It's official: Record June runoff to swollen Missouri River

Close to home, record spring snowfall led to raging rivers and flood advisories. Boulder Creek, which in mid-July flowed at nearly 1,000 cubic feet per second, spilled out over the adjacent bike path. Fort Collins shut down city access to the Cache La Poudre River, and restrictions were in place on other rivers across the state.

http://www2.ucar.edu/staffnotes/news/4978/when-waters-rise

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers answers FAQs about 2011 flood

Flooding commenced with unseasonable heavy snows across the Great Plains. This was followed by three to six times the normal rainfall in May in eastern Montana, northern Wyoming, and the western Dakotas. Then the snow pack melt came perhaps two weeks later than usual with an accumulation that was around 23 to 40 percent greater than normal.

http://www.cass-news.com/articles/2011/07/25/news/local/doc4e2da4d018f56257550923.txt

East Coast sees slight relief from dangerous heat wave

At its peak, the heat wave put some 132 million people under a heat alert and was blamed for as many as 34 deaths, according to the National Weather Service.

"The huge area of high pressure at most levels of the atmosphere responsible for the dangerous, record-setting heat in multiple states is backing out of the northeastern U.S. and neighboring Canada," AccuWeather.com's senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/25/us-weather-heatwave-idUSTRE76O39O20110725

Heat Wave Shows No Sign Of Breaking

WACO (July 25, 2011)—The National Weather Service has again extended the heat advisory for much of Central Texas and temperatures continue to soar to near record levels.

The entire state continues to suffer an extreme drought.

http://www.kwtx.com/weather/headlines/Heat_Wave_Shows_No_Sign_Of_Breaking_126122868.html

Comverge's Swift Response Prevents Record Breaking East Coast Heat Wave From Affecting Grid Stability

"Over the last month the weather in many eastern states has been brutally hot with daily and overnight temperatures breaking numerous records," said Steve Moffitt, Chief Operating officer, Comverge.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/comverges-swift-response-prevents-record-breaking-east-coast-heat-wave-from-affecting-grid-stability-2011-07-26-141930?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Arizona Wildfire Essentially Contained, but Concerns Shift to Flooding

With the largest wildfire in Arizona history all but contained, specialized units pulled out of eastern Arizona on Tuesday leaving authorities at the heavily-scorched sites of blazes around the state to shift their focus to a new vulnerability -- water.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/05/arizona-wildfire-essentially-contained-but-concerns-shift-to-flooding/#ixzz1RLp8AAOH

Photos of July 5 Phoenix Dust Storm

http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2011/07/06/photos-of-july-5-phoenix-dust-storm/

The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team

More storms are forecast for Wednesday evening, following a massive dust storm that swept across the Phoenix area Tuesday night, leaving a path of dust, debris and damage in nearly every part of the Valley.