A severe thunderstorm watch is now in effect for parts of southeast Texas, western and northern Louisiana, and far southern Arkansas until 7 PM CST this evening.
Thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon through this evening with the potential for some supercells.
Primary threats include:
- Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible
- Scattered large hail events up to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
- A tornado or two possible