Severe Weather: Dallas, South Could See Storms
The Weather Channel • • nation
Key Points:
- A multiday severe storm event is expected across the Midwest and South during the first full week of May, with storms likely Tuesday and Wednesday in cities such as Dallas, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport.
- The severe weather threat is lower on Monday but increases Tuesday and Wednesday, particularly impacting northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma, Arkansas, and extending to eastern Texas and western Alabama.
- Main hazards include large hail and damaging winds, with the possibility of tornadoes, as a subtropical jet stream and a dip in the jet stream over the Rockies create favorable conditions for storm development.
- The storm system will bring unseasonably cool air, dropping temperatures by 10-20 degrees for much of the week, though warmer-than-average temperatures from the West are expected to return gradually.
- This weather pattern continues a trend of frequent storms in the Central US dating back to March, aligning with May's status as the busiest month for tornadoes on average.
