Heat Talk

And there is plenty of heat to talk about. Look at these highs today:

ALABAMA AND REGIONAL
91 in Jasper (early thunderstorms)
94 in Vinemont
98 at Birmingham, Helena, Shelby County Airport
99 in Albertville, Anniston, Pinson, Ralph, Piedmont
100 in Muscle Shoals, Decatur, McCalla
101 in Northport, Tuscaloosa, Memphis
102 in Black Creek, Cordova, Greenwood, Miss.
103 in DeSoto State Park

ACROSS THE BAKED PLAINS
102 in Lamar, Colo.
103 in Wichita
104 in Fort Smith, Ark.
105 in Dodge City, Tulsa, Oklahoma City
106 in Topeka, Lawrence, Kans.
107 in Coffeeville, Kans., Lawton, Okla.
108 in Hill City and Salina, Kans.
109 in Manhattan, Kans.
110 in Stillwater, Okla. (home of Oklahoma State University)

EXAMPLE OF A BAKED EARTH
This afternoon, the soil temperature at the standard 4-inch depth reached 93 degrees at Parsons, Kans. That is what I call a hot ground.

ALABAMA RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON
2.04 inches at Mobile Airport
0.87 at Montgomery Dannelly Field
0.32 at Anniston Airport
0.44 at Logan martin
1.80 at Cordova (Walker County)
0.52 at McCalla (SW Jefferson County)
0.74 at Helena

Hottest in the entire USA today was 117 in Death Valley

In the Mobile area, two houses were set afire by lightning this afternoon east of Mobile Airport.