111°F Heat, A Foot of Rain, and Fire Danger At Once - Nobody Is Ready

A magnitude cluster of earthquakes has been recorded this week on Hawaii's Big Island — and scientists are asking whether it connects to seismic activity in Venezuela. But the country's weather is doing three completely different extreme things simultaneously tonight. Las Vegas is hitting 111°F, potentially all-time record, while Salt Lake City pushes toward 107°F and triple digits stretch into Billings and Miles City, Montana. Southeastern Missouri picked up a foot of rain in twenty-four hours from training thunderstorms producing 1.7 to 2 inches per hour — triggering life-threatening flash flooding. And on the West Coast, relative humidity in the Modoc Plateau is dropping below 10 percent with gusts over 40 miles per hour — the most dangerous fire weather of the summer. We break down the Hilina Slump, connect the Hawaii-Venezuela seismic activity, cover the heat dome, flooding, and fire danger, and track the major storm signal building for next Saturday — a 996 millibar low over Minneapolis in the European model. City-specific forecasts for Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville, Charlotte, Atlanta, and more. Drop your city in the comments. #SevereWeather #HeatWave #WeatherForecast 0:00 — Hawaii earthquakes and the Hilina Slump — the Pacific hazard nobody talks about 3:27 — Flash flooding in southeast Missouri — a foot of rain in 24 hours 8:14 — Fire weather danger: below 10% humidity on the Modoc Plateau today 13:45 — Las Vegas 111°F, Salt Lake City 107°F all-time record, Montana triple digits 19:08 — Major storm signal building for next Saturday — 996mb low in the models #FloodWatch #WildfireDanger #ExtremeHeat