The first confirmed tornado for 2026 touched down just after midnight, late Friday Night/early Saturday Morning in Red River Parish near Coushatta, Louisiana. This was an EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds near 90 mph.
While beneficial rainfall was observed late Friday into Friday Night across most of the Four State Region which should ease the earlier Fire Danger threat, areas near and northwest of the I-30 Corridor missed out on this rainfall. Therefore, the Fire Danger threat continues in these areas.
Near normal temperatures once again today across the Four State Region with afternoon highs ranging from the middle 50s to near 60 degrees. Still cool overnight with lows ranging from the lower 30s to near 40 degrees.