Effect for some heavy rain this will go through lunch time on your fourth of july. But look at ultimate doppler right now. Its lit up north and west of the city. Watching a nasty line severe thunderstorm warnings outside of our viewing area right now. But this is just an indication of whats headed this way. Gusty winds, lightning, hail and the potential for damaging winds as we watch these potent showers and thunderstorms just look at the intensity the red, the purple showing you there is some hail and also look at all of the damage reports with this line. Tree damage, hail into sections of maryland and that line is moving in our direction. Also, look at all of the lightning within that box over 2,000 lightning strikes. So almost a repeat performance across the area as to what we saw yesterday. 91 degrees, third day with temperatures at or above 90 degrees so its official. Our first heat wave of the season. So heres the break down of tonights system. Now through 7 00 poke faux mountains Lehigh Valley from seven to 9 00 oclock, that line moves toward the philadelphia area. The i95 corridor. From 9 00 until 11 00 were talking south jersey down the shore as well as the delaware beaches. So thats from tonights system. But look at hurricane arthur right now as it continues to churn toward the outerbanks of North Carolina. Maximum sustained winds now at 90 miles an Hour Movement to the north northeast at 13 Miles Per Hour. Some of his activity will clip our communities. Well have the timeline and impacts with this system all coming up. All right, scott, thank you. Along with the front on the beach this holiday week and comes the deadly danger of rip currents. Just today officials announced they believe they have found the body of a 14 year old cory ham mon near the ocean city longport bridge. This is video of the coast guard searching on monday. Hammond is believed to have been swept out to sea by a rip current last sunday night. Fox 29s drew dickman is live in ocean city tonight with tips on how to stay safe out there. Drew . Reporter iain lifeguards are now off duty. They do so on the weekdays at 5 00 oclock. But even when they are on duty they say these rip currents are nothing to mess with especially with this storm coming meaning that the wind is picking up and the waves are getting bigger. As the flags of patriotism below in the winds, the Atlantic Ocean continues to become more and more unsettled. That means dangerous rip currents. Something that accounts for nearly 80 of all rescues lifeguards do. All the wave height and the wind of today with the storm coming its causing larger than normal swell. That swell comes with a lot of water and it has to exit somewhere. Reporter last sunday the powerful current separated 14 year old cory hospital mopped from this friends. The beach patrol says the first few moves are vital if you get caught in a rip tied. You can be in it, relax yours, stay afloat and swim parallel to shore. If you fight the rip current youre actually going to be counter productive. With power storm mapping to wreak havoc on the Holiday Weekend mark jamison its smart to only stay in the hal slow end until arthur moves on. Theyve seen two to 3 feet increase in their waves today. And expect to see biggest swell spike tomorrow afternoon. Well be open if theres people here well keep you at a safe depth as we see fit for the water conditions. Reporter so many children up and down the shore parents say theyll be keep full a watchful ooh op their kids. Its just scary because i mean it will be bigger waves and you really have to be watching your kids even though the lifeguards are. Reporter lifeguards will be back on duty tomorrow until 8 00 oclock at night as well as saturday. That is weekend deal here in ocean city. Although the conditions might not be very favorable. Coming up at sick well tell you how you can spot a rip current and where they are most often found in the ocean. Lucy . Talk to you then, drew. Were not taking a direct hit from arthur, but if youre at the shore youre definitely going to feel the impact of the seasons first hurricane. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live on the boardwalk in wildwood. Chris, it looks nice right now. Reporter its gorgeous out but i tell you people down her at the shore didnt want to hear scotts forecast knowing that rain is on the way to the jersey shore. Of course, hurricane arthur forcing some last minute changes to fourth of july celebrations here in wildwood. Up and down the jersey shore. Take look behind me. The wildwood boardwalk like you said, lucy, eighths beautiful night right now. But the nasty forecast of rain, higher than normal winds tomorrow has cities like wildwood postponing their popular Fireworks Show until saturday july 5th. Now some towns are doing the same. Wildwood along with stone harb harbor, lower township and others have made changes to their fourth of july celebrations. Many have moved their festivities to saturday. So sunday some sunday check with your local municipality. Take look behind me here. As we bring you back out here live. That is the fireworks setup in wildwood along pine street right here. Thats going to be shut down unfortunately tomorrow is going to be a washout. But the weather right now lucy like i said is perfect. But for many families down here, tomorrow its going to be day of figuring out what to do on a rainy day but no fireworks here. But check with your local municipalities either saturday or sunday. You wont get away with having a bad Independence Day weekend you see behind me, famous tram car here in wildwood rolling down the boardwalk. Lucy, have you been on the tram car yet. Not yet. I cannot wait especially when the weather is as gorgeous as it is right now. Great stuff. Reporter come on down. Still very festive. Sadly arthur is going to make stem known very soon. We mack it easy to track arthur and the Stormy Weather in our area. All you need to do is go to myfoxphilly. Com. Click on weather. Weve also posted delays and closures for Holiday Events across the region. Still no sign of a man whose been missing in the Delaware River since last night. Skyfox over the continued search effort today. Police initially responded to 5200 block of in philadelph philadelphias in philadelphias pennypack street area. Now this is also in philadelphias holmesburg second. Now, according to reports, the man pope capsized and four other people from the boat have been accounted for. His name has not been released. And we have a developing story surrounding the i495 bridge closure in delaware. The safe transportation secretary says official shows have closed the damage bridge earlier. Our cameras were on the bridge over the Christina River as repairs continue today. This afternoon transporation secretary shale lynn bet said vest gathers have do you meaned a series of missteps leading up to the june 2nd emergency closure of the 495 bridge. Now in may, we also learned an engineer apparently emailed a warning that bridge columns appeared to be tilting. The department has implemented new procedures to ensure they respond more quickly and effectively from here on out and hopefully youre okay, iain. Im okay. Thanks for taking over. Sky fox was there when tank consider truck overturned on the pennsylvania turnpike. It happened around 11 00 this morning at the bensalem interchange. The truck overturned on the westbound offramp. The trailer was carrying 80 to us season pounds of mushrooms. Half which spilled over the bang. No word yet on what caused the crash. Police say the son of an elderly woman found dead in a freezer in northeast philadelphia is now in custody. Police removed the freezer tuesday from the home in feltonville. Investigators say that william, may have been collecting his mothers Social Security checks. He turned himself in to authorities and theyre expecting charges that include abuse of a corporation. They think his mothers body may have been in the freezer for months. State lawmakers approve new cigarette tax in philadelphia and the extra money will help fund the city schools. The house passed legislation late last night to gives city council the authority to enact a 2 a pack cigarette tax. It will generate an additional 90 million in funding for the Philadelphia School district. Lawmakers say without the money schools wont be fit to be open in the fall. If dr. Hite, the ceo and superintendent of the School District of philadelphia warned us if we didnt get this revenue, 200,000 tuned of students could approximately be in classrooms with 41 students per class. Without the bill the district would have enforced layoff some 1300 educators and delay the opening of schools in the fall. Excitement on the rise for wawas welcome america festival. Crews are setting up for tomorrows big concert on the parkway. Saw them hard at work today myself. In the spotlight nicky minaj, Jennifer Hudson and he had sheeran. Its all free. Love that. While its a lot of fun organizers want to you play it safe especially in this hot weather. You got to wear light clothing. Keep hydrated. Do the things we need to do. We will have ems out here. Well have everyone ready to do whats necessary to keep you safe but we want to you play your part. Officials say to expect new security measures to keep you safe. Right now theyre not giving out those details. A daughter males a letter to her mother and it finally reaches its destination, 83 years after it was mailed. So the question, of course s whats inside after all those years and a politician answering very tough questions cant seem to control himself. Check it out. What hes accused of doing that has his sobbing and screaming. Plus young boy with cancer on mission to put smiles on the faces other kids fighting life threatening illnesses and hes doing it with super heroes ban aids. His touching story straight ahead much bruce . Reporter we all know firefighters safe lives but not all victims are the same. The actions taken by the firefighter who works here, well, lets just say you better get a box of hasnt keys ready. Im bruce gordon. The story straight a head. Other than the fact the phillies are not a good team. What are their biggest problems you will not like this for the future much thats coming up in sports. Coming up in weather, your Weather Authority continuing to keep tabs on intensifying hurricane arthur. Fan out were this system means hurricane arthur. Fan out were this system means for our area and from safety. To fuel economy. To quality. Todays chevrolet has it all. And its a great time to buy. During the chevy 72 hour sale, youll get 0 apr for 72 months. Plus no Monthly Payments for the rest of the summer. 0 apr for 72 months plus no Monthly Payments for the rest of the summer. Hurry, the chevy 72 hour sale ends monday. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Heres a live look right now at wildwood, new jersey. If youre taking your family down the shore for the fourth of july, the weather could affect some of your plans. Well check in again with chief meteorologist Scott Williams in just few minutes. You probably told your children if theyre ever lost or in danger the nearest Police Station or firehouse is always a safe haven. It turns out its not just kids who know where they can find help. Our bruce gordon tonight with a lifesaving story of a very different kind, though, this is a heart warming one. Some of this video is a bit graphic. Reporter philadelphia firefighter ryan craig and his fiance emily have a brand new foster pup. A three year old pitbull named again veer without ryan would be dead right now. We pride ourselves in the department of being proactive members of the community and taking care of the community, and not everybody in the Community Walks on two legs. Reporter on money the dog hobbled into craigs firehouse engine nine ladder 21 in mt. Airy. The dog maimed around the neck ran right into the captains office. She needed help and seemed to know where to fine it. The firefighters did what they had to called animal control. Officers took the dying dog to shelter. In her condition, she had 48 hours to be adopted or be put down. I was just thinking theres got to be something i can do for this animal. Reporter craig turned to go fund me. Com to plead for donations to get the dog the medical help she so desperately needed. In less than a day, he raised more than 2,000. I literally humbled and awed about the power of social mode ya. The fact that you can reach out and touch so many people. Reporter he turned to the rockledge Veterinary Clinic while the wife of a fellow firefighter offered deep the discounted help and horrifying diagnosis. I think she was hung numerous times and they allowed other dogs to a attacker. She was tortured. It was hour horrific. She was totally put under and we had to clean all the wounds and the maggots and flush all the wounds and tidy up the wounds as best we can. Reporter ryan had to convince em toll take in the mangled pitbull. It was an easy sell. I havent stopped crying. I havent. Ive been crying since we found her. The fact that anyone would harm an animal is just so far beyond me. The dog she remains on antibiotics and pain medication but her prognosis for a full recovery is good. Thanks to a firefighter with a simple philosophy. Pulling for the underdog. Quite literally. Reporter ryan and emily are fostering the dog for now though they think they have a lead on permanent adoptive home. The remaining go fund me donations will be used for her continued medical care. By the way the couple are set to be married this september at her bridal shower emily was asked to name ryans best quality. His be neff lense she answered. We agree. Iain. Bruce, thanks a great story there. Fire could not take down a decade Old Center City business back in april fire destroyed the building that had housed the shirt corner for 60 years. The store moved a few blocks down Market Street to seventh street intersection. The new shirt corner opened today. But there will be grand opening over the july 4th weekend. The stores owner Gary Ginsberg says he reopened as quickly as possible. All my customers were waiting forme to open up. Calling me at home. All the stores were calling me saying gary, what do you have that these customers want because we cant even wait on them . Theyre waiting for to you open up. Weve never saw so many people that were waiting for to you open up. Ginsberg says he was able to keep all of his employees and investigators are still looking for cause of the april fire. Back to your Weather Authority and whats brewing right now and there is a lot first hurricane of the atlantic season is gaining strength. You can see it right there. And right now, hurricane arthur is near georgia South Carolina churning up all kinds of waves all kinds of actions up and down the coast. People are preparing for heavy rain, gusty winds and pounding waves. Fox meteorologist nick is live in atlantic beach, North Carolina tonight. Nick, we talked to you live at 10 00 last night and the conditions have definitely taken a turn for the worst. Reporter they absolutely have. Really theyve taken the turn for the wore the here over the last hour or so. All day long the sky was dark, but it was completely dry. It looked like rain but it wasnt quite raining. Over about at last hour, hour and a half torrential downpours have finally started to show up with the rain bands of arthur. The surf is really kicked up. That wasnt even about half of that earlier this morning. And things really starting to amp up here as it looks like arthur could take a turn closer towards the atlantic area heading into this evening. We talked to folks in Hardware Stores and in food stores all across the city today, and people really being cautious really gearing up and storing up on batteries, search food items, the Ace Hardware Store was completely sold out of radios. So people devil batoning down the hatches as arthur is definitely showing up here in atlantic beach, and conditions are only going to continue to deteriorate as we get closer and closer to the midnight hour. We do have a hurricane warning obviously in place for this area, and also a tornado watch in place until 2 00 a. M. So its not just a hurricane. Its the tornado. Possibility and also the fact that power really could potentially go out. Beach erosion, flooding, you name the. So things starting to get going here in atlantic beach. All right, thank you very much, nick reporting live there and, you know scott youve been watching this since the get go, and you can just see within hours the difference, you know, it has made from last night to now. Its all about the timing, the track and the intensity it really starred to intensify rapidly lucy yesterday when we were watching it over those warm waters. Water temperatures in the 80s and thats what those hurricanes really develop off of. Its breathing rapidly as well so continuing to churn and you can see around that center of circulation a pinhole eye. So that eye wall making a very close approach right now to the outerbanks of North Carolina. But you can see right now spiral bands kind of opinion wheeling in toward wilmington eventually toward Cape Hatteras. 90 Miles Per Hour hurricane still a cat one it could intensify into a category two storm but take a look at this thing. You can see with the friction as it makes many packet with land, you can also spin up tornadoes so a tornado watch has been posted for the outerbanks of North Carolina as well. So as we look at that wind forecast, you can see Tropical Storm force even Hurricane Force winds impacting wilmington North Carolina this evening. As we move toward midnight, moving