NE Texas, SE Oklahoma and western Arkansas are being upgraded to a “moderate” risk of severe thunderstorms for this afternoon and evening. The rest of the Arklatex is under a “slight” risk of severe thunderstorms for mainly tonight.
A cold front will move down to around I-30 by Wednesday morning. As it moves this way, it is expected to trigger severe thunderstorms that could produce, tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds.
This cold front is expected to stall over us Wednesday through early Thursday. This will keep us with occasional showers and thunderstorms that could bring locally heavy rainfall.
The cold front should resume its eastward march Thursday afternoon and we should be back to quiet weather Thursday night and Friday.
Mark Rowlett
Looks like rain is back in the forecast for the middle part of the week as a strong storm system on the west coast moves slowly through by Friday. Small disturbances will pinwheel off the parent storm and bring us scattered storms through Tuesday night. Then as the moisture increases, the big storm will slip into the ArkLaTex with a cold front by Wednesday. This system will pull up stationary and keep us unsettled until a kicker storm behind it pushes our weakend storm and cold front through by Friday.  Dry air behind this storm system may bring much needed sunshine for next weekend.
Joe HaynesÂ
Last Friday our temperature in Shreveport topped out at 92! That was only one degree shy of tying the record for that day.
This morning, we have dipped down to 45 at the Regional Airport in Shreveport. That’s just 3 degrees away from tying the record low for today.
Today, we start a warming trend and tomorrow we are forecasting temperatures to be back at normal levels. The normal low is 62 and the normal high is 82 - for this time of the year.
Mark Rowlett
  Wow, what beautiful, pleasant weather for Mothers Day in the Ark-La-Tex!  The cooler, drier air filtering in behind last night’s cold front passage is a vast improvement over the humid weather yesterday.  The dewpoint temperature Saturday in Shreveport reached 73 degrees.  By 6 A.M. Sunday the dewpoint value in Shreveport fell to 45 degrees.
Well, to all mothers in the Ark-La-Tex, here’s wishing you a Happy Mothers Day.
WÂ BUTLERÂ
Violent tornadoes struck OK, MO, AR and other parts of the interior of the nation Saturday and Saturday night. 20 people have been reported dead from the severe weather outbreak as of this morning. Check out the following story:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=4830350
No severe storms are expected here today! Sunshine is in the forecast with highs in the 70s. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day and keep the families of the tornado victims in your prayers.
Joe Haynes
Thunderstorms moved across the Arklatex Saturday evening through early Sunday Morning. Funnel clouds (tornadoes that don’t quite reach the ground) were sighted in McCurtain county OK and Sevier and Little River counties in Arkansas Saturday evening.
The thunderstorms did bring damaging winds and some large hail to especially NE Texas and southern Arkansas.
The storms that moved through Shreveport about 11 PM brought at least 45 mph wind gusts as measured at the Regional Airport. Texarkana had a wind gust to 56 mph from a different storm earlier in the evening.
Enjoy the sunshine and cooler weather today. But it will be breezy.
Mark Rowlett
SEVERAL TORNADO WATCHES ARE ACTIVE IN NORTHEAST TEXAS, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FOR MOST OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FOR TONIGHT.  SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY IN PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS LATER THIS EVENING.  REMEMBER, A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS STRUCK NEAR STUTTGART, AR AROUND 8 P.M. THIS EVENING CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR THE TOWN. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SW ARKANSAS ESPECIALLY JUST WEST OF HOWARD COUNTY, AR LINE ON HWY. 27.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN NORTH TEXAS ALONG THE RED RIVER DURING THE 6 P.M. HOUR THIS EVENING:
 NOAA satellite 6:45 P.M. CDTÂ
 KTBS radar 7:50 P.M.
 
 This tornado watch is active until 2 A.M. on Sunday.
UPDATE:Â Â A WIND GUST TO 56 M.P.H. Â WAS REPORTED AT THEÂ TEXARKANA REGIONAL AIRPORT WITH THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT, Â ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT.
UPDATE: AT 8:16 PM CDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF WINTHROP, AR ALONG THE LITTLE RIVER…SEVIER COUNTY LINE…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 38 MPH.  QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN HORATIO WITH THIS STORM. AT 8 P.M., THE DEQUEEN AIRPORT WEATHER SENSOR REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 40 MPH.
 UPDATE:   THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS AT 7:46 P.M. CDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED A FUNNEL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS 14 MILES WEST OF DE QUEEN, AR MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 46 MPH.Â
UPDATE:  THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS AT 7:40 P.M. THAT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED JUST NORTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW, OK  NEAR HWY. 259.
WATCH KTBS TV 3 or KPXJ TV 21 FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING POSSIBLEÂ SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO SERVING YOUR AREA.
WÂ BUTLER
The Storm Prediction Center has much of the Arklatex under a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms for this afternoon and tonight. “Moderate” is the middle level of slight, moderate & high risk levels that they issue.
Right now, it looks like the higher risk of storms this afternoon will be just north of the Arklatex in eastern Oklahoma and northern Arkansas. However, this evening and overnight a line of possible severe thunderstorms should move through the Arklatex as a cold front moves through.
This cold front will bring a sunny, breezy and cooler day for Mother’s Day Sunday.
Mark Rowlett
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS, NORTHERN LOUISIANA, AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 10:10 A.M. UNTIL 4:00 P.M. CDT.  REMEMBER, A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
  Graphic: NOAA, STORM PREDICTION CENTER
THIS MORNING, Â A WARM FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS THE ARKANSAS-LOUISIANAÂ BORDER , WHICH COULD CAUSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM IN THE WATCH AREA.
YESTERDAY, SOMEÂ HOT TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED IN THE ARK-LA-TEX, WHICH INCLUDED:
  FRIDAY’S HIGH TEMPERATURE:
Shreveport     92° (10 degrees above normal for the date; one degree shy of the record value set in 1887)
Natchitoches      94°
Hodges Gardens  95°
Center, TX   92°
WATCH KTBS TV 3 or KPXJ TV 21Â OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
WÂ BUTLER
The heat is on again for Saturday with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s (typical for the Barksdale Air Show). A fairly strong cold front will come through Saturday night and bring showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms may be severe with hail, gusty winds and tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center has put the ArkLaTex in a moderate risk for Saturday and Saturday night. Once the front moves through by early Sunday morning, sunshine returns for Mother’s Day with highs in the low 80s.
Joe Haynes
