 eastern Nebraska and points eastward from there to southern Wisconsin to the western tip of Kentucky. Any of these storms may deliver hail, damaging wind gusts, tornadoes, and an enhanced risk for flooding with cities such as Des Moines, Iowa already having received half of the historical average July rainfall in just the first two days of the month. For the rest of the nation, this Independence Day brings another day of intense and in spots expanding heat for the western states and