Through 4 am CDT look for showers and isolated thunderstorms across northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana to continue moving to the east around 30 mph. Some of the heavier showers will be moving along the Interstate 20 corridor affecting communities near Marshall to Longview and Kilgore...and then southwest away from Interstate 20 across the communities of Overton...whitehous... and Jacksonville Texas. By 4 am CDT...the leading edge of the main batch of showers will move to near a Smithland Texas to Shreveport Louisiana and then back to near Carthage... and Rusk Texas. 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.
Showers and thunderstorms likely in the morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Becoming partly cloudy. Highs around 90. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------
