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Dallas-Fort Worth, Severe Thunderstorm Watch
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Fort Worth area could see scattered strong to severe storms move through the region late Wednesday morning through the afternoon. Some rainfall began developing in Tarrant County around 7:20 a.m. and moved across Dallas-Fort Worth,
However, when talking about “very large hail,” Barnes said typically that relates to hail around 2 inches in size. “Typically, that’s more in the ballpark of golf ball [size] or 2 inches or greater,” Barnes said.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop along and east of a stalled weather front boundary from Central Texas into the Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas border. The main threats with these storms are large hail and damaging winds, along with low tornado chances.
Storms are expected to stick around and intensify over the day on Wednesday. Scattered strong to severe storms will be in place Wednesday morning and over the early afternoon hours, according to the NWS. The main threats with these storms will be large hail, damaging winds and low tornado chances.
There’s a break in windy weather on Thursday, March 20, before breezy conditions return on Friday, March 21, and into the weekend. However, winds won’t be as breezy as last week, Bishop said. Here’s a look at the next few days of wind: Thursday, March 20- Winds 5-10 mph.
Warm, dry conditions will continue Monday, with a projected high of 81 degrees according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office. Rain
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has issued a Critical Risk of fire over parts of the Plains on Monday and Tuesday.
"While it has happened before, it's been a long time," National Weather Service Fort Worth meteorologist Jennifer Dunn said. "It's kind of a little rare that it happens at a magnitude like this."
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