Heavy Rain Tonight; Cooler and Rainy Friday with A Gradual Weekend Warm-Up. Beautiful Easter Sunday!

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms will move into our region over the next several hours. The main threat is locally heavy rainfall, which the National Weather Service highlights in their afternoon discussion:

Some strong to maybe a couple of severe thunderstorms possible, but in analysis of model sounding profiles, this looks more and more like mainly a rain making event with some heavy downpours this evening causing local ponding of water on area roadways and possible minor flooding of flood prone areas. read more

Windy Afternoon, then Heavy Rain, Storms Tonight: ETAs, Potential Hazards. Anxiety Level: Low.

Big storm system churning through Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi today will be here tonight.

Local worry level: low.

Before-Storm Winds

Before storms, gusts to 40 MPH possible. Blowing in from the south, crossing perpendicular to east-west highways (I-40, I-840, and I-440*), so be especially careful driving big trucks. Don’t get blown out your lane. read more