Dallas Weather: Enhanced risk of severe weather Friday, possible hail, tornadoes
DALLAS - The chances of seeing severe weather in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Friday are growing, that includes high winds, hail, and possibly tornadoes.
Early on Friday there will be scattered showers, with the rain chances increasing later in the day.
From 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. storms will be likely for many. The Metroplex is expected to see storms from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Earlier this week, the Metroplex was only at a slight risk of severe weather, but new models from the National Weather Service now show DFW with an enhanced risk of storms.
The difference between enhanced and slight is, generally, the coverage of the event.
The chances for seeing 60 to 70 mile per hour winds sits at about 30 percent for the area.
The chance of seeing hail up to the size of a quarter is about 15 percent.
Tornado chances sit at about 10 percent at this time, mostly in the eastern part of DFW.
"We could see the potential of tornadoes that are stronger than EF-2 right from Dallas through Longview (Texas), all the way up through Broken Bow, Oklahoma, so we're kind of hugging the Red River Valley and then moving into North Texas," FOX Weather meteorologist Britta Merwin said. "So this is a pretty big heads-up that looking at (Friday) night, we could have substantial thunderstorms that have that potential of producing tornadoes."
The threat of storms have forced many North Texas high schools to move their football games from Friday to Thursday or a later date.
7-Day Forecast
Some will see some rain on Thursday, with Friday being the day we are really watching.
Things will dry out over the weekend, before a chance of rain on Monday.
Election Day on Tuesday should be dry, but cloudy.