Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall Today

Dangerous and extreme heat will remain across portions of the southern U.S. this week. A heat wave over the Southwest U.S. will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms will produce heavy to excessive rainfall with significant flash flooding across portions of southern New England today. Read More >

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A Heat Advisory continues today through 8 pm this evening. Heat indices will peak near 105 to 109 degrees this afternoon into the early evening. Be sure to exercise heat safety if spending time outdoors!

Continued hot today with high temperatures in the upper 90s to near 100 degrees. There will be small chances for showers and thunderstorms across portions of extreme Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas and far Northeast Louisiana.

With oppressive heat expected to continue through much of this week, remember these heat safety tips.

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	10:53	Clear	10	87	76	69	SW 9	98 [HI]	29.91
El Dorado AR	10:53	Clear	10	87	75	67	W 9	97 [HI]	29.93
Henderson TX	10:55	Clear	10	88	72	58	SW 8	96 [HI]	29.94
Idabel OK	10:55	Clear	7	86	78	79	SW 8	98 [HI]	29.93
Longview TX	10:53	Clear	10	89	73	59	W 10	97 [HI]	29.94
Lufkin TX	10:53	Mostly Clear	10	88	75	65	SW 8	98 [HI]	29.96
Monroe LA	10:53	Clear	10	93	76	57	W 10	106 [HI]	29.92
Mount Pleasant TX	10:55	Clear	10	89	73	59	W 8	97 [HI]	29.94
Nacogdoches TX	Old	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	N/A
Natchitoches LA	10:55	Clear	10	88	74	62	W 6	98 [HI]	29.94
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)	09:56	Partly Cloudy	10	86	75	70	SW 10	95 [HI]	29.93
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)	10:53	Clear	10	87	76	69	W 8	98 [HI]	29.94
Texarkana AR	10:53	Clear	10	90	73	57	W 9	98 [HI]	29.93
Tyler TX	10:53	Clear	10	87	72	60	WSW 8	94 [HI]	29.96


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