North Texas is in store for several rounds of severe weather this weekend as large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes are possible.
Thunderstorms will develop northwest of the Metroplex over Thursday night and spread into the region early Friday, according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office.
These storms will impact areas south of the Metroplex around Waco on Friday morning, before weakening further east later in the day. The main threats of these storms will be large hail, damaging winds and possible tornadoes, according to the NWS.
Spring is usually when North Texas expects to see more severe storms with the potential to spawn tornadoes. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex ranks No. 7 among metro areas with the most and more intense twisters in the last 20 years, a study found.
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