Scattered strong to severe storms are possible early Tuesday morning.
DALLAS — Tuesday has been declared WFAA Weather Alert Day by the WFAA Weather Team.
A broken line of scattered storms will move through the DFW area during the morning hours, 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., with a chance at segments of the line of storms being severe. The main threat will be strong wind gusts (up to 60mph) and hail up to the size of quarters, but the tornado threat is not completely zero. Within the line of storms, it is possible for a brief, spin-up tornado, but the overall threat is low. The tornado risk is higher in East Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and even farther east.
Regardless of storm intensity, a round of heavy rain and lightning will be moving through the DFW area during this time. That will certainly impact the morning commute and those at bus stops or pick-up and drop-off lines.
Stay weather aware in the morning!
WHEN
Tuesday morning (4AM-8AM)
Scattered storms will move west to east across North Texas Tuesday morning. It will be a quick-moving system.
The storms will have heavy rain and lightning, so it will make the morning commute slow in places and make sure the kiddos are safe getting to and from school.
Storms will quickly move to the east with most of DFW dry by the late morning to noon hour. Eastern DFW will see this line of storms during the late morning into early afternoon but the severe threat looks pretty low during this time. Eastern North Texas will also clear out through the afternoon.
All of North Texas will be dry with even sunshine coming out during the afternoon into evening hours.
Here’s the timing:
IMPACT
We discussed the severe risk above, but the timing is another issue. The window of opportunity in the metroplex is 4 a.m. – 8 a.m. The storms will have heavy rain and lightning, so it will make the morning commute slow in places and make sure the kiddos are safe getting to and from school.
NEED
Simply put, you just need to stay informed. Make sure you have a way to get warnings. You may also want to leave a little early and give yourself extra time to get where you need to be in the morning.
