Airlines have started to cancel flights ahead of the severe weather expected to hit North Texas Wednesday afternoon into the evening.
Dallas Love Field Airport has already scrubbed around 100 flights. Most who made it to the airport are optimistic that they will get to where they are going on time. Especially those who are traveling east ahead of the front.
Some fliers have already had to make changes. One man tells KRLD reporter L.P Phillips that he had a late afternoon flight that was canceled so he moved all his meetings up to make an earlier flight during the noon hour.
At DFW International Airport hundreds of flights are canceled. Those who have flights are keeping their fingers crossed.
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By Dan Brounoff, NewsRadio 1080 KRLD
Updated on 40 minutes ago
LIVE WEATHER RADAR ABOVE, COURTESY OF OUR MEDIA PARTNERS AT NBCDFW
UPDATE: 12:45 p.m.
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Oklahoma and Texas until 7 PM
Level 4 (Moderate) out of 5 has been moved by the National Weather Service 100 miles farther west as of 10:30am.
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Discrete supercells north of I-20 and especially west of I-35W will form and race to the north at 45mph between 1pm and 5pm. Large hail, isolated strong long-track tornadoes and damaging wind gusts to or over 70mph are the threats.
Please stay weather aware, especially west of I-35W this afternoon. A viscous squall line will follow in from the west between 5pm and 9pm (6:30pm-8pm across DFW).
Severe storms this afternoon into the evening with all modes of severe weather possible, windy and cooler overnight tonight with leftover showers. Rapid clearing tomorrow, breezy and cool, and awesome weekend ahead with temperatures near 80 next Monday and Tuesday. Our next rain chance arrives late Tuesday into Wednesday.
A cold front has stalled to the south of DFW this morning. North of the front, temperatures are in the fifties, south of the front, readings are near 70ﾟ. This front will slowly lift to the north late morning into the afternoon hours sparking scattered strong to severe thunderstorms between 1 PM and 4 PM. All modes and severe weather are possible. By 5 PM, a line of severe storms will develop to the west of Fort Worth. This line will blow through the metroplex between 6 PM and 8 PM. Brief spin up tornadoes, hail, and strong gusty winds are the threats. Everything should be east of the Dallas area by mid evening.
Photo credit National Weather Service - Fort Worth
Please make sure you have a safety plan in place, that you get your weather information from a reliable source and have multiple ways of receiving warnings, and make sure your cellphones are fully charged. Also, If you have any power banks laying around, make sure they're fully charged as well.
After midnight, the upper level low will pass through the area, sparking some cold rain, especially along and north of I-20. The rain and clouds will exit rapidly to the east by mid morning. Plus, the wind overnight will gust as high as 55 mph from the west, as temperatures fall into the low to mid forties. Morning clouds afternoon sun tomorrow with highs in the low sixties.
Photo credit National Weather Service - Fort Worth
The weekend looks nice with plenty of sunshine. Highs will warm into the low seventies on Saturday, mid to upper seventies on Sunday.
Monday's weather will be just as nice and a bit warmer. Afternoon highs will reach the low eighties. Our next rain chance arrives late Tuesday into Wednesday. Tuesday's highs will be in the upper seventies, cooling into the low sixties on Wednesday.
Please stay weather aware this afternoon and evening and please listen to KRLD throughout the day as conditions start to deteriorate.
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Friday: Sunny, VERY windy through late morning. Cooler. High: Near 60. Wind: WNW 20-30, G50 mph.
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Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and cooler. Chance of showers. High: Low 60s.
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