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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1215 PM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

- Chance for some showers and thunderstorms Wednesday into Thursday with an upper low riding over the Plains on SW flow.

- The weekend cold front is looking earlier on Saturday with more needed rainfall and cooler readings Sunday into Tuesday.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1137 AM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

Surface ridge across the Atlantic Ocean extending westward across the northern gulf coast combined with a low across the Kansas will maintain increased southerly flow of gulf moisture through the middle of the weekend. An eastward moving upper-level trough across the Desert Southwest into the Central Plains will lead to steepening lapse rates across eastern Oklahoma and northeast Texas this evening and overnight as heights gradually fall across these areas. The combination of a moist boundary layer and increasing instability aloft could allow for scattered showers and thunderstorms across northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma overnight. Although the ArkLaTex is outside of the SPC Day 1 severe weather threat outlook, a few strong storms could venture into portions of southeast Oklahoma allowing for gusty winds and possibly small hail near daybreak.

Another shortwave trough to swing east across the Texas panhandle into Oklahoma on Wednesday evening allowing for another round of convection across southeast Oklahoma and Arkansas into the overnight hours. A few strong storms may be possible across portions of southeast Oklahoma with widespread rainfall expanding into Arkansas as upper forcing wanes.

Conditions to improve on Thursday as weak upper-level ridging builds across the region. However, southwest flow to return by Friday allowing for increased instability ahead of a frontal boundary that will move across the region on Saturday. Could see widespread showers and thunderstorms across the entirety of the ArkLaTex on Saturday, lingering across areas south of Intestate 20 into Saturday evening.

Otherwise, cool and dry high pressure to build areawide by Sunday with highs in the lower 70s and lows Monday morning in the mid to upper 40s. /05/

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1240 PM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026

For the 14/18Z TAF period, low VFR cigs dominate our airspace early this afternoon with cu/stratocu slowly lifting above 3Kft. This trend will continue through the remainder of the afternoon with any convection remaining very sparse in coverage. Otherwise, look for more low stratus to return overnight through Wednesday morning with MVFR and even some intermittent IFR cigs impacting several terminals through mid to late morning before gradually improving by the end of the TAF period. Breezy south winds will prevail this afternoon from 6-12 kts on average with higher gusts near 20 kts, then dropping off after 15/00Z.

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SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1240 AM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026

Spotter activation will not be needed until late Wednesday.

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PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 65 85 67 87 / 0 0 20 20 MLU 63 88 66 89 / 0 0 10 20 DEQ 63 80 62 83 / 20 40 80 30 TXK 67 85 67 86 / 10 20 60 20 ELD 62 85 64 86 / 0 0 30 30 TYR 67 84 68 86 / 0 30 40 10 GGG 66 84 67 86 / 0 20 30 10 LFK 65 85 67 88 / 0 10 10 10

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None.