All eyes are on the Gulf of Mexico right now as forecasters try to predict if the system currently headed toward Louisiana will develop into a tropical storm or possible hurricane.
The Memorial Day weekend storms that swept through East Texas and Western Louisiana caused widespread damage throughout Gregg, Harrison and Panola Counties along with DeSoto Parish in Louisiana. With high winds and two confirmed EF-1 tornadoes in the storm path, downed trees have caused a lot of damage to the power infrastructure.
Saturday night, my family and I were driving home from my Mom and Dad's house in Terrell, Texas. We had heard that there were tornadoes on the ground near Canton, so we had decided to wait a while before we left for the drive to my daughter's house in Tyler...
The rains continue to fall across the state and while our corner of the world is still a dangerous place to be, the most serious threats for more flooding is now in the southern part of Louisiana. The state could get between four and ten inches of rain today and tomorrow with the southeastern corner of the state expected to take the worst of it, according to state climatologist Barry Keim. Kei..
I don't think it's news to anyone that we've have some pretty serious weather here in the Ark-La-Tex over the past few days. It's been intense and I don't know about you, the lightning strikes are the worst for me!