North Texas Weather Update: Tuesday Morning
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - A line of powerful storms moved from the west toward North Texas on Monday night and into Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service posted a Thunderstorm Watch in the early morning hours for our western counties. It remains in effect until 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a Flash Flood Watch continues until noon for these areas in light of the big rains on Monday.
A second Flash Flood Watch starts later Tuesday and runs until Wednesday afternoon. This is in anticipation of yet another round of heavy rain that is expected Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning.
The line of storms Tuesday morning is anticipated to arrive over the Metroplex during the later hours of the commute, before moving quickly northeast. There is a risk of large hail and damaging winds with these storms.
There is a Slight Risk for severe weather Tuesday for all of North Texas across the afternoon as well. Large hail and damaging winds are the primary threat. Isolated tornados are also possible.
The upper level low that will dominate our weather pattern over the rest of the week will dump the majority of its flooding rains to our east, over Louisiana and Arkansas.
Rain chances stay high for the balance of the work week. The rainfall potential is for 2-4 inches of rain still to come. We expect heavy rain during the Wednesday morning commute that could lead to flash flooding. Stay posted!
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service in Fort Worth will survey the site of a possible tornado that hit the Cool area Monday in western Parker County. The radar clearly indicated a tornado signature and debris when the storm was over Cool. We will forward their report later Tuesday. The areas of white that you see in the graphic below are the areas of highest winds indicated by Doppler radar.