Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Flash flooding will be possible in New Mexico and west Texas today, as well as parts of the southern and central Plains due to slow moving thunderstorms. Read More >

We've had multiple reports of funnel clouds associated some showers and weak thunderstorms early this afternoon. These will be possible across south central and southeast Wisconsin through early evening.


Fitchburg, WI at 2:56 pm. Photo taken by Katie Cardin.	9 miles southwest of Oshkosh, WI. Photo from Winnebago County Emergency Management.

Typically, these funnel clouds stay at the base of the cloud and do not come in contact with the ground. However, if they do approach the ground, seek shelter immediately.

We would like to hear about any funnel clouds you might observe. Please send any reports to the NWS at weather.gov/mkx/reports. Also send us pictures via Facebook, Twitter, or email: w-mkx.webmaster@noaa.gov.

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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

Funnel Clouds Today (Updated at 3:35 pm)