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Record-setting heat is possible by tomorrow, as temperatures get cranked up even higher. Excessive heat warnings are in place. The good news: we do have a small shot at storms tomorrow.
No watches are valid as of Tue Aug 20 04:02:02 UTC 2024.
A boater was killed in Utah on Sunday after lightning caused their boat to capsize, tossing three people overboard, according to local authorities.
WW 640 SEVERE TSTM ID MT 192050Z – 200400Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 640 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 250 PM MDT Mon Aug 19 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northeast Idaho Western and Central Montana * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 250 PM until 1000 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are forming over the mountains of northern Idaho and western Montana. These storms will intensify and organize through the afternoon and spread northeastward across the watch area. Damaging wind gusts will be possible in the strongest storms. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 70 statute miles east and west of a line from 35 miles east southeast of Salmon ID to 35 miles northeast of Cut Bank MT. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 639... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 23025. ...Hart
SpaceX is preparing to launch two of its employees and two other private citizens on the company's most ambitious mission yet, including the first private spacewalk and sending humans into the deepest orbit since the Apollo program.
WW 639 SEVERE TSTM CO NE WY 191945Z – 200300Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 639 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 145 PM MDT Mon Aug 19 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern Colorado Nebraska Panhandle Southeast Wyoming * Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until 900 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to build eastward off the foothills of this afternoon, spreading across the watch area. The strongest storms will pose a risk of large hail and locally damaging wind gusts. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 35 statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles southeast of Pueblo CO to 20 miles northwest of Chadron NE. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24025. ...Hart
Two men found themselves in a perilous situation on a jetty along the Jersey Shore due to the impact of Hurricane Ernesto's hazardous rip currents.
A hamlet on Long Island, New York, is undergoing an extended cleanup and rebuilding effort due to overnight flooding, which town officials describe as catastrophic damage, possibly lasting for years.