Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. Read More >

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Hydrograph of the flooding from the Paint Rock River near Woodville, with reference stages (click for a larger image).

The Paint Rock River remained above flood stage for much of the first part of December. Here it is flooding an immense section of farmlands off Alabama Highway 65, just off U.S. 72.	Another vantage point of the Paint Rock River flooding, showing just how extensive the flood waters extend.

Flood waters flow across a barricaded Rock Cut Road, off U.S. Highway 72 in western Jackson County.	The flood waters extended up into nearby fields.