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[Bob Of Burleson]

Severe weather possible Thursday in North Texas

By Bill Miller
wmiller@star-telegram.com

FORT WORTH — Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected Thursday afternoon and evening as a cold front moves into North Texas, forecasters say.

Unstable atmosphere combined with powerful winds aloft could produce storms packing very large hail, damaging winds up to 70 mph and brief but heavy rainfall, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

Tornadoes are also possible, especially in counties east of Dallas, said Matt Bishop, a weather service meteorologist in Fort Worth.

“It looks like there will be enough wind shear throughout the atmosphere,” he said, “and that’s favorable for tornado development.”

The first round of storms may show up around daybreak Thursday, Bishop said.

But, he noted, the potential for severe weather accelerates Thursday afternoon when morning cloud cover gives way to sunshine. The afternoon heating may be the mechanism that triggers the storms, Bishop explained.

Storms will be most numerous east of the Interstate 35 corridor, according to a weather service statement. The severe weather threat will end from northwest to southeast early Friday morning, the weather service said.

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