Tornado Watch Issued For Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas Until Late Thursday

IN TO FOX WEATHER. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IT AND IT INCLUDES WHERE WE WERE LOOKING JUST THEN ACROSS THE DALLAS FORT WORTH. METRO AREA, MUCH OF NORTHERN TEXAS UP TO THE RED RIVER AND UP INTO SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA. THERE IT IS, WE JUST GOT THIS INTO OUR SYSTEM, AND IT’S THE RED SHADED AREA. THAT’S WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT HERE ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA. THIS RUNS UNTIL 10 P.M. LOCAL TIME. SO YOU DO HAVE A FRONT COLD FRONT BACK TO THE WEST AREAS ALONG AND OUT

AHEAD OF THAT BOUNDARY. THAT’S WHERE WE SEE FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS FOR SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP AND ROTATE. THAT’S WHY IT’S A TORNADO WATCH AS OPPOSED TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. IT STILL BRINGS SIGNIFICANT THREATS OF HAIL AND PERHAPS SOME DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GAS, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF SPIN SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT’S GOING TO ALLOW THESE STORMS TO ROTATE AND PERHAPS PRODUCED SOME POWERFUL TORNADOES. THAT IS A THREAT. THAT’S AT LEAST THERE AS WE MOVE ON THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, SO YOU DO SEE A LIVE PICTURE ON RADAR. THIS IS WHAT

WE’VE BEEN TRACKING OVER THE LAST HALF AN HOUR TO AN HOUR. IT’S BEEN AN INCREASE IN NOT JUST THE COVERAGE OF THESE STORMS ALONG THAT BOUNDARY FARTHER BACK TO THE WEST, BUT THE INTENSITY OF THE STORMS HAS RAMPED UP

QUICKLY AS THAT STABLE LAYER OF AIR ALOFT THE CAP HAS BEEN ERODED IN PART TO SOME OF THAT SUNSHINE THAT YOU SAW IN THE LIVE PICTURE THERE OUT OF DALLAS WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES UP. WHAT WAS IT CLOSE TO 80 DEGREES IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, SO, YES, YOU’VE GOT THESE POWERFUL STORMS WITH HAIL COURSE HERE JUST

OFF TO THE WEST OF I 35 WEST. OF SANGER, BUT THAT’S GOING TO BE MOVING INTO TOWN SHORTLY AS THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST. THIS RIGHT HERE, MATHEW MATHEWS WITH ME HERE AND WHETHER COMMAND DRIVING THE DOPPLER RADAR AND ANALYZING SOME OF THESE STORMS WITH ME. THIS IS THE WORST HAIL CORE SIGNATURE THAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR ON DOPPLER RADAR, AND I’VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON SOME OF THESE REPORTS AS THEY COME IN. WE’VE ALREADY SEEN HAIL REPORTS UP TO ABOUT AN INCH IN DIAMETER, QUARTER SIZE. SOME OF

THESE WARNINGS, WHICH PERHAPS MIGHT BE WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE, OFF TO THE WEST OF SINGER HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF IN