Severe weather chances continue Tuesday for North Texas

NORTH TEXAS – Severe storms actively moved through North Texas this morning, toppling trees and causing flash flooding.

Many North Texas schools closed or delayed classes as a result of the storms and over 600,000 North Texans are without power, Oncor says.

That was the first round of storms we were expecting today and they have come to and end.

An isolated storm is possible throughout the afternoon but the next round won’t arrive until later this evening.

We are watching the potential for another round of storms this evening to move in from the west and cross to I-35 in the early morning hours.

Tuesday’s weather alert continues overnight for the continued threat of severe storms.

 After 6 p.m., we will be watching west for storms to develop and head eastward.

The HRRR model is still active even after this morning’s round of storms  but it focuses the strongest storms in areas that did not see thunderstorm activity this morning, mainly southwest of the Metroplex. 

If this model validates, you may be woken up by strong to severe storms early tomorrow morning once again. Large hail, damaging winds and flooding are the primary threats but an isolated tornado can’t be ruled out.

The Storm Prediction Center has lowered our severe threat across North Texas with a Marginal Risk now for the Metroplex.

This morning’s storms worked over the atmosphere for areas along and east of I-35. This could lessen the intensity and coverage of storms we see this evening into early tomorrow morning.

The GRAF has isolated storms that weaken as they near DFW and they arrive earlier. Overall, the models have not been handling the severe weather we have seen lately very well.

It is important to remain weather aware and up to date with the latest forecasts. Make sure you have multiple ways to receive warnings.

Unfortunately, we aren’t done with the storms. They will be isolated tomorrow and more are possible through out the day on Thursday.

The First Alert Weather Team has issued a weather alert for Thursday night into Friday morning due to the threat of more strong storms and flooding rain.

The flooding risk will continue through the end of the week as rainfall totals continue to add up on already saturated ground. It won’t take much for additional flooding and flash flooding across the area.

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Brittany Rainey

Brittany fell in love with weather at a young age watching the sea breeze storms develop every afternoon in Tampa, Florida. She knew her career needed to entail weather and decided becoming a broadcast meteorologist was the path for her.

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