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Severe Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Arizona; Heat Continues in the Southeast and Southwest

Thunderstorms, some severe, may lead to scattered instances of flash flooding across the Midwest and Ohio Valley and southern Arizona. The threat will shift to the Mid-Atlantic coast on Thursday. Dangerous heat persists in the South and Southeast while building into the Southwest. Overnight lows will be so warm that little-to-no relief from the scorching daytime highs will be available. Read More >

This is just one of our many short range forecasts in depicting how the thunderstorms "may" develop this afternoon through tonight. The last couple model runs have been fairly consistent showing the stronger storms may potentially scoot from the Turtle Mountains into northeast North Dakota around midnight and beyond. We'll see!