July 8, 2022

Record heat, severe storms expected for parts of US this weekend

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Excessive heat warnings are in effect across much of the southern U.S. heading into a weekend with potentially record-breaking temperatures.

As of Friday morning, 13 states are on heat alert and temperatures will reach triple digits in parts of the south, with feel-like temperatures as high as 115 degrees, ABC News weather team reports.

Record heat is from Texas to North Carolina today and into the weekend.

Here are the high temperature records to watch on Saturday:

Severe weather forecast for Montana and Dakotas, with huge hail and damaging winds.

Severe weather is also expected to continue across parts of the North, including Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota where large hail and damaging winds are possible, and a tornado cannot be ruled out. Golf ball size hail was reported in Montana and record flooding was reported in North Carolina and Missouri on Thursday.

MORE: 78 million Americans face severe weather, from Montana to Washington, D.C.

Flash flooding due to heavy rain is possible through the weekend in parts of the Southeast, especially coastal regions from Georgia through the Carolinas where more than 3” is possible.