NORTH TEXAS — A weather alert is in effect for Sunday night beginning at 7 p.m. and continuing into Monday morning.
The severe weather threat includes damaging wind and large hail. The tornado risk is not zero.
There is a Thunderstorm Watch that includes Tarrant and Dallas counties in effect until 3 a.m.
The Storm Prediction Center pushed the “slight” risk (yellow) area into the metroplex Sunday afternoon with the forecast model updates. We are expecting the severe threat to show up late Sunday night.
The threat increased due to a strong upper-level wind coming in from the west earlier than forecast. This was the little extra lift needed for these storms. Large hail and damaging winds will be the main threat. Already Sunday afternoon, a Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 9 p.m. just at our western edge.
These storms are along the dryline and are racing to the northwest late Sunday afternoon producing large hail. Some of our northwest corner is under risk Sunday evening from this activity. That’s the area in red below.