Isaias Expected To Be A Strong Hurricane Approaching The Northern Gulf Coast Friday

Isaias is expected to strengthen and be a strong hurricane when it approaches the northern Gulf Coast on Friday. Damaging hurricane-force winds and life-threatening storm surge impacts are expected Friday into Saturday. Isaias will bring heavy rainfall to the northern Gulf Coast and much of the Southeast U.S. Friday into the weekend. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 5:00:35 am CDT

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Tropical storm Isaias has been upgraded to Hurricane Isaias. On its current track, no significant impacts are expected across the Four State Region.

Sunny to partly cloudy skies with another cool morning. Expect even warmer high temperatures on Thursday, ranging in the lower to middle 90s. Winds continue from the E/NE at 5 to 10 mph.

If you saw rain last week thru the weekend, then consider yourself lucky as portions of Northern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas mostly missed out. While their may be some minor improvement to the Flash Drought conditions across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma and extreme Southwest Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana, much of Northern Louisiana and South Central Arkansas will not see any improvement.

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	03:53	Clear	8	55	54	96	CALM	-	29.97
El Dorado AR	03:53	Clear	10	59	55	86	CALM	-	29.97
Henderson TX	04:35	Clear	10	64	62	95	CALM	-	29.94
Idabel OK	04:35	Mostly Cloudy	8	59	59	100	NNE 5	-	29.99
Longview TX	03:53	Clear	10	64	60	86	WNW 3	-	29.95
Lufkin TX	03:53	Clear	10	65	64	96	NNW 3	-	29.93
Monroe LA	03:53	Clear	10	64	61	89	CALM	-	29.95
Mount Pleasant TX	Old	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	N/A
Nacogdoches TX	03:56	Clear		66	64	93	CALM	-	29.95
Natchitoches LA	04:35	Clear	10	64	64	100	CALM	-	29.94
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)	03:56	Clear	10	66	62	88	CALM	-	29.94
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)	03:53	Clear	10	68	65	89	CALM	-	29.95
Texarkana AR	03:53	Clear	10	62	57	83	NNE 5	-	29.97
Tyler TX	03:53	Clear	10	67	60	78	ENE 5	-	29.97


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Isaias Expected To Be A Strong Hurricane Approaching The Northern Gulf Coast Friday

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