The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch until 9 p.m. for the following counties. Texas BOWIE, CAMP, CASS, FRANKLIN, MORRIS, RED RIVER, TITUS Arkansas MILLER, HEMPSTEAD, HOWARD, LAFAYETTE, LITTLE RIVER, NEVADA, SEVIER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ASHDOWN…ATLANTA…BOGATA… BRADLEY…BROKEN…
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has announced an elevated activation of the Texas State Operations Center (SOC) as severe storms are expected to impact parts of Texas this weekend. Governor Abbott has also approved the use of state resources that…
According to weather forecasts heavy rain is headed for the Texarkana area. A National Weather Service forecasts shows the Texarkana area possibly getting up to 5 inches of Rain by early Tuesday. They are currently forecasting 3-6″ of rain for…
AUSTIN, TX, Aug. 10, 2015 – For the first time in this grid operator’s history, hourly demand within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) system today broke the 69,000 MW threshold, with peak demand for electricity reaching 69,783 megawatts…
Anyone looking west on a clear evening this month can’t miss the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, drawing closer together in the evening twilight. They’re the brightest celestial objects after the Sun and Moon. Graphic for July night sky.…
TxDOT crews have reopened US 259 at the Red River between De Kalb, TX and Idabel, OK flood waters receded and repairs were made highway. Road conditions and traffic updates are available at DriveTexas.org.
Bowie County US 259 – At Red River north of De Kalb, closed due to damages from flooding. IH 30 – From Spur 86 to FM 44, repairing pavement and installing new guard rails. Various lane closures. US 82 –…
Texarkana remains under a flash flood warning until 3:30 p.m. Saturday evening due to widespread showers and thunderstorms in the Texarkana area. By far the heaviest rainfall was ongoing across southwest Arkansas from near ashdown to near hope and south…
Highway 71 remains closed despite the Red River cresting 5 feet below the record crest in early June. According to the National Weather Service the Red River has crested and is now on the fall in the Texarkana area. NWS forecasts…
The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for Miller and Bowie Counties. At 12:13 a strong line of storms was 6 miles SE of Prescott to near New Boston moving SE at 10 mph LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE……
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for NW Bowie County until 8:30 p.m. According to the report a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles NE of Clarksville at 7:50 p.m. moving east at 20…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the state of Arkansas and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in…
The Texas Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), has again closed US 59/71 at the Red River between Texarkana, TX and Ashdown, AR due to floodwaters over the highway north of the river.…
A second round of major flooding is heading for the Texarkana area due to heavy rainfall across the Red River basin in the last week. Area lakes and streams were just starting to recede from record breaking levels when Tropical…
According to forecasts the Red River is heading for another major flood event just a few feet shy of the records set in early June. The National Weather Service out of Shreveport has issued a statement regarding a second round…
