ARKLАТEX AND SURROUNDING REGION — The Weather Channel TORCON index has been upgraded to 4 across the ArkLaTex region today, covering a core zone centered around Texarkana, Shreveport, Tyler, and Dallas as tornado and hail threats intensify across the south-central United States.
The TORCON drops to 3 across Central Mississippi including Jackson, and sits at 2 across the Alexandria and Baton Rouge corridor further south. Alongside the elevated tornado risk, a significant damaging hail threat with hailstones 2 inches in diameter or larger is expected across Oklahoma and Texas today, covering a very large geographic footprint from Dallas through Houston.
TORCON 4 Core Zone Centered on Texarkana and Shreveport
The TORCON 4 designation covers the highest tornado probability zone on today’s map, centered across the ArkLaTex corridor including Texarkana, Shreveport, Tyler, Atoka, and surrounding communities. A TORCON of 4 indicates a meaningful and significant tornado probability across the outlined zone, placing the ArkLaTex region among the highest risk areas in the country for tornado activity today.
The broader orange zone extends outward to cover Fort Smith, Little Rock, Dallas, Lufkin, and Alexandria, while a TORCON 3 zone covers the Central Mississippi corridor including Jackson, Greenville, and Starkville. The outer TORCON 2 zone reaches further south toward Baton Rouge and Hattiesburg, indicating the expansive geographic footprint of today’s tornado risk across the region.
2-Inch Plus Hail Very Likely Across Dallas Through Houston Corridor
The damaging hail threat map for today shows a very likely designation covering an enormous swath of Texas from Dallas southward through Waco, College Station, Austin, and Houston. Hailstones 2 inches in diameter or larger are explicitly highlighted as possible across this entire corridor, representing golf ball size or larger hail capable of causing significant damage to vehicles, rooftops, solar panels, and any property left outdoors…