The threat of strong thunderstorms will return to the region late Tuesday afternoon and will continue until around midday Wednesday.        

Timing and Overview:

Southerly wind will begin to increase low level moisture into the area late tonight. As instability increases with daytime heating, the threat for thunderstorms will increase during the afternoon hours across mainly northeast Texas, but may possibly extend into southeast Oklahoma, extreme southwest Arkansas, and extreme western Louisiana by later in the evening and overnight as a cold front moves eastward along the Red River Valley towards the region.Showers and thunderstorms are expected to gradually weaken late overnight into early Wednesday as they move farther east across northern Louisiana and southwest Arkansas.     

Four State Impacts:

 

Impacts: Strong gusty winds can be expected with a line of showers and thunderstorms developing in advance of this cold front, with a few storms possibly producing damaging wind gusts and an isolated tornado. Hail up to around one inch diameter may also occur. One to near two inches of rainfall is also possible across the threat area.  

Farther to the east across remaining portions of north Louisiana and southwest Arkansas, thunderstorms are expected to remain below severe limits, and produce average rainfall amounts of one half to around one inch.