Dallasnews.com – The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for mostly all of North Texas, including D-FW, until 9 p.m. Friday.
A series of cold fronts are moving across the state this week and into the weekend, significantly dropping temperatures and even bringing snow-lined streets and icy conditions to the Lone Star State. However, for a lot of Texas it just means thunderstorms and reprieve from 80-degree days.
This comes as severe thunderstorms, several showers along with a cold front are forecast for the area throughout the day and evening.
Heavy rainfall could result in flooding, especially in the northwest, the advisory warned. Rainfall of 1-2 inches is expected with isolated amounts up to 3 inches.
Wet conditions are only expected to last through Friday with the cold front anticipated to “end storm chances from west to east this evening through the overnight hours,” the advisory said.
“A band of severe thunderstorms can also be expected to sweep across western Texas ahead of a potent cold front.
Much of the central to southern High Plains will come under an increasing threat of high winds as well especially by this evening into Friday morning when the low pressure system deepens most rapidly,” a National Weather Service forecast warns.
“The main threats with this activity will be 1 inch hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornado,” an advisory from NWS-Fort Worth said.
