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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1242 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

- The threat of severe weather continues today through tonight, possibly lingering into Wednesday as a cold front advances into the region and interacts with a very warm and unstable air mass. - The forecast will remain unsettled through the end of the week with the cold front lingering just to our south while a trough out west lifts additional Pacific moisture NE into the region.

- The upper trough will finally usher the front well to our east by later this weekend with much cooler and drier air filtering in behind it.

UPDATE

Issued at 1101 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

The Storm Prediction Center has issued Tornado Watch number 170 until 7 P.M. this evening. This includes Counties and Parishes along and north of our I-20 corridor are included from Mineola, to Longview and Shreveport and then from Minden to Farmerville. Keep in mind depending on the evolution of the storms along the outflow boundary and the interaction with afternoon heating, we may see additional Counties in Texas added to this watch. The expectation is for this developing squall line to spread deeper across our Four-State area this evening and overnight as the cold front is going to follow down quickly behind this huge convective assist. Please continue to monitor this afternoon for rapidly changing and potentially life-threating Spring storm. Damaging winds, very large hail and tornadic activity will all be possible for the rest of today and this evening. /24/

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1242 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

While our region was largely spared from convection on Monday due to a strong capping inversion that held throughout the afternoon, that is not likely to be the case later today and through tonight as a cold front to our north slowly advances in the region. Given the pre-frontal environment with dew points well into the 70s and afternoon temperatures warming into the 80s once again, convection is likely to fire across our northern zones as early as the midday timeframe as the front approaches, coinciding with the arrival of a upstream shortwave lifting NE into the Middle Red River Valley.

In addition, a sfc low along the boundary in North TX will enhance low-level convergence downstream with convection likely expanding south toward the I-20 corridor through mid to late afternoon into the evening hours. It is worth noting the capping inversion could hold later into the afternoon farther south and inhibit convection for much of the day and possibly into the evening as well closer to I-20 and points south. However, current thinking is the frontal influence and greater forcing aloft will eventually win out across our southern half as well with the severe threat expanding nearly areawide through the evening and overnight hours.

For this reason, SPC has expanded the Enhanced Risk to include all areas near and north of the I-20 corridor, tapering to Slight Risk farther south over much of our remaining CWA with the exception of a few counties in Deep East TX. Particularly concerning is the threat of large hail possibly near 3" in diameter over parts of NE Texas and adjacent areas of extreme SW AR and NW LA where the best deep-layer is likely to reside. As instability is maximized during the afternoon, the environment should support supercell formation initially to the west over North Central TX with gradual eastward expansion into our region. Thus, the threat of a few tornadoes is certainly in play as well for areas mainly near and north of I-20.

As the event evolves into the evening and overnight, these storms may evolve/merge into an MCS with an expansive threat for damaging wind gusts farther south of I-20. However, much will be dependent on what happens earlier in the event so the forecast remains very complex and difficult to pin down in regard to timing and overall impacts. Regardless, the best advice is to plan for an active next 24 hours of weather that may extend into Wednesday along and south of I-20 as the cold front continues to advance through the region.

Beyond Wednesday, the front is progged to shift to our south near the coast before stalling. Meanwhile, an upper-level trough will begin to slowly lift NE across Baja into northern Mexico and TX by late week with abundant Pacific moisture overrunning the front to our south. As a result, expect unsettled weather to persist with additional showers and storms through at least Friday night before gradually tapering off early in the weekend on Saturday. The good news is severe weather is not expected later in the week, and rain amounts will average between 1-3 inches through the remainder of the week with much cooler temperatures by this weekend.

/19/

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 107 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

VFR conditions have mostly returned to the region for the start of the 18Z TAF period, as an extensive cu field has developed beneath AC cigs that continue to spread E. Scattered convection has developed across portions of SW AR/NE LA, and will affect MLU through 20Z. Additional isolated to widely scattered convection may redevelop over portions of extreme NE TX/SW AR this afternoon and may affect TXK/ELD, with additional convection expected to fire by/after 00Z over NE TX/SE OK/SW AR along a weak cold front. This convection should slide SE through much of the region this evening, and could produce locally gusty winds in excess of 35kts, MVFR cigs, and reduced vsbys. Believe that VFR conditions will return for a few hours in wake of the convection, before low MVFR/IFR cigs develop overnight along the weak front. Some vsby reductions in -DZ will be possible along the front as it slowly drifts S across E TX and extreme NW LA. These low cigs will likely persist through the remainder of the TAF period, with additional convection expected to develop along both sides of the front by late morning/midday, and persist through much of the afternoon. Thus, low cigs/reduced vsbys will likely persist through that time. S winds 8-12kts with occasional gusts to 20kts this afternoon will diminish to 5-10kts after 00Z (except higher and gusty in and near the convection). /15/

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 1242 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

Spotter activation will likely by needed by this afternoon through tonight for the threat of severe thunderstorms across the region.

/19/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 89 69 79 61 / 60 80 70 70 MLU 87 69 82 61 / 70 70 80 70 DEQ 80 57 74 54 / 90 60 30 20 TXK 85 64 75 59 / 90 80 50 40 ELD 84 64 76 55 / 80 70 50 50 TYR 89 66 75 62 / 60 80 60 50 GGG 89 67 77 61 / 60 80 70 60 LFK 92 71 84 65 / 20 30 70 70

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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