Weather Alerts For East Tawakoni, TX

# HEADLINE -------------------- A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN HOPKINS AND RAINS COUNTIES # SUMMARY -------------------- At 1006 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Emory, or 18 miles northeast of Wills Point, moving southeast at 30 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. The greatest hail threat will be in Rains County. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN HOPKINS AND RAINS COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS Miller Grove, Martin Springs, Willow Springs, Flats, Seymore, Arabla, Cornersville, and Hermits Cove. ISSUED AT Friday, April 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Fort Worth TX HEADER Severe Weather Statement # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- For your protection stay inside a sturdy structure and keep away from windows. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Hopkins TX, Rains TX

An Earth Networks Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert is in effect until 4/24/2026 10:49 PM CDT Event Start: 4/24/2026 10:04 PM CDT Event End: 4/24/2026 10:49 PM CDT Earth Networks Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert Earth Networks Headquarters Germantown, MD * Until 10:49 PM CDT * At 10:04 PM CDT...The Earth Networks Total Lightning Network is indicating a thunderstorm with a significant rate of lightning occurring in your area and moving in your direction. This storm has an increased potential to produce severe weather such as very frequent lightning, heavy rain, hail and/or damaging winds and should be considered dangerous. (For more information on this Earth Networks product visit www.earthnetworks.com) * Storm is located near Latitude: 32.841, Longitude: -95.886 * Repeating, this storm contains frequent lightning and has an increased potential to produce severe weather and should be considered dangerous. Take appropriate measures to ensure safety to life and property immediately. This alert is being issued in an advisory capacity by Earth Networks Headquarters due to the detection of frequent lightning by The Earth Networks Total Lightning Network. It is not associated in any way with the country’s official meteorological services nor to any official alert linked to this storm. Active advisories or warnings issued by the official meteorological services should be followed in precedence to this alert. Stay tuned to www.earthnetworks.com, other Earth Networks applications or local media outlets for the latest severe weather information.

An Earth Networks Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert is in effect until 4/24/2026 10:13 PM CDT Event Start: 4/24/2026 9:28 PM CDT Event End: 4/24/2026 10:13 PM CDT Earth Networks Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert Earth Networks Headquarters Germantown, MD * Until 10:13 PM CDT * At 9:28 PM CDT...The Earth Networks Total Lightning Network is indicating a thunderstorm with a significant rate of lightning occurring in your area and moving in your direction. This storm has an increased potential to produce severe weather such as very frequent lightning, heavy rain, hail and/or damaging winds and should be considered dangerous. (For more information on this Earth Networks product visit www.earthnetworks.com) * Storm is located near Latitude: 33.023, Longitude: -95.971 * Repeating, this storm contains frequent lightning and has an increased potential to produce severe weather and should be considered dangerous. Take appropriate measures to ensure safety to life and property immediately. This alert is being issued in an advisory capacity by Earth Networks Headquarters due to the detection of frequent lightning by The Earth Networks Total Lightning Network. It is not associated in any way with the country’s official meteorological services nor to any official alert linked to this storm. Active advisories or warnings issued by the official meteorological services should be followed in precedence to this alert. Stay tuned to www.earthnetworks.com, other Earth Networks applications or local media outlets for the latest severe weather information.

# SUMMARY -------------------- - Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southwest Arkansas Northwest Louisiana Northeast Texas - Effective this Friday night and Saturday morning from 845 PM until 400 AM CDT. - Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible # DETAILS -------------------- SUMMARY - Severe thunderstorms are expected to transition toward a linear storm mode and develop southeast through tonight along an outflow boundary oriented across northeast TX and northern Louisiana. Scattered wind damage, isolated large hail, and a tornado or two are possible. - The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 95 statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles west northwest of Texarkana AR to 50 miles west southwest of Natchitoches LA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2). AVIATION A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 30035. ISSUED AT The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a ISSUED BY 847 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026 HEADER Watch county notification for watches 141/142 | National Weather Service Fort Worth TX # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes.

Closest strike: 0.05 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE ARK-LA-TEX SUMMARY A severe threat will continue this evening from the southern Plains, into the Ark-La-Tex and Lower Mississippi Valley. Large hail, wind damage and a couple tornadoes will be possible. The strongest of storms could produce hailstones greater than 2 inches in diameter. Southern Plains/Ark-La-Tex/Lower Mississippi Valley A mid-level shortwave trough is evident on water vapor over the Ark-La-Tex this evening. Ahead of the trough, a cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms is ongoing from near the Red River northeastward across far southeast Oklahoma into western Arkansas. This cluster is located at the northern end of an axis of strong instability, with the RAP showing MLCAPE near the instability axis in the 2500 to 3500 J/kg range. In this area, RAP forecast soundings also show steep mid-level lapse rates, exceeding 7.5 C/km. In addition to this favorable thermodynamic environment, a low to mid-level speed max is evident over the Ark-La-Tex, where flow is westerly at 45 to 50 knots. This is creating moderate to strong deep-layer shear, which will continue to be favorable for severe storms this evening. Cells that can remain semi-descrete will could be supercellar and have potential for large to very large hail. Hailstones greater than 2 inches in diameter will be possible with the more intense storms. The large hail threat should persist for a few more hours as the cluster interacts with the strong instability over the Ark-La-Tex. Supercells could also be associated with a wind-damage and tornado threat. The cluster of storms is expected to gradually organize into a linear MCS, moving east-southeastward into the lower Mississippi Valley during the mid to late evening. Severe wind gusts will become the primary threat as the line segment develops. A couple of QLCS tornadoes will be possible as well. The severe threat may persist into the early overnight period...See MCD 521 and 523.

Pollen Index: 8.6 Pollen Level: medium-high Predominant Pollen: Poplar/Aspen/Cottonwood, Grass and Hackberry. The pollen levels for Saturday will remain relatively stable in the high range. The pollen producing plants are delivering a fairly constant level of pollen into the air.