Excessive Rainfall Areas Today; Tropical Storm Jerry Forms

Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible today and tonight ahead of and along a cold front crossing portions of Kentucky, middle Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and New Mexico. Tropical Storm Jerry, the tenth named storm of the 2025 season, has formed over the central tropical Atlantic. Jerry is expected to be near or north of the northern Leeward Islands on Thursday and Friday. Read More >

The National Weather Service in Shreveport issues a Recreational Forecast for different area waterways across Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas, Northeast Texas as well as Northwest Louisiana. Below is a clickable map of the different waterways across the Four State region. Simply click on the waterway icon of interest to see the Recreational Forecast or click on the table below for a hydrograph of the waterway if one is available. For resources on boating safety, please visit: weather.gov/safety/safeboating. As this is a new forecast product, we greatly value your input into ways to make this website more useful. Please contact us with any suggestions, comments or questions.

Forecast wind conditions are for open, unprotected areas of waterways only and do not include gusts. Winds are likely to be lighter in protected areas.

Local Lake and River Hydrographs

East Texas	Southeast Oklahoma	Southwest Arkansas	Northwest Louisiana

A hydrograph shows how the river level changes over time at a specific location. Forecast hydrographs are displayed when flooding is expected, otherwise the hydrograph for the past few days is provided, if the data are available. At key river gages, such as along navigable rivers, daily forecast hydrographs are provided, whether or not flooding is anticipated. Click here for more information on how to read hydrographs.

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Excessive Rainfall Areas Today; Tropical Storm Jerry Forms

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