A dangerous heat wave will span from the West to the East Coast with triple-digit heat over the next 2 days. National Weather Service warns of severe weather threats on two fronts, flash flood risks, fire danger in the West, and winter weather in the Northwest.
Heatwave from coast-to-coast
Dangerous heat indexes in the triple digits will span the country on Monday and Tuesday. Here are some of the places across the nation expected to see triple-digit heat indexes on Monday, according to the forecast from Weather Channel: Phoenix 108, El Paso 105, Roswell, 104, Laredo 106, San Antonio 102, San Angelo 103, Dallas 103, Oman 107, North Platte 107, Sioux Falls 105, Chicago 101, St. Louis 109, Memphis 112, Atlanta 101, Raleigh 105.
The National Weather Service issued the following heat alerts for Monday:
Excessive heat warning: Eastern Oklahoma; northeastern and northwestern Arkansas, northern Mississippi; Western Tennessee; Southeastern and Eastern Missouri; Western Kentucky; Southern Illinois: Southeastern Minnesota.
Heat advisory for areas in the following states: New Mexico, Texas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
Winter weather in Northwest?
While most of the nation is sizzling, parts of the West and Northwest received winter weather-related alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS) which issued the following notifications for Monday:
Winter storm warning: Western Montana and central Idaho.
Winter weather advisory: Western Montana and central Idaho.
Freeze warning: Southwest Oregon, Northern California; northern, central, and northeastern Nevada;
Frost advisory: Northern and northeastern Nevada.
Severe weather on two fronts, upgraded threat for Great Lakes region
There are two fronts of severe weather that pose a threat on Monday, as the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has upgraded the risk level for the storms around the Great Lakes states.
An enhanced Level 3 severe weather risk for southeastern Wisconsin, northeastern Illinois, southern Michigan, northern Indiana, and throughout most of Ohio.
A Level 2 severe weather risk includes the aforementioned areas, as well as southeastern Minnesota, Eastern Iowa, Eastern Illinois, most of Indiana and Ohio, Northern Kentucky, central, northern and northeastern West Virginia, Northern Virginia, in southwestern Pennsylvania.
A second front of strong thunderstorms with a Level 2 severe weather risk is over northeastern Wyoming, southeastern Montana, Eastern, and Northern South Dakota, most of North Dakota, and northwestern Minnesota.
Flash flood warning
The (NWS) has issued a flash flood warning on Monday for southern Michigan, northern Indiana, northwestern and southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and western West Virginia.
Critical fire weather risk over West and Midwest
High temperatures and windy conditions will enhance the risk of potential fire weather over parts of the West and Midwest on Monday including portions of southern and eastern Utah, central and northern Arizona, Western southern and eastern Colorado, central and northern New Mexico, western Kansas, and southwestern Nebraska.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued red flag alerts for portions of Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico on Monday.
