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Theyre rare. port atlanta, 97 today. 20 above what is typical for this time of year. 112 in phoenix, thats six degrees above normal. notice the upper midwest, great lakes, 93 in chicago, ten degrees above average, 95 in kansas city. notice the cold air in portions of the northern plains. rapid city, thats where we expect the chance for severe storms because we have the cold canadian air meeting up with the cold front. thats going to trigger storms. lets spend time here because this is what we ar...

Inundating cars and pumping the brakes on nascars debut in the windy city. >> i believe this is the strongest downpour of rain since 1987. >> while new york, torrential rain transport roadways into -- trump in the urgent evacuation of more than 200 people from campgrounds and homes and clinton county. the area reported nearly two months of rain within 24 hours. >> everything is leveled, roads are washed out, it looks like a war zone. >> meantime, airline delays and cancellations continue to pile...

Now, 13 million people still at risk for really strong storms. denver area, upper midwest. the concern with that is that trees are going to come down. powerlines. its warm in many spots. also well see hail. the few chances for tornado, thats not the biggest threat but still not zero. thats the soggy and stormy part. now we have the steamy part. this has been the story for weeks and weeks and weeks. 31 million people impacted and thats dangerous because were spending a lot of time outdoors. we wa...

112 degrees while another 113 million with facing potential tornados in wyoming and colorado. in parts of the northeast, flash flood warnings have been issued as some areas could receive 2 inches of rain an hour. joining us now, antonia hilton from long island city where the new york city firework barges are stationed. guad in miami and also, meteorologist, michelle grossman. how could this impact the celebrations? >> everyone here in queens is crossing their fingers because there was a downpour...

Angie what is it looking like? >> into the evening hours, lets talk about first the heat because thats something that well likely deal with for folks celebrating leading up to tonights celebrations. we have people in parts of the southwest ending up in the triple digits. phoenix, those are some of the areas youre going to need to be careful where we still do have the heat warnings in effect. because 112 uncomfortable and can be dangerous. 94 for santa fe. kansas city, 95 degrees. chicago, 93. so...

Places like palm springs. itll be brutal. another day of this here as we get into tomorrow for the fourth of july in places like las vegas, 112. again, these numbers arent just summerlike for folks. a little improvement in the southeast thanks to the rain front bringing relief to folks along the east coast today. >> thank you so much, angie lassman. im opting to stay inside in the air-conditioning. happy fourth of july to you. coming up on "morning joe," the very latest on the search for suspe...

The southwest. we added a heat advisory for places like minneapolis. this includes 36 million people. focusing on the temperatures, notice where were going for our afternoon temperatures for these places in the southwest. 118 for palm springs, 112 for las vegas, 115 for phoenix. you may think these places are always hot. but these temperatures are running 5-10 degrees warmer than normal. we can potentially see records broken in this area as we go through the day today. we look ahead to your tues...

Pacific northwest. portland, medford, minneapolis, the southeast carolinas were also heating up as well. you factor in the humidity there. its going to feel warmer than it is. as we look at the heat, the numbers are kind of unbelievable out west. las vegas 112 today. 7 degrees above what is typical for this time of year. palm springs, 119. 88 degrees in portland, and boise into the 90s as well. that is today and tomorrow as well. then were looking at portions of the midwest. this heat does expan...

Thats 11 degrees above what is typical call for this time of year. 112 in las vegas. 115. heed the warnings, stay in the air-conditioning if you can if you need to be outdoors, some of us look outdoors, take water breaks, get shade, if you can. this is going to extend to the pacific northwest. even today, 11 degrees above average. 92 in boise. its not just the southeast, but portions of the midwest. this hes is going to extend to wisconsin, madison, 91 degrees. 9 degrees above normal. sioux city...

Off to the east. by tomorrow morning were looking at the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms. most of that will be along the east coast, stretching back into the southeast as well. another threat, as you mentioned, is, yes, going to be the heat. two separate areas were talking about here, one in the southeast where we have a heat advisory in effect. the secondary is to the west where booth heat advisory and excessive heat warning are in place. out west, youre talking 112 in las vegas to...