The Brief
- Multiple rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms will sweep across North Texas through Sunday afternoon, bringing widespread risk of flash flooding.
- Most areas will see 2 to 3 inches of rain, but isolated locations could hit 6 to 8 inches where storms repeatedly stall or “train” over the same spots.
- The main threat is rapid flooding, not tornadoes or severe winds, with rainfall rates of up to 3 inches per hour capable of quickly overwhelming urban drainage systems.
DALLAS – Residents across North Texas should remain weather aware Saturday evening as multiple rounds of thunderstorms continue to move across the region, bringing the threat of damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning and pockets of heavy rainfall.
Saturday Night Forecast
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for parts of Dallas and Ellis counties Saturday evening as a strong line of storms pushed northeast through the southern Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
The strongest storm developed near Mansfield before moving toward Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Oak Cliff and downtown Dallas. Meteorologists said the storm was initially capable of producing wind gusts between 60 and 65 mph, though radar indicated some weakening as it approached Dallas County.
Heavy rain and frequent lightning accompanied the storms, with numerous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes detected around Joe Pool Lake and southern Dallas County. The National Weather Service warned that isolated hail up to penny size and wind gusts up to 60 mph remained possible.…