Extreme Heat and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Dangerous heat will expand from the Gulf Coast into the Southern Plains and Desert Southwest through week's end. Additional extreme heat impacting the Pacific Northwest will shift to the northern Plains by the weekend. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to continue to impact portions of the northern Gulf Coast from the western Florida Panhandle to southeastern Louisiana through tonight. Read More >

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Tropical Storm Bertha will continue to slowly move westward along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Very few, if any, impacts are expected in the Four State Region. Most of the effects of Bertha will be felt along and south of the coast.

A mostly clear sky this evening will give way to increasing clouds from the east overnight as the outer cloud bands of Tropical Storm Bertha spread west. Look for temperatures to fall into the 70s areawide tonight.

Look for slightly cooler conditions Thursday as cloud cover increases around the periphery of Bertha along the South Louisiana coast. Isolated to scattered showers and a few storms will be possible during the afternoon across portions of Deep East Texas and North Louisiana. Look for afternoon temperatures to range from the lower to mid 90s.

Here are today's climate records for selected sites across our Four-State area.

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Location	Time (CDT)	Weather	Vsby. (SM)	Temp. (ºF)	Dewpt. (ºF)	Hum. (%)	Wind (mph)	Wind Chill / Heat Index (ºF)	Pres. (in)
De Queen AR	20:53	Clear	10	86	65	49	ENE 3	-	29.91
El Dorado AR	20:53	Clear	10	82	69	64	N 6	-	29.91
Henderson TX	21:15	Clear	10	88	69	53	NNE 7	92 [HI]	29.88
Idabel OK	21:15	Mostly Clear	9	84	71	65	NE 7	-	29.93
Longview TX	20:53	Clear	10	88	69	53	NE 5	92 [HI]	29.88
Lufkin TX	20:53	Clear	10	91	72	53	NNE 9	99 [HI]	29.84
Monroe LA	20:53	Clear	10	87	75	67	NNE 12G22	97 [HI]	29.87
Mount Pleasant TX	21:15	Clear	10	85	71	63	NE 3	-	29.91
Nacogdoches TX	20:56	Clear		89	72	57	N 5	96 [HI]	29.86
Natchitoches LA	21:15	Clear	10	88	74	63	NNE 8	96 [HI]	29.85
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)	20:56	Clear	10	87	71	58	N 9	93 [HI]	29.88
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)	20:53	Clear	10	87	73	63	NNE 7	95 [HI]	29.89
Texarkana AR	20:53	Clear	10	87	72	60	E 5	94 [HI]	29.92
Tyler TX	20:53	Clear	10	89	69	51	ENE 7	94 [HI]	29.90


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