North Texas is on “First Alert Weather Day” on Monday because of the chance of strong storms.
Just east of North and Central Texas, bad weather is still most likely to happen Monday night.
A line of moderately strong thunderstorms is moving east, and a group of moderately strong thunderstorms is over Rockwall and Kaufman counties. Heavy rain and winds below 30 mph will be the main worries. A few storms will stay behind the front for the next few hours. The most dangerous thing is lightning, so these should stay mild.
With temperatures in the mid-70s, Monday began warm, muggy, and windy. Storms formed in western areas from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and then moved east toward the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The line of storms moved into the metroplex from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and all kinds of bad things could happen.
From 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., the storms move east and get stronger, away from the metroplex.
Stormy weather and a lot of rain are both things that people can expect. A few inches of rain have already fallen in some places, and another inch or two could cause water worries.
The airmass is very wet, and as the storm moves to the east on Monday, it will push out heavier rain. At rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, there will be isolated and maybe even scattered flash flooding events across North Texas.
Remember that you should never drive on flooded roads; it only takes 6 inches of fast-moving water to carry a car away and downriver.
There may be a few showers on Tuesday morning, but the skies will clear in the afternoon, and the high temperature on Election Day will only be in the mid-60s.
More dry air is in place Monday night, and temperatures will drop into the 40s and 50s, but middle and high clouds will keep it from being as cool as it could be because the upper system is still to the west. Expect temperatures to be much cooler and drier on Tuesday and Tuesday night, with highs in the 60s to low 70s and lows in the 40s to low 50s.
As of Monday and Tuesday, it didn’t rain or storm in Dallas-Fort Worth for long. But on Thursday and Friday, it will rain and storm again. The week will be mostly sunny and warm, with temperatures in the 70s.
Source: Isolated strong storms and flooding threats remain in North Texas
