Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall This Week

A significant heat wave continues for the Rockies, Northern Plains, and Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic, peaking in intensity through midweek and lingering across parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest until this weekend. Excessive rainfall my bring life-threatening and locally catastrophic flash and urban flooding across portions of southwestern Texas through early Friday. Read More >

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There is a Marginal to Slight Risk for excessive rainfall and flash flooding today, with Deep East Texas outlined in the Slight Risk area. Localized flash flooding will be possible with slow-moving or training storms that produce heavy rainfall rates of an inch or more per hour.

Lingering showers will remain possible once again tonight, mainly across portions of southern Arkansas. Temperatures will be seasonable with lows ranging from the upper 60s to lower 70s.

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	18:53	Clear	10	87	72	60	SW 7	94 [HI]	30.00
El Dorado AR	18:53	Lightning Observed	10	75	72	90	SSW 3	-	30.03
Henderson TX	18:15	Partly Cloudy	10	82	71	69	CALM	-	30.05
Idabel OK	19:35	Clear	8	84	75	74	S 5	92 [HI]	30.04
Longview TX	18:53	Clear	10	83	71	67	SSW 8	-	30.03
Lufkin TX	18:53	Clear	10	78	70	76	CALM	-	30.05
Monroe LA	18:53	Overcast	10	81	74	79	SW 3	-	30.02
Mount Pleasant TX	19:35	Clear	7	85	72	64	CALM	91 [HI]	30.03
Nacogdoches TX	18:56	Clear	10	77	72	84	CALM	-	30.07
Natchitoches LA	19:35	Mostly Cloudy	10	76	75	97	CALM	-	30.05
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)	18:56	Cumulonimbus Clouds Observed	10	82	73	74	WSW 7	-	30.02
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)	19:24	Thunder In The Vicinity	10	84	74	71	SW 9	91 [HI]	30.03
Texarkana AR	19:13	Lightning Observed	10	81	72	74	SW 9	-	30.03
Tyler TX	19:23	Mostly Clear	10	80	71	74	W 5	-	30.05


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