Nation's Weather: Baked In The West While The Central States Drown

For all the rain and fairly mild summertime temperatures us 'Central Staters' have had to contend with for the past month- the West is baking.

Temperatures in the 90's and 100's stretch the entire length of the West Coast- even in normally pleasantly-mild Vancouver- B.C.- Canada- where temperatures the next few days are forecast to reach the 85 to 90-degree range.

With the heat comes the dryness- and officials say conditions are prime throughout the West for serious wildfires.

Meanwhile back in our part of the country- rivers levels most places (except for the Texas Gulf coast) are falling.

However- there are some concerns the weather system that produced the severe weather in the Kansas City area yesterday could produce more flooding rains in Oklahoma and Texas over the next few days.

Oologah Lake has begun sending water over it's overflow spillway northeast of Tulsa-OK.. The same is the story for huge Lake Texoma on the Texas-Oklahoma border.

Truman Lake in Missouri should handle all the Kansas floodwaters with room to spare however.

The next chance for any additional widespread rainfall in the MetroRegion should come early next week.

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