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Significant and High Impact Severe Weather Event is Underway

A powerful spring storm continues across the country with multiple high impacts in the forecast. Life-threatening, catastrophic, and potentially historic flash flood event continues across the Lower Ohio Valley and Mid-South. A couple rounds of significant severe weather expected from the Mid-South through the Ozarks and ArkLaTex with very large hail and strong tornadoes possible. Read More >

 

Severe thunderstorms are again expected today especially across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas. Damaging winds, large hail, and isolated strong tornadoes will be possible with these storms.
A stronger round of severe thunderstorms is expected on Friday especially across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas. Damaging winds, large hail, and strong tornadoes (EF2+, 111mph) will be possible with these storms.
A Flood Watch remains in effect through early Sunday morning for McCurtain County Oklahoma, as well as Southwest Arkansas and extreme Northeast Texas. The threat for flooding exists with additional rainfall amounts of 3-6+ inches possible.
The potential for flooding will increase today across portions of extreme Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and adjacent Southwest Arkansas, and will expand across more of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas Friday and Saturday. Additional rainfall amounts of 3-6+ inches are expected along and north of the I-30 corridor, with widespread 1-2+ inch amounts expected elsewhere.
A stationary front will linger along the I-30 corridor today, resulting in range of temperatures on both sides of the front. Storms will increase this morning northwest of I-30 this morning, with additional scattered severe storms developing this afternoon across East Texas and Northwest Louisiana.
Here is today's climate information for several large cities in our Four-State area.

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 Current Weather Observations...
Location Time
(CDT)
Weather Vsby.
(SM)
Temp.
(ºF)
Dewpt.
(ºF)
Hum.
(%)
Wind
(mph)
Wind Chill / Heat Index
(ºF)
Pres.
(in)
De Queen AR19:53Overcast10585590NE 6-29.86
El Dorado AR19:53Overcast10626196NNE 6-29.85
Henderson TX20:35Partly Cloudy7807275SSE 9-29.81
Idabel OK20:35Overcast105757100NE 8-29.89
Longview TX19:53Mostly Clear10787179SSE 8-29.76
Lufkin TX20:26Mist5757496SSE 9-29.80
Monroe LA19:53Mostly Clear10836860S 14-29.84
Mount Pleasant TX20:35Overcast10585794NNE 5-29.87
Nacogdoches TX20:20Overcast757394SSE 8-29.81
Natchitoches LA20:35Overcast10797175S 14G18-29.84
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)20:12Overcast10787178SSE 14-29.81
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)20:04Overcast10807276S 12G18-29.81
Texarkana AR19:53Overcast10585693ENE 12-29.84
Tyler TX20:01Overcast10676387N 12-29.79

 


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