The potential for severe weather this week in North Texas has spiked.
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth reported on Tuesday that it is much more confident of widespread severe weather across the region on Wednesday.
These storms are predicted to persist across the region from the afternoon into the overnight hours.
Predictions had already been made for severe weather on this day; however, these were at first only conditional and that the potential for tornadoes would increase if the region began to warm, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
The NWS predicted that the first round of severe storms would arrive in central Texas during the evening hours of Tuesday but that these storms could spread into North Texas in the evening hours. Mian threats associated with this first wave are hail and damaging winds.
Weather officials said that a stalled front and an approaching will provide two areas of convection, making these increased storm chances possible for Wednesday.
The NWS has predicted that all modes of severe weather will be possible across the region, including damaging winds, hail, and the possibility of a few tornadoes across the region.
Matt Langfeld with the NWS in Fort Worth told The Dallas Express that there is a potential for scattered showers and storms in the morning hours of Wednesday but that the main threat for storms will begin in the range of 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
“We’ve increased the rain chances for that time up to about 80% for tomorrow afternoon, so we are more confident that storms will be able to develop,” Langfeld said. “Some surface boundaries are gonna help initiate storms as well as an upper-level system that’ll help provide lift for storms to develop as well,” he continued.
Weather officials advise that civilians be vigilant of updates and have multiple ways of receiving warnings.