Texans can expect to pack an umbrella for this weekend.
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has predicted rain and thunderstorm chances persisting through the weekend.
The agency predicted muggy and humid weather earlier in the week, with shower chances persisting across the region. The NWS said that a dry line remaining west of the area was to blame for the decreased frequency of tornado conditions in the area.
The trend continued as severe weather activity increased later in the week. The agency issued several severe thunderstorm warnings in counties east of the metroplex on May 11.
As a result of these storms, the NWS also issued several radar-indicated tornado warnings for these eastern counties.
The NWS did confirm that one EF-1 tornado touched down in Palo Pinto County during the storms on May 11. The tornado had a maximum windspeed of 90 miles per hour.
The chances for severe weather and storms appear to be rising, starting on May 12.
The NWS predicted that storm chances would increase in the afternoon to evening hours of May 12. Some of these storms are predicted to be severe.
Possible hazards for these storms include damaging winds, heavy rain, and hail. In addition, the possibility of a tornado has not been ruled out. Weather officials predict that the best chances of these storms would occur on and through May 13 along and west of the I-35 corridor.
Jason Dunn with the NWS in Fort Worth told The Dallas Express that these storms will be isolated across the region but that a “wet weekend” should be expected.
“The heaviest rains should be mainly west of the metroplex with some potential for flooding throughout the weekend,” said Dunn.
The chance of rain will persist throughout the weekend. Counties east of the metroplex are expected to receive between one and three inches of rain, while the general metroplex and western counties are expected to receive less than an inch.
A slight chance of accumulations reaching five inches will remain south of the area toward Central Texas and west of North Texas.