Forecasts suggest that severe weather is returning to the Dallas-Fort Worth region Wednesday.
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has predicted a chance of thunderstorms across North Texas as part of a cold front rushing in during the evening and overnight hours of February 15. The greatest risk for severe weather will remain north of I-20 and east of I-35.
The NWS told The Dallas Express that the main threats from this system will be its production of large hail and gusty winds, but the possibility of tornadoes across the region has not been ruled out.
The NWS in Houston declared its very first tornado emergency when a tornado swept through the area as part of a larger system earlier in January, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
“We might start to see some showers and thunderstorms develop by about 4 to 7 p.m. this afternoon,” said Monique Sellers with the NWS in Fort Worth, speaking with The Dallas Express.
“It’ll be to the west and north of the metroplex. We’ll start to see that line develop and move through the metroplex in that 7 p.m. to midnight time frame,” she continued.
In the wake of this cold front, temperatures will drop rapidly, with highs in the 40s on February 16. Sellers said that temperatures will drop to near freezing in the overnight hours of February 17 into the morning hours of February 18.
The NWS does not expect any precipitation on these colder days.
“We’ll be very dry at that point. Just cold,” said Sellers.
Temperatures will rise again in the afternoon hours of February 18 and continue into the following week, when chances for rain will return again with another cold front on the horizon.
