Severe Weather Possible Sunday

Tornado Watch has been issued for our western counties until 8pm. This will likely be expanded later today into the DFW Metro area.

A cluster of storms developed late morning over Eastland and Erath Counties and moved into the metro area. Intially this will only produce cloud cover; these are elevated storms and the rain will likely not reach the ground. We are not expecting severe weather with this round but could have lightning and some gusty winds.

Late this afternoon we are expecting an active dry line. These storms will produce a tornado threat, especially for our south/southwest counties:

The storms that develop in this area will also move into the Metroplex. They'll present a smaller tornado risk but a significant risk for large hail:

The Storm Predication Center has placed most of north Texas into a "Moderate(3)" risk for severe weather this afternoon and evening:

It could be late in the day or evening before the worst of the weather moves into the Metroplex, we are fully staffed here at the Weather Center and keep you appraised of the situation. Overnight we could face the risk of  urban flooding. Yet another band of storms is expected to develop to our west and northwest and move in overnight. The Trinity River at Dallas is already in (minor) flooding stage.

This already the wettest month we've had in three years. This could easily become the wettest April this century (since 2000) over the next 48 hours.