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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 110 AM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026

- Severe weather threat continues early this morning across much of the region but should begin to diminish closer to daybreak.

- A brief period of benign weather is expected for the majority of the region later on Sunday through the early part of next week with minimal rain chances. - A more active and unsettled period will return by late Tuesday and continue through mid to late week, possibly extending into next weekend.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 110 AM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026

Multiple supercell thunderstorms that developed earlier this evening across SW Arkansas have begun to congeal into a linear complex with the primary severe threat transitioning from very large hail to damaging straight-line wind gusts. Farther to the W/NW, a few additional supercells near the DFW metroplex continue to shift east toward our region but it remains to be seen if they will maintain strength over the next few hours before arriving in East TX. For now, will continue to advertise the threat of severe storms over much of the region through the rest of the overnight period with a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 6 AM CDT for areas generally along and north of I-30. Both damaging winds and large hail will still be possible with any of these discrete storms along with any storm clusters or linear segments like the one across SW Arkansas as of this writing. Although less likely, still cannot completely rule out a low-end tornado threat with these storms over the next few hours before diminishing entirely later this morning.

As move later into the day on Sunday, expect a more benign period of weather to wrap up the weekend and begin the next work week on Monday. It will remain quite warm and muggy given the lack of any frontal passage with high temperatures still generally in the 80s and possibly near 90 degrees, especially across our southern zones early in the week. Rain chances will remain low through Monday as any convection should be isolated at best and diurnally driven in the very warm and humid air mass still in place.

By late Tuesday, more widespread convection is expected to return along and ahead of the next cold front. This will coincide with another potent shortwave trough passing through the upper-level flow pattern, while a very expansive ridge remains well to the SW across central Mexico. With the next disturbance arriving late on Tuesday into Tuesday night, severe weather will be possible once again given the warmth and moisture in place and the cold frontal interaction. With the ridge to the south, this next cold front may also struggle to clear the region initially and stall out, keeping rain chances in the forecast through at least the end of the week and possibly into early next weekend. Eventually, the next major trough ejecting eastward from the Desert SW and Southern Rockies should finally help to usher the front well to our east. In its wake, expect cooler and drier air to settle across the entire region with below normal temperatures to start the month of May.

Finally, it's worth noting that more frequent and appreciable rainfall over the next week should finally help to mitigate some of our prolonged drought concerns as widespread 1-3 inch amounts appear very plausible during the next 7 days.

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AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 710 AM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026

For 26/12z TAF period...A mix bag of flight conditions across the region as low cigs are moving into the airspace. Expect reduced flight categories over the next several hours, before clouds start to lift. There is the potential for some isolated convection to develop, which could also affect flight categories today, especially this morning. Otherwise, expect more reduced categories, as low cigs return by the end of the period.

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SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 110 AM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026

Spotter activation should not be needed after thunderstorms exit the region later on this morning, followed by a brief period of benign weather before more widespread storms return late Tuesday.

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PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 88 71 90 71 / 30 10 20 20 MLU 88 69 92 71 / 40 20 20 30 DEQ 83 66 86 65 / 40 20 30 30 TXK 86 71 88 70 / 30 20 30 40 ELD 85 67 88 66 / 40 20 30 40 TYR 87 72 89 71 / 20 10 30 20 GGG 87 71 90 70 / 20 10 30 20 LFK 89 71 90 72 / 20 0 20 10

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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