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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 217 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

- A round of thunderstorms, some of which could be strong to severe, will proceed along and north of the I-30 corridor overnight.

- Frontal passage will occur through Saturday afternoon, with a 30-40% chance of at least 1 inch of rain across the area.

- Cooler than normal temperatures return by Sunday into the beginning of next week with a gradual warm-up through the middle of next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 217 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

After tonight's round of strong to severe thunderstorms (mostly across SE Oklahoma and Arkansas), an active weather pattern will continue into the weekend as troughing continues across the Intermountain West and ridging over the East Coast. This general pattern of troughing and ridging, although transient, will hold through the next week with multiple longwave troughs traversing the upper Great Plains into the Midwest atop the ridge over the Southeast U.S. coastline. One of the aforementioned troughs will carry an attendant frontal boundary across the area on Saturday, instigating another round of showers and thunderstorms through the day. Ingredients necessary for severe weather with this round remains meager at the moment with kinematic and thermodynamic parameters not reading as high yet. Temperatures will remain above normal (maximums/minimums in the upper 80s/mid-60s) until Saturday's frontal passage produces a brief return to below normal chill (maximums/minimums in the lower 70s/lower 40s). QPF Day 1-7 rainfall values of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are expected as a result. /16/

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 628 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

For the 16/00Z TAFs, scattered showers are pushing into northwestern ArkLaTex airspace at this hour. A few showers in the vicinity will be possible at KTYR this evening, with impacts not reaching KTXK until late. A mix of lower VFR and high cloud decks will persist through the night until CIGs drop to MVFR levels after 16/10Z. South winds will continue throughout, becoming southwesterly tomorrow, at maximum sustained speeds of 5 to 10 kts with gusts of up to 20 kts possible tomorrow afternoon.

/26/

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1251 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

Spotter activation may be needed late this afternoon and tonight across portions of extreme Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and adjacent sections of Southwest Arkansas for the potential for isolated strong to severe thunderstorms. /15/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 68 86 67 88 / 20 10 10 0 MLU 66 89 65 90 / 10 10 10 0 DEQ 61 82 62 85 / 70 20 10 10 TXK 67 86 68 88 / 50 20 10 0 ELD 63 85 64 88 / 30 30 10 0 TYR 67 85 67 86 / 40 10 0 0 GGG 67 85 66 87 / 30 10 0 0 LFK 67 87 66 88 / 10 10 0 0

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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