Large Hail Damaging Winds and Tornadoes Target Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Mid-South Tuesday Afternoon Through Night With Best Severe Storm Chance Centered Over Arkansas
ARKANSAS — Severe storms were forecast to return across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas extending into the Mid-South on Tuesday afternoon, evening, and night, bringing large hail, damaging winds, and a couple of possible tornadoes across a broad multi-state corridor with the best severe storm chance concentrated across the Arkansas corridor including Fort Smith, Russellville, Hot Springs, Fayetteville, and surrounding communities.
The severe risk outlook showed a graduated threat structure with the highest concentration of severe storm potential centered over Arkansas and extending into eastern Oklahoma and far northeast Texas, while a broader outer zone captured a few severe storm chances across the wider Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi corridor.
Arkansas Faces the Best Severe Storm Chance
The core of the Tuesday severe weather threat was positioned directly over Arkansas, where the best severe storm chance was highlighted across a zone stretching from Fort Smith and Fayetteville eastward through Russellville, Hot Springs, Arkadelphia, Pine Bluff, and toward Forrest City and West Helena. Large hail and damaging winds represented the primary hazards across this zone, with tornado potential adding a third concern for communities across the best risk area.
Eastern Oklahoma communities including McAlester, Atoka, Durant, Hugo, and Idabel also fell within the elevated severe storm zone as the threat extended westward across the state line.
Broader Severe Risk Covers Texas Through Mississippi
Outside the core Arkansas severe risk zone, a broader area of a few severe storms extended across a wide swath from central and east Texas through Louisiana and into Mississippi. Communities including Dallas, Fort Worth, Tyler, Shreveport, Nacogdoches, Monroe, Natchitoches, and Jackson all fell within the outer severe weather footprint for Tuesday’s system.
The active pattern was expected to continue from Monday through Wednesday, making the full three-day period one requiring consistent weather awareness across the multi-state region ahead of the Tuesday severe weather peak.
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