the crowds in berlin. The parade route kicked off at the Berlin Township firehouse and made its way through town. People in the crowd were, of course, sporting their red, white and blue and sounds of the mummers. And still to come on action news tonight a teenager loses his foot after stepping on an explosive in new yorks central park. What investigators now think it actually was. Also coming up, something that might come in handy tonight, a new drug to help dogs afraid of fireworks. But first, a look at some of the great pictures adorable and of course patriotic our viewers have been sending us. Some of the fourth of july sights around the region. Use 6abc action to share yours. Audubon Fire Department unveiled its 9 11 memorial today on this fourth of july. Pieces of steel and concrete from the World Trade Center were awarded to the station. Audubon residents was working on the 87th floor of the south toe towerly he spoke about his survival today. Me and other coworkers we were able to evacuate 40 plus people from the floor. We saw people across its law working. 44 out of 45 of them perished. Former audubon fire chief John Carpenter worked tirelessly to make this memorial come true for the past few years. A body found in the river. Ah italian media said he had a large wound on his head and his shirt was also covered in blood. Solomon had just completed his first year at the university of wisconsin in madison. Police in rome have now opened up a murder investigation. Investigators are new york city say it will take several days to find out what can chemicals were used in a homemade fire work that detonated in central park yesterday. A teenager stepped on the explosion leaving him severely injured and forcing doctors to have to amputate his foot. Investigators say it was not a case of terrorism. They believe it was a makeshift attempt to replicate a snapper fire work which makes noise when thrown to the ground. Whoever made it apparently thought it didnt work and tossed it in a remote part of the park. Thats where the teenager was when he accidentally set it off. Still to come on action news a dangerous type of binge drinking may be more common than previously thought on college campuses. We have details in health check. By the end of the day we could get a close are look at the planet jupiter than ever before. Well tell you about the mission of a solar spacecraft that will take up close color pictures of this mals sieve planet when action news at 5 00 comes right back. At perdue, we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. Like putting oregano in their water. It has natural antioxidants that keep our chickens healthy. And we dont have to use antibiotics in their diet. More like oregayes, am i right . Oregano, just one more way we bring you chickens raised with no antibiotics ever. Its not the easy way. Its the perdue way. Countdown is on for the juneau spacecraft to reach its destination, jupiter. Solar powered spacecraft traveling for five years and is scheduled to start engine burn before midnight and hopefully taking pictures shortly thereafter. With the exception of the sun jupiter is bigger than everything in the solar system put together. Juneau will orbit 37 times over the next 27 months. Its mission will end in 20s 18 when the spacecraft will deliberately crash into the planet. In health check a new study shows a dangerous drinking behavior is more common than thought on college campuses. Its called drunk orexia students skip meals or exercise intensely before meals. The idea being to cut down on calories consumed to increase the buzz. Study shows eight in 10 students have engaged in this type of behavior. And theres something that could come in handy a little later this evening a new drug for dogs who are afraid of fireworks. The drug is called seleo and it hit the u. S. Market last month. Its a low dose version of a cane flynn seed tiff. Dogs usually tremble panic and can run away or injure themselves. It is a gel that takes effect within a half hour and it offers a calming effect during those stressful times. Our puppy is too young for the drug so we put a big pair of ear muffs on her. Let me know how that works. Much more still to come. A check of the forecast for you. Taking a live look outside, look at that sky6 hd showing you the beaches of Atlantic City where guess what a lot of people are Still Holding onto those spots on the sand. Meteorologist cecily tynan with your exclusive accuweather five day forecast including a look at the fireworks forecast tonight when action news comes right back. I think theres Monica Malpass right there getting in the water. That is her. male offscreen announcer whats it feel like to win the mustang instant game, with top prizes of a hundred grand or a new ford mustang . woman oh my goodness. Woo male offscreen announcer with instant games from the pennsylvania lottery, the instant you play could be the instant you win. Keep on scratchin. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. Meteorologist cecily tynan halls the red white and somewhat blue forecast for folks who might be out tonight. A little bit blue because we have showers moving in right now. Double scan live showing a few sprinkles across the leve Lehigh Valley and bucks county. A steadier band of light showers moving in moving through maryland heading into lancaster county, oxford Chester County and New Castle County and this whole band is moving northeast at about 20 miles per hour. So, this is going to be putting a damper on our fourth of july evening and then theres heavy rain that will be moving in through the overnight hours. Right now temperatures doesnt feel like the fourth of july. 76 degrees in philadelphia. Allentown 78. Wilmington 75. Cape may only 71. Normal high for this time of the year is 87 degrees. So, with the clouds, its quite a bit cooler and it is slightly humid. 61 is the dewpoint right now. But its a lot more humid down over dover. The dewpoint is 70s degrees and its the warm front thats moving through so as it lifts to the north the dewpoints will really be soaring tomorrow really through the rest of the weekend with a heat wave on the way. Satellite6 along with action radar showing heres the band of the showers that will be moving through this evening and then theres low pressure thats across the midwest and what that low pressure will do is ride right over us overnight and that is what can n contains the heavy rain and even thunderstorms. Showers early. If youre heading to fireworks, take the rain gary, a sweatshirt. That heavy rain arriving after midnight. 67 the low in the suburbs, 70 degrees for center city so future tracker timing it out. Around 10 oclock a lot of fireworks going on and we will have a band of some showers around then. So, it will be on the damp side but really the main action is the wee hours of the morning around 2 oclock some bands of some heavy rain with a rumble of thunder. Looks like this will be lingering into your Tuesday Morning commute. So, be allow extra time tomorrow morning, perhaps tune into action news beginning at 4 30 and then whole system lifts away from us. By 11 oclock, were drying out. But we could be dealing with some flash flooding before then. Future tracker showing generally weavegenerally were t about a half inch to an inch of rain. The latest run shows right over philadelphia could receive more than 3inches of rain. That band may move north or south but wherever it hits, we will likely see some localized flooding, some flash flooding, so you definitely do want to be careful overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning. So, the five day at 5 showing tomorrow we wake with the ra