Storms that are delivering strong gusts and heavy rain are beginning to make their way into North Texas ahead of Memorial Day.
Up until 4:30 in the morning, a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for some areas of Kaufman, Johnson, Tarrant, Dallas, Henderson, and Ellis counties. There is a possibility of hail ranging from the size of a cent to that of a nickel coming down.
From now until 4:30 in the morning, a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the counties of Parker, Johnson, Hood, and Bosque.
Up to five in the morning, a thunderstorm watch is in force for the majority of North Texas.
The thunderstorm watch includes the following counties: Collin, Cook, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Montague, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rains, Rockwall, Somervell, Stephens, Tarrant, Wise and Young.
The counties of Cooke and Montague are under a flash flood warning until 3:30 in the morning. Up to six in the morning, a flash flood warning has been issued for some areas of Denton, Dallas, and Tarrant counties.
Even though the threat posed by these storms will become less severe as the night progresses, it is anticipated that rain will still be present in the morning.
Temperatures will be lower throughout the most of Memorial Day in North Texas, but the circumstances will be extremely humid. It is expected that the sun will emerge, and that activities scheduled for the afternoon will be able to continue until the end of the day without interruption from the weather.
Storms will begin to develop as the day draws to a close as a result of a frontal boundary that has become stuck. These are going to move slowly and have the potential to generate severe winds as well as heavy rain.
Significant rainfall has the potential to produce flooding in some areas. The metropolitan area and the eastern region are under a flood watch until the early hours of Tuesday.
The quantity of rainfall could possibly approach two to three inches in many locations, making it the heaviest rainfall in more than three weeks.
As we move into the short work week, the likelihood of precipitation decreases for a couple of days. The next time they pick up is on Thursday. The temperature will continue to be significantly lower than it was on Sunday, when it reached a high of 95 degrees, making it the hottest day of the year thus far.
