The national weather service has issued tornado watch 42 in effect until 8 pm this evening for the following areas.
In northeast texas
- Bowie
- Cass
Arkansas
- Union,
- Columbia
- hempstead
- howard
- Lafayette
- little river
- Miller
Nevada - Sevier
In louisiana this watch includes 6 parishes
- Lincoln union
- Bossier
- caddo
- claiborne
- Webster
In southeast oklahoma
- Mccurtain
This includes the cities of…Ashdown…Atlanta…Bernice…
Bossier city…Bradley…Broken bow…De queen…Dierks…
El dorado…Farmerville…Haynesville…Homer…Hope…
Hughes springs…Idabel…Lewisville…Linden…Magnolia…
Minden…Mineral springs…Nashville…Prescott…Queen city…
Ruston…Shreveport…Springhill…Stamps…
Texarkana and texarkana.
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Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will rapidly develop this afternoon across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, extreme northeast Texas, extreme northwest Louisiana and portions of north central Louisiana.
According to the National Weather Service a few storms may become severe with large hail being the main severe weather threat. Strong to possible damaging wind gusts may also occur and an isolated tornado could be possible, especially over southwest Arkansas.
