A flood watch was issued Saturday for a lot of North Texas as heavy rainfall is predicted to maneuver by means of the realm.
The Nationwide Climate Service in Fort Value issued the look ahead to areas alongside and north of Interstate 20. The watch goes into impact Sunday morning and covers practically two dozen counties, together with Dallas, Collin, Denton and Tarrant.
The watch expires Sunday night.
There’s a 50% likelihood of the area seeing 2 to five inches of rain, with some areas getting as much as 8 inches, the climate service stated. The best threat for flooding will happen Sunday evening and in the course of the day Monday, in accordance with the climate service.
Let’s evaluate the varieties of FLOOD merchandise:
WATCH comes earlier than the rain begins and are in impact for a day or extra.
ADVISORY is issued when heavy rain begins, however is for minor flooding.
WARNING means a speedy rise and/or swift transferring water poses a menace to life/property. #txwx pic.twitter.com/EJQeENwxWE
— NWS Fort Value (@NWSFortWorth) August 20, 2022
Rain possibilities will proceed by means of not less than the tip of subsequent week, with greater than a 50% likelihood of storms in Dallas-Fort Value by means of Thursday, in accordance with KXAS-TV (NBC5).
Whereas the rain will likely be a much-needed reprieve from what’s been a record-setting sizzling and dry summer season, the climate service warned that the majority of North Texas is in a precipitation deficit that exceeds the rainfall anticipated this weekend.
The Dallas-Fort Value space is in a virtually 17-inch precipitation deficit for the previous yr, in accordance with the climate service.
July was a record-setting month for warmth; the month ranks second for highest common most temperature and third for many days in a month at or above 105 levels.
The month additionally tied July 2000 for the second-driest July ever recorded, with solely hint quantities of precipitation measured your complete month.
So far August has fared barely higher when it comes to rain, with 0.89 inches recorded by means of Saturday at DFW Worldwide Airport. Nonetheless, the precipitation remains to be under the conventional 1.17 inches for this level in August.
Right here’s a take a look at the forecast over the subsequent few days:
- Sunday: 86/73. Principally cloudy with a 60% likelihood of storms.
- Monday: 80/73. Principally cloudy with a 90% likelihood of scattered storms.
- Tuesday: 83/72. Principally cloudy with an 80% likelihood of scattered storms.
- Wednesday: 86/72. Principally cloudy with a 60% likelihood of thunderstorms.
- Thursday: 89/74. Principally cloudy with a 30% likelihood of storms.
- Friday: 91/75. Heat with clouds and solar.