Early morning storms
You know it’s spring in North Texas when the weather forecast reads like this…
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 849 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE AREA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 160 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR 23 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 318 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008. NOW...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALONG AND NORTH OF A GRAHAM...DENTON... SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE UNTIL 4 AM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 SOUTH TO ATHENS... WACO AND TEMPLE...THROUGH 10 AM CDT. A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLARKSVILLE... TO GREENVILLE TO BROWNWOOD AT 320 AM...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH... WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH. A TRAILING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DENISON TO WEATHERFORD. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AS STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...REMEMBER TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
Check out the radar image below. These are the severe storms that woke me up this morning
at 3:30.
Tags: Forecast, North Texas, Spring, Thunderstorms, Weather
