East Texas

Thunderstorms are expected to roll into East Texas tonight, increasing in coverage and intensity as a cold front pushes its way through the region.

The National Weather Service has issued multiple watches and warnings including a Severe Thunderstorm warning for Northwestern Smith County including the city of Tyler until 9:45 p.m.

A widespread Flash Flood warning is also in effect across areas of East Texas.

A Severe Thunderstorm watch has been issued for many counties including Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Gregg, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Rains, Red River, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood.

Large hail and damaging winds are the primary concern associated with this front as well as locally heavy rainfall which may create flooding.

The Severe Weather outlook will continue to be updated on tylerpaper.com. Continue to check back for an updated forcast of weather concerns in your area.

To view the current radar map click the link at the right-hand side of this page.

Information for this story has been provided by the National Weather Service.

Updated April 8, 2008 at 9:12 p.m.

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