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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1208 AM CDT Thu Apr 30 2026

- Showers will return and increase in coverage through the day today, continuing through Friday night.

- Rainfall accumulations of up to 2-3 inches are possible, and may lead to flash flooding hazards.

- The weekend is shaping up to be quiet and cooler than average, followed by a warm-up early next week and scattered storms by the middle of the week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1208 AM CDT Thu Apr 30 2026

As a pseudo-stationary frontal boundary lingers over the ArkLaTex and an attendant surface low attempts to gain definition as this complex gradually drifts south, areas of showers will remain possible through the night across the majority of the region along and south of the I-30 corridor. These showers are already producing some rumbles of thunder and brief locally heavy rainfall rates, but widespread organized strong thunderstorms are not expected, after the last of this evening's action departs to the south as midnight approaches.

The aforementioned boundary which has been the catalyst for the active pattern thusfar this week will not make it far before it sets up shop along the Gulf Coast, parking itself along the shore and providing enough of a forcing mechanism to facilitate continued rainfall through the end of this week. Thus, our PoPs will barely have diminished to the southeast by morning before they rebuild to the north into the day today. With very isolated and brief exceptions, rainfall chances will continue areawide overnight, through the day on Friday, only diminishing overnight into the early hours of Saturday, as a cool front and a large area of building high pressure advances into the deep south and finally kicks the stationary boundary into motion. When all is said and done, this system looks to produce total rainfall accumulations of between half an inch and 2-3 inches, and outlooks for flash flooding potential area in place for today and Friday.

Periods of prolonged rainfall and the associated cloud cover will keep temperatures mild through the end of the week, and the passage of the cool frontal boundary will usher in an unusually cool first weekend of May, with highs only aiming for the 60s and 70s, and lows dropping into the 50s and even 40s Sunday morning. A warm up to more seasonable highs in the 80s is expected to begin the new work week, with mostly quiet weather continuing until a slight chance of thunder returns to our northeastern zones by the middle of the week, with impacts becoming potentially more widespread by the tail end of this extended forecast period.

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AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 559 AM CDT Thu Apr 30 2026

Still dealing with IFR ceilings near and south of the I-20 Corridor with VFR conditions prevailing north of the corridor which includes the TXK and ELD terminals. Been dealing with scattered convection through the night south of the I-20 Corridor and it's those terminals along the I-20 terminals and especially the LFK terminal south of the terminal that will be under the gun for more convection throughout the day and into the evening and overnight hours. Kept the TXK and ELD terminals with VFR conditions through this 24hr TAF period but kept our I-20 terminals and the LFK terminal at IFR or low MVFR ceiling heights throughout the 24hr TAF period. Look for NNE to ENE winds today with speeds generally near 10kts.

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SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1208 AM CDT Thu Apr 30 2026

Spotter activation is not likely through tomorrow, but any reports of hazardous weather to the National Weather Service are appreciated.

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PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 69 55 60 50 / 40 60 80 60 MLU 72 55 62 51 / 30 60 80 80 DEQ 69 50 66 45 / 30 30 30 30 TXK 70 54 65 50 / 30 40 50 40 ELD 69 51 63 47 / 30 40 60 60 TYR 68 55 59 50 / 60 70 80 50 GGG 68 54 60 49 / 50 60 80 60 LFK 72 57 61 50 / 60 80 100 70

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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