Heat Continues in the South Central U.S.

11 Jun 2021, 2:15 pm

The heat is building across the South Central U.S. with record highs possible. Heat Advisories have been issued from Oklahoma to New Mexico with the heat index climbing above 100.

High temperatures will be in the triple digits and with high humidity, the heat index will approach 110.

Similar temperatures will be felt on Saturday with highs near the century point. Readings are 5 to 10 degrees above average.

Be sure to tune into WeatherNation for the latest on this record-breaking heat every 10, 30 and 50 minutes past the hour for your regional forecasts.

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Alana Cameron was born and raised in Canada in the city of Mississauga, just outside of Toronto. Alana is the oldest of 4 siblings, all close in age, and grew up playing outside with them in all types of weather. After graduating high school, Alana moved to study at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna for a year before transferring to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia where sh... Load Moree completed a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Atmospheric Science. Upon completion, Alana moved back to Toronto where she completed a post-grad degree in Meteorology at York University. After her post-grad, she went on to complete another post-grad in Broadcast Journalism - TV News at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. During her final year of studies she had the privilege of interning with the best in the business in Canada at The Weather Network. Once she finished her internship, she got the call from small-town Denison, Texas where she accepted a job as an on-air meteorologist at KTEN-TV, right in tornado alley, covering severe weather from Sherman/Denison (North Texas) to Ada (Southern Oklahoma). After the most active tornado season Oklahoma had seen in May 2019 (105 tornadoes!) Alana is excited to join WeatherNation to cover weather all across the nation. If you're interested in following her on social media she can be found @alanacameronwx!