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Multi-day, Potentially Catastrophic Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Event

A multi-day, potentially historic heavy rainfall event may produce catastrophic and life-threatening flooding through Saturday from the Ozarks into the Ohio River Valley. Several clusters of strong to severe storms are expected from the Southern Plains, Mid Mississippi Valley to the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys and the Mid Atlantic. Read More >

 

A MODERATE and ENHANCED Risk for severe thunderstorms is in place for mainly this afternoon and evening generally along and north of the Interstate 20 corridor of East Texas and North Louisiana. Damaging winds, large hail, and isolated strong tornadoes are all possible.
A Flood Watch is in effect this evening through Sunday morning for McCurtain County Oklahoma, as well as Southwest Arkansas and portions of extreme Northeast Texas. The threat for flooding exists with widespread rainfall amounts of 4-8+ inches possible.
The potential for flooding will increase this evening over portions of Southern Arkansas, and over the remainder of Southwest Arkansas, McCurtain County Oklahoma, and extreme Northeast Texas Thursday through Saturday night. Storm total rainfall amounts of 4-8+ inches are expected along and north of the I-30 corridor, with widespread 1.50-3.00+ inch amounts expected elsewhere.
Severe weather will return to the ArkLaTex tomorrow afternoon and evening for portions of extreme southeast Oklahoma, northeast Texas, southwest Arkansas and northwest Louisiana. Damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes will be possible with these storms.

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De Queen AR16:53Lightning Observed10605996NNW 5-29.62
El Dorado AR16:53Partly Cloudy10886851S 28G4492 [HI]29.58
Henderson TX16:55Overcast10847165S 14G24-29.62
Idabel OK16:55Thunder In The Vicinity \ Rain85757100NNE 5-29.63
Longview TX16:53Lightning Observed10797073S 8-29.60
Lufkin TX16:53Partly Cloudy10827169S 15G29-29.62
Monroe LA16:53Mostly Clear10877159S 18G3793 [HI]29.68
Mount Pleasant TX16:55Overcast10645471NNW 15G20-29.65
Nacogdoches TX16:56Mostly Cloudy827169S 20G29-29.64
Natchitoches LA16:55Lightning Observed10867161S 20G2892 [HI]29.69
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)16:56Light Rain With Thunder \ Cumulonimbus Clouds, Lightning Observed7846962S 32G44-29.60
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)17:02Thunder \ Lightning Observed10856959S 24G44-29.60
Texarkana AR17:00Lightning Observed10816967SSW 18G31-29.59
Tyler TX15:53Mostly Cloudy10796971S 14-29.61

 


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