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Last week it was all about the upper-level trough and then a cut-off low. This week it's about an upper-level ridge, as that builds in our direction so will the heat potential. Temps could reach the mid to upper 90s this week, add in the high dew points and you have to feel like temps in the 105 plus area. Heat advisories start when the heat index is forecast to reach 108 or higher we should meet that proxy at some point this week. The main weather question will be how a few MCS that would ...

The derecho swept through five states with Iowa and South Dakota being the hardest hit. A derecho or line of storms on Tuesday, July 6, plowed through the northern tier of the United States, including the northern Plains and the Midwest.

>> on the forecast for that region, what cause this disaster. >> and george and rosemary. we had a combination of a lot of events took place here. take a look at this. the water vapor imagery, where you see those brighter colored areas. we will go through friday, then into saturday morning. and we put a circle around this huge storm complex. it encompasses it. and it is that department of right along the border with equidor and into columbia. a massive system. it may not have lasted long. but it...

Unreachable. illinois governor has dispatched emergency teams to the area. more strong thunderstorms in the forecast today. lets get to meteorologist derek van dam. >> the tornado on the video is a multivortice wedge tornado. that can be the most dangerous tornado mother nature can produce. you see the severe weather move through illinois. this is the moment the tornado struck down east of the monmouth region moving through cameron, illinois. this storm continues to move eastward. the storm co...

In this weekends sprint cup tournament. kvapils team sent out celebratory texts early this morning. but no word on whether he will get to race that returned car. it is not over yet, there appears to be no break in the parade of winter storms as we head into march this weekend. lets check out the scene in lubbock, texas. thats where all three school districts were canceled on friday. all the classes canceled because of the snow. whos feeling the worst of it? lets get the details from the weathe...

Threatening the oklahoma city area? >> like i said, weve been watching it complex on radar for the last two hours. incredibly well organized. probably we have at least another hour of extreme weather in the oklahoma city area. and hopefully after that things will begin to decay. as you good through night time hours, will limit the potential of tornadoes threats as we go into the night time. still a big flaet from flooding rain condition and even into missouri as we go into tomorrow. >> 20 thousa...

Reports and that tornado actually traveled across the mississippi river into areas of illinois. you see all the storm reports from yesterday. it was a very violent day. let me start your saturday and let you know who is at risk today. so you can make your plan. let you know who is safe and who is not. were shifting the severe weather threat a little further to the south and a little further to the east. happy to say that oklahoma city, much of central oklahoma, you get your break today. you may ...

eastern tennessee overnight. reportedly killing two people and injuring dozens more people. the storms tearing through parts of the great smoky mountains. the park spokesamerican telling wtae that a falling tree killed a woman and another man died when his motorcycle wrecked during the storm and rob mars an mow is going to let us know where theyre going. >> good morning. >> well, the storms have weakened. around 5:00 they were rolling down the south, the western part of the smoky mount...