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Severe Thunderstorms and Possible Flooding Through This Weekend in the Central U.S.

Severe thunderstorms are forecast through this weekend along a slow moving cold front and secondary storm system that will impact areas from the southern Plains to the Great Lakes. Large hail and isolated damaging wind gusts are the main threats with these storms along with a risk for heavy to excessive rainfall which could bring flooding. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 1:10:27 am CDT

 

A chance exists for strong to severe storms this weekend across the ArkLaTex. Late Saturday/Saturday Night, the threat will be confined to areas near and north of I-30. The threat will encompass more of the region for Easter Sunday.
Precipitation will begin to return to the Four State Region overnight tonight with rain chances over 30% coming from thunderstorms that reach areas mostly north of I-30. Temperatures overnight will remain elevated into upper 60s as a result.
Here is the daily climatology from select sites around the Four State region.

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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 AROldN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-N/A
El Dorado AR00:53Clear10736575S 12G21-30.02
Henderson TX00:55Overcast10766876SSE 9G17-30.00
Idabel OK00:55Overcast10756983SSE 16G26-29.92
Longview TX00:53Clear10746778SSE 16-29.97
Lufkin TX00:53Overcast10736987SSE 8-30.01
Monroe LA00:53Clear10746573S 8-30.05
Mount Pleasant TX00:55Partly Cloudy10746678SSE 12G22-29.94
Nacogdoches TX00:56Overcast10746984SSE 9-30.02
Natchitoches LA00:55Clear10726888SSE 10-30.04
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)00:56Overcast10756673S 13-30.01
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)00:53Overcast10766773SSE 13G21-30.02
Texarkana AR00:53Clear10776668S 20G35-29.96
Tyler TX00:53Clear10756878SSE 16G33-29.94

 


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