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Extremely Critical Fire Weather in New Mexico; Enhanced Severe Thunderstorm Risk in Central U.S.

High winds and very dry conditions will bring extremely critical fire weather over a large part of New Mexico today. Red Flag and High Wind Warnings have been issued. Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms may produce large to very large hail and localized damaging winds late this afternoon into evening from the eastern Central Plains to the Upper Midwest. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 7:22:29 pm CDT

 

A chance exists for strong to severe storms this weekend across the ArkLaTex. Timing and severe extent remains uncertain at this time, and will become clearer later this week.
Heavy rainfall threat will exist Saturday, primarily across the northwest zones where heavy rainfall may result in localized flash flooding.
Another warm day is on the way to the Four State Region with strong southerly winds, temperature minimums in the mid-to-upper 60s and maximums in the upper 80s, well above average for this time of the year.
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 AR18:53Clear10816150S 12-29.87
Henderson TX18:55Clear10835842S 9-29.87
Idabel OK18:55Clear10806050S 13G20-29.81
Longview TX18:53Clear10826047S 14-29.83
Lufkin TX18:53Clear10786359SSE 9-29.91
Monroe LA18:53Clear10826148S 13G25-29.91
Mount Pleasant TX18:55Clear10806254S 10-29.82
Nacogdoches TXOldN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-N/A
Natchitoches LA18:55Clear10796153S 12G18-29.93
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)18:56Mostly Cloudy10826048S 17G29-29.87
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)18:53Clear10826148S 15G23-29.87
Texarkana AR18:53Clear10836147S 10G21-29.82
Tyler TX18:53Clear10826250S 12G22-29.82

 


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