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Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms on Tuesday

Heavy to excessive rainfall is forecast over north Texas into Oklahoma Tuesday. Locally catastrophic flooding will be possible across portions of southwest Oklahoma. Flood Watches have been issued. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible within a broad swath from the lower Great Lakes to the southern High Plains Tuesday afternoon into the evening. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 4:32:19 am CDT

A Flood Watch is in effect through 7 AM Thursday for areas along the Red River. Most likely rain amounts between 1-3 inches with isolated higher amounts up to 4 inches are mostl likely within the Watch area. Make sure to never drive through flooded roads!
Thunderstorm chances will be on the increase later today through Wednesday as an upper level disturbance moves into the area. Severe storms will be possible north and west of the DFW Metroplex today and tonight, then across much more of the region on Wednesday.
Heavy rain will be possible through the midweek period, especially along the Red River where there is a moderate risk for excessive rain, and a Flood Watch is in place through Thursday morning.
As of now, we can confirm 12 tornadoes that occurred the evening and night of April 19th. These tornadoes were west of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and extended from Erath County up into Montague County. Fortunately, no injuries or loss of life were reported due to these storms.

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