let s turn to our senior meteorologist. chris. hey there, shep. talking about their showers and storms now bubbling up around new mexico as you just noted. storms firing up your like wildfire around colorado. you can see the severe storm warnings popping up around the front range and also down to the south. a very heavy rain producers. the potential here will continue to go east. you can see some large hail damaging winds and a flash flood risk will be present. this doesn t just mean for today. it also goes into tomorrow. we are talking about taxes, into oklahoma. more showers. storms will be likely. as we head east, wow. talk about the gulf of mexico, continuing to bring in the chance for showers, storms, all the way up towards the mid-atlantic area. that atmospheric energy, although moisture.
now, it was four waves back. so it is come up considerably in just a little amount of time. how far will it go? we don t know. this is going to continue for five to seven hours. now on the other side, inland, there is freshwater flooding and water is coming down from north carolina. not just from above but from below. ground water. all all of it is pooling and creating flash flood risk and people will be trapped in between them. how dire is it? not that dire at this point. the officials believe they ll be able to sustain and tolerate the time. they have an amassed army ready to come out and do the right thing and act as only first responders can in these type of situations. but we have many hours to go before that becomes a scenario. this is a long night and many are spending it in the dark. 650,000 customers at least in the carolinas don t have power. we don t have power here but we have our own generator and a lot
this is five. that s seven inches of rain. the bull s-eye here is along the northern gulf course. this section near mobile bay. that s up to ten inches of rain. our flash flood risk is very high down here right off pensacola, tallahassee, and also the southern areas of louisiana. then as we mentioned yesterday, the heat wave continues out west. today is the peak of it, guys. should be about 119 in phoenix. yesterday was 118. today 119. wow. are you guys hearing the whistling every time? impressive. still ahead, the cleveland cavaliers part ways with their general manager, and a home run smashes stadium lights. you have to see it to believe it. tta go. -where? -san francisco. -when? -friday. we gotta go. [ tires screech ] any airline. any hotel. any time. go where you want, when you want
cracking and slipping away. fortunately the family whose home was destroyed heard a noise and escaped unharmed. three homes remain evacuated. meanwhile, thunderstorms just brought light rain and humidity are helping crews as they battle two major fires in northern california. the ira fire that destroyed about eight homes is now 20% contained. everyone who has been forced to evacuate there has now returned home. well, here is a look at your wednesday forecast. this blessing for northern california. more rain. but a flash flood risk, too. a band of showers crosses the rockies. heavy rain in central midwest. scattered thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic and northeast states. a few showers along the gulf. summer temperatures are back across much of the country. high 70s along the great lakes and new england. 90s in the south and lower midwest. 80s in the upper midwest and mountains. triple digits again in the desert southwest today. all right. well, if you were here with us yesterday
are. how worried should they all be? we re in wrightsville beach right now and it looks like the residents are gone. we haven t talked to anybody that s staying behind but i m sure there are a few residents out here. we ve talked to the checkpoint there on the bridge on the other side of the mainland and they said they want everybody off by 8:00 p.m. they could even be blocking those roads but if you stay here and try to ride out the storm, you re absolutely not going to be able to get rescued. we re already starting to get increases in the wind speed. we ve got the hurricane eye wall research vehicle. you can see the anomometer. we re finally getting that slow increase of the winds out from the north right here. we have a little bit of a rain band coming through as well that we are monitoring for water spouts, but this storm is going to approach and then it s going to hit the brakes and that, if possible, the storm surge could inundate this area for a few high tide cycles and there