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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1254 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026

- Showers and thunderstorms will increase after midnight northwest of the I-30 corridor, become more widespread Saturday while providing beneficial rainfall as they spread across the remainder of the region with the passage of a cold front.

- Cooler and drier conditions will spill southeast in wake of the cold front Saturday night in time for Easter Sunday and to start the new work week.

- Springtime temperatures should continue, albeit gradually rise, to reach near 80s by the end of next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1254 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026

An upper-level low pressure system is currently seated over the Northern Rockies, and expected to propagate eastward into the Great Lakes region over the next day or so. A cold front will accompany this system and sweep through the Ark-La-Tx beginning overnight tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms from this afternoon are expected to still be ongoing before the the line enters southwest OK around or after midnight, which will bring heavier rainfall and potentially severe weather.

Come daybreak on Saturday, the cold front is expected to be stretched across northeast TX through southwest AR. The showers along this line are likely to restrengthen as they enter a more favorable airmass combined with the return of daytime heating. The main severe hazards with these storms will be large hail and damaging winds, but a tornado or two could also be possible as the line moves through Deep East TX and north central LA. The front and the associated rain look to be fairly slow moving through the day on Saturday, not fully exiting our southeastern zones until mid SUnday morning. WPC is remaining optimistic with the rain from this system, as their recent D1-2 QPF is generally between 1-2 inches for much of the region. This rain is very needed with the recent dry conditions, but it will take more steady rainfall to make a true dent in the region's drought.

A more zonal upper-level pattern will be in place over the region once the front passes through. With the frontal passage and the rainfall, temperatures are expected to hover around 70 across the region Sunday afternoon. The upper-level flow should work to keep things dry while northeasterly sfc flow will help keep temperatures from immediately jumping back into the upper 80s as has been common recently. The NBM still has a slow warming trend occurring through late next week, but Thursday afternoon temperatures are only expected to be around 80.

Long-range guidance is suggesting another round of rain could be on the horizon with some disturbances in the upper-level flow late Thursday and into the day Friday. This will be something to watch for both more rain and potentially some severe weather as we get further into Spring.

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AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 817 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026

For the 04/00z TAF period...A few isolated showers and thunderstorms remain across the region at this hour, but they should continue to diminish over the next several hours. We should see VFR conditions, before low cigs move in overnight. Eventually, a line of strong to possibly severe storms will move across the TAF sites along a cold front. Expect strong wind gusts with this line. Winds will become northwesterly by the end of the period behind the front. /20/

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Issued at 101 AM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026

Spotter activation should not be needed today, but may be needed late tonight over Southeast Oklahoma, portions of extreme Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. /15/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

SHV 70 76 52 70 / 20 90 40 0 MLU 68 81 54 69 / 20 90 80 10 DEQ 58 65 41 70 / 90 100 0 0 TXK 66 71 48 71 / 60 100 20 0 ELD 67 75 47 69 / 40 100 40 0 TYR 65 71 49 70 / 50 100 20 0 GGG 68 74 49 70 / 30 100 20 0 LFK 68 78 54 70 / 20 90 60 10

SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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