Texas
North Texas faces excessive heat warnings, limited rain chances
NORTH TEXAS — Check this out: A small cluster of thunderstorms northeast of Collin County this afternoon quickly fizzled out. You can see the cumulonimbus tower from our downtown camera. The tower reached about 40,000 feet before collapsing.
Excessive heat warnings continue through Monday in the Metroplex, with feels-like temperatures expected to reach 108-112 degrees. Sunday is anticipated to be the hottest day of the year so far.
Excessive heat warnings cover most of the region, as shown in purple. These will continue through Sunday evening at 9 p.m. and may need to be extended, or at least Heat Advisories issued, to start next week.
The Euro model shows heat indices slightly below the 108-112 degrees range for tomorrow afternoon, but it likely underestimates where we’ll end up. Either way, it’s still brutal.
The upper-level ridge of high pressure dominates the southern plains this week, with the jet stream cascading over the top of this ridge. In the middle of the week, a weak dip in the jet stream to our east could send cooler air closer to North Texas from the northeast. Along with this, there is a stray rain chance for East Texas and the Ark-La-Tex, but minimal activity for us, if any at all. The ridge then expands through next weekend.
At the surface, the “cooler” air arriving from the northeast will ‘help’ at best. We’ll see a slight drop in temperatures and heat indices, yielding some upper 90s and dropping us out of heat advisory or warning criteria for the short term.
Seven-day forecast: Slight improvement with that “cooler” surface air, but still hot.
FULSHEAR, Texas – A Texas homeowner heading out for an early morning walk got quite a surprise when he mistook a large reptile parked on his front porch for an online delivery.
Officers with the Fulshear Police Department were called to a local residence last week after the homeowner accidentally struck an alligator with his screen door, initially believing it was a package from Amazon.
What they’re saying:
“With all the heavy rain we’ve been getting lately, it seems the gators are on the move,” the police department said in a statement. “This little fella decided to skip the swamp and upgrade to porch life this morning.”
Footage released by the department captures the alligator resting on the concrete porch while the homeowner explains the startling encounter to responding officers, noting he didn’t realize what it was until he banged into it with the door.
Police officers successfully wrangled the alligator and relocated it safely to a nearby pond.
Recent heavy rainfall across the region has displaced local wildlife, prompting authorities to urge residents to remain cautious as animals seek out dry territory.
“If you see an unexpected visitor like this around your home, give it plenty of space and let us handle it,” the department reminded the community. “Apparently, even the gators are looking for higher ground these days!”
The department also added a bit of local humor to the unusual morning call: “And yes, before anyone asks, this little gator is not paying property taxes.”
The Source: Fulshear Police via Storyful
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