Areas of Dangerous Heat and Severe Thunderstorms

Dangerous heat will persist across the Southwest U.S. through Friday with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the Northeast U.S. on Thursday. Damaging wind, hail, and a tornado or two are possible. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 3:16:44 am CDT

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Temperatures today will be closer to normal for late August with highs ranging mostly through the 90s. There will continue to be chance of showers and thunderstorms today with those chances mainly near and south of the I-20 Corridor.

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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	02:53	Mostly Cloudy	10	72	71	96	E 5	-	29.95
El Dorado AR	02:53	Mostly Clear	10	70	69	96	CALM	-	29.96
Henderson TX	02:55	Lightning Observed	10	79	71	75	E 8	-	29.95
Idabel OK	02:55	Overcast	9	71	71	100	NE 5	-	29.96
Longview TX	02:53	Mostly Clear	10	77	71	81	SE 10	-	29.95
Lufkin TX	02:53	Lightning Observed	10	83	76	79	S 6	91 [HI]	29.93
Monroe LA	02:53	Rain \ Lightning Observed	7	72	72	100	S 6	-	29.95
Mount Pleasant TX	02:50	Clear	10	75	71	86	CALM	-	29.95
Nacogdoches TX	02:56	Overcast		84	74	71	CALM	91 [HI]	29.98
Natchitoches LA	02:55	Thunder In The Vicinity \ Lightning Observed	10	72	70	95	CALM	-	30.01
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)	02:56	Light Rain With Thunder \ Cumulonimbus Clouds, Lightning Observed	10	77	71	83	CALM	-	29.91
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)	02:53	Thunder In The Vicinity \ Lightning Observed	10	74	72	93	SE 7	-	29.93
Texarkana AR	02:53	Partly Cloudy	10	71	71	100	CALM	-	29.96
Tyler TX	02:53	Partly Cloudy	10	82	70	66	E 9	-	29.95


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