7:45 p.m. Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Wednesday
A Tornado Warning was issued for Waco, which experienced heavy rain and hail, until 6:30 p.m.
“At 5:55 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Beverly Hills, or near Waco, moving east at 25 mph,” the National Weather Service wrote.
The storm did not produce a tornado, the weather service said.
Earlier, Baird and Stephenville residents reported large hail and heavy rain. Baird is about two hours west of Dallas.
A Tornado Watch has been issued for areas south of Dallas through 10 p.m.
Dallas received more than an inch of rain in parts of the city.
5:15 p.m. Wednesday
Severe weather has shifted south of Dallas-Fort Worth.
A Tornado Watch was in effect for places including China Spring, Valley Mills, Crawford, Meridian, and Morgan until at least 5:15 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Wednesday
The threat of bad weather is likely past for the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, the National Weather Service (NWS) Fort Worth said.
The weather service said there is a decreasing threat of severe weather north of Interstate-20 in neighborhoods like McKinney, Decatur, and Mineral Wells.
However, some instances of quarter-sized hail are still possible.
South of I-20, the weather service said, there is the possibility of damaging winds, large hail, and tornados between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., but this is becoming less likely.
A meteorologist told The Dallas Express the service had just issued a tornado watch for areas south of Dallas-Fort Worth, including Ellis County.
“We can’t rule out storms cushioning through the metroplex this afternoon,” NWS meteorologist Miles Langfeld said. “But overall the severe weather threat is going to be south of the metroplex now.”
3 p.m. Wednesday
The National Weather Service has shifted the area with the greatest potential for severe weather south of the metroplex.
The potential for tornadoes, damaging winds, and hail has shifted south of the Interstate-20 corridor.
Severe weather conditions will be possible in North Texas. However, these will be isolated events with hail reaching up to the size of a quarter, the weather service said.
2:15 p.m. Wednesday
Some sunshine emerged in North Dallas, Addison, and Farmers Branch as rain clouds moved around the vicinity.
School bus routes for the Richardson Independent School District will run at normal time, the district said.
The National Weather Service said the chance of rain Wednesday afternoon and night was close to 100%.
Flightaware.com said the average flight out of DFW was being delayed by 90 minutes. Love Field’s delay was down to 30 minutes.
1:40 p.m. Wednesday
The Dallas Independent School District and the Fort Worth ISD have canceled all after-school activities and events.
Classes will be held as usual Thursday.
Keller ISD officials said after-school activities and events will be concluded by 5:30 p.m
12:56 p.m. Wednesday
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth reported that storms have developed across North Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
These widespread storms are expected to continue to develop.
The organization reported that currently the most “robust” storm cells will be capable of small hail, gusty winds, and frequent lightning strikes.
The potential for the expected severe weather is expected to increase as the day continues.
12:45 p.m. Wednesday
Flights out of Dallas airports were being delayed because of weather.
There was a temporary ground stop at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field between noon and about 12:30 p.m.
Departing flights for DFW were being held in their originating cities until at least 1:30 p.m.
Departing flights to Love Field were being held until 1:45 p.m. at their destinations.
Delays at both airports for scheduled, outgoing flights were at least 45 minutes after the ground stop.
10 a.m. Wednesday
Severe storms are possible across Dallas and North Texas all day Wednesday.
The National Weather Service has predicted a widespread chance of severe weather across the metroplex. The main threat of storms is predicted to arrive in the afternoon and persist into the overnight hours.
Weather officials had initially considered the threat as a more conditional one dependent on temperature but increased their confidence for severe weather across North Texas on Tuesday, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
The NWS warns that all modes of severe weather will be possible across the region, including “very large” hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and tornadoes.
Matt Langfeld with the NWS told The Dallas Express that these storms are predicted to arrive between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. and last into the overnight hours until 9 p.m.
Showers and storms have already been observed developing throughout the area.
The NWS reported that some scattered storms had begun to develop across the metroplex in the early morning hours. While none of these storms were rated as severe, the agency did receive reports of frequent lightning, heavy rainfall, as well as giving the possibility of hail.
These weather conditions were expected to continue through the morning hours, with the main threat for now being the lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
The NWS had already issued some severe thunderstorm warnings for areas west, south, and southeast of the metroplex.
Weather conditions are expected to dry out on Thursday, with temperatures rising into the mid-60s and upper 70s. However, storm chances will return again on Friday.
While there is a chance that conditions on this day will be severe, weather officials still believe this to be unlikely.
“We’ll have a cold front pushing through the area late Friday afternoon into Friday night that’ll bring scattered chances for showers and storms. Some of these could be severe. We are expecting most of the severe activity to occur southwest of the DFW metro area, but that potential could nudge up to the southwestern portion of the metro,” said Langfeld.
Weather officials advise that civilians be vigilant of weather conditions and have multiple ways of receiving alerts.
