A Tornado Watch is currently in effect for our Central and Eastern Counties until 10 pm tonight, and now a Tornado Warning has been issued for the City of Longview.

According to the National Weather Service:

TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
A BAND OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL OF THEM QUITE STRONG TO SEVERE...ARE CENTERED GENERALLY IN THE INTERSTATE 20 VICINITY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOUISIANA...AND ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OF QUARTER SIZE OR LARGER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS....VERY FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLE BRIEF TORNADOES.

THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT FURTHER NORTH NEAR THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY REMAIN MORE SCATTERED. VERY HEAVY RAIN OF
ONE TO NEAR TWO INCHES OF RAIN...OCCURRING WITHIN A ONE TO TWO
HOUR TIME FRAME...MAY RESULT IN WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS DURING
RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH...THE ENTIRE AREA OF STORMS WILL SLOWLY
SHIFT SOUTHWARD INTO THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN LOUISIANA...ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...BY EARLY
THIS EVENING.

Stay tuned to Mix 93-1 for continuing coverage of these storm systems from Mark Scirto.

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