Big time storm system moving in Wednesday night
There's a lot of energy over the southwest United States, but wait there's more. More energy from the Pacific Northwest will join up with that system. This system's strong lift is expected to make for some severe weather in the Ark-La-Tex region.
For Wednesday, pockets of heavy rain and rumbles of thunder are expected. We'll dive into the future track later on.
There is also the threat of isolated flash flooding in the River Valley.
Thursday morning, that's when the bulk of the lift will be here, so there is a higher chance of stronger to severe weather.
Right now the current Day 3 severe weather risk is just barely clipping southern LeFlore County in Oklahoma and southern Scott County in Arkansas. Over the next 24 hours, this could likely shift north.
With more lift, there's also the threat of heavier rain and training of storms over the same area. Flash flooding threat increases throughout Thursday morning.
Wednesday – Light showers starting in the afternoon and continuing for most of the day. A few storms are possible around bedtime.
Thursday – Just after midnight some strong to possibly severe storms will be entering the area bringing heavy downpours that could lead to flash flooding mainly in the River Valley. The storm motion could add to the flash flooding threat by training storms over the same area. By the afternoon things should start to wind down. Be extra cautious on the roadways on Thursday morning.
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