Look for newly developed scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to continue moving to the east around 30 mph across East Texas and northwest Louisiana. Some of the heavier showers will be moving along the Interstate 20 corridor affecting communities near Lindale...Winona...Liberty City... Kilgore...and Longview Texas. By 3 am CDT...the leading edge of the main batch of showers will move to near a Pittsburg...Marshall...Beckville...and Cushing line. More scattered activity will affect communities near Jefferson and Carthage Texas and Longstreet...Vivian...and Benton Louisiana. Rainfall amounts will be near one quarter of an inch per hour in the heavier downpours and generally less than one tenth of an inch in the light showers.
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.
Monday
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------