Monday’s First Alert Weather Day has ended following an eventful day with three severe weather threats in North Texas.
Overnight, a few storms may persist, but they should be light.
Monday began warm, muggy, and windy, with temperatures reaching the mid-70s. Storms formed in western counties between 8 and 11 a.m., then moved eastward toward the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The line of storms came into the metroplex between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., bringing with it all kinds of risks.
Storms move away from the metroplex and intensify to the east between 5 and 10 p.m. In addition to the extreme weather, considerable rainfall is forecast. Some locations have already received a couple of inches of rain, and another inch or two might cause flooding worries.
The air mass is moist, and the system will shift to the east on Monday, resulting in additional severe rainfall. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour will cause isolated and possibly dispersed episodes of flash flooding throughout North Texas.
Remember to never drive through flooded roads; it only takes around 6 inches of fast-flowing water to carry a car away and downstream.
A few showers may persist into Tuesday morning, but skies clear throughout the afternoon, with highs in the mid-60s on Election Day.
Drier air is in place. Monday night will see temperatures drop into the 40s and 50s, but with the upper system lingering to the west, medium and high clouds will limit the cooling potential. Tuesday and Tuesday night are forecast to be much colder and drier, with highs in the 60s to lower 70s and lows in the 40s to lower 50s.
Rain and storms return to Dallas-Fort Worth Thursday through Saturday morning, following a brief pause in precipitation on Monday and Tuesday. Throughout the week, temperatures in the 70s will be typical for the season.
Reference: Isolated storms and flooding threats remain in North Texas