Northeast Texas Severe Storm Update: Very Large Hail, Damaging Winds & Tornado Watch Likely

Written on 04/24/2026
David Reimer

A busy severe weather evening is looking possible across eastern North Texas, Northeast Texas, and the ArkLaTex today.

As of this lunchtime update, we are watching an outflow boundary left behind by morning storms across Oklahoma and Arkansas. That boundary may help focus new thunderstorm development later this afternoon and evening, especially after about 3 to 4 PM.

The main severe weather risk area includes parts of eastern North Texas, Northeast Texas, and the ArkLaTex, including Gainesville, Dallas, Sherman, Greenville, Paris, Mount Vernon, Mount Pleasant, Tyler, Longview, Marshall, Texarkana, Clarksville, and nearby communities.

Main threats this afternoon and evening:
• Very large hail, possibly baseball size or larger
• Damaging wind gusts over 70 mph
• A low tornado risk
• Dangerous lightning and heavy rain

A tornado watch will likely be needed later this afternoon for parts of Northeast Texas. We will have live severe weather coverage on YouTube once storms move into Texas.

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