through missouri and mississippi river valley. another hot and humid day. take a look at what happened throughout the day. parts of new england this morning. spotty showers move in with a light front that moves through. we start to see temperatures warm up for tomorrow. get ready for a warm week. down across the southeast, florida is our target spot for heavy rain. at times it s going to be very heavy. look at localized flooding. we ll continue to see the threat five to eight inches of rain. we have storms around kansas city. same for parts of iowa. we ll see a another batch move in later this afternoon and evening. western nebraska and colorado and areas of the southwest and west. few showers in the pacific west. the heat continues in parts of arizona. all right. you ve got your hawaii shirts on for a party. in the plaza, this amazing setup and fun is thanks to hard
take a look at this, it s the fourth of july and these temperatures are 60 degrees in chicago, 58 in cleveland. really not that bad. could be so much worse. it s certainly been hot across the west. that s going to continue. flooding concerns across areas of the southeast. flood warnings, flash flooding going on right now across parts of arkansas in through mississippi and alabama. this is going to be our target spot for the day today. we have been dealing with this front that hasn t been moving much and bringing persistent rain. sagging a little bit to the south and right here along the interstate 2 o0 line today is where we are going to be seeing the severe weather and also watching for potential flooding. rain showers across parts of the northeast. in other words, we have some scattered showers and thunderstorms that are going to cause some problems today for your barbecues and tonight for your fireworks. it s pretty spectacular. see plenty of sunshine there. out across the west and
and now, severe weather threat again, that is where we have the potential for severe weather and large, damaging, destructive tornadoes but golf ball sized and baseball sized-hail and heavy rain and damaging wind, all the ingredients tomming coming together for severe both. shepard: i said columbus, ohio, but i meant columbia, missouri, in the target spot. if you are local, good idea to tune to the local media where they concentrate on your neighborhood. a violent day. ask the people in joplin, missouri, if you need to pay attention. a political shocker to some and one of new york state s most conservative districts, a democrat has won a congressional seat in a race that has been widely seen as something of a referendum on the g.o.p. medical plan. and possible bad news for the former north carolina senator