Today is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as yesterday.
Nowcast as of 4:25 am CDT on July 6, 2009
Now
Through 6 am CDT look for scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms...moving southeast around 25 mph...across northeast Texas and northwest and north central Louisiana...generally south of the Interstate 20 corridor. Some of the heavier showers will affect communities near Olla...Tullos...Dry Prong...and Pollock Louisiana and Mount Selman...Troup...Mount Enterprise...Gary city... and Tenaha Texas. Rainfall mounts will be near three tenths of an inch near Olla and Dry Prong Louisiana in the heavier showers...and generally less than one tenth of an inch other locations.
Showers and thunderstorms likely in the morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. The chance of precipitation 60 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Record Report
Statement as of 8:00 am CDT on July 05, 2009
... Daily warmest minimum temperature record tied at the following location for July 4th...
location old record new record years of data ------------------------------------------------------------------ Longview TX 78 in 1969 78 in 2009 records since 1902 ------------------------------------------------------------------
Local Storm Report
07/05/2009 0620 PM
Rusk, Cherokee County.
Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by law enforcement.
Cherokee County Sheriffs Office reports trees blown down in several locations in the eastern part of the County.