A line of storms early this week is bringing much-needed rain to parts of North Texas where dry, windy conditions have led to wildfires such as the Eastland complex fire west of Fort Worth, but it鈥檚 not likely to deliver relief from drought conditions.
Juan Hern谩ndez at the National Weather Service said the storms have a chance of becoming severe.
鈥淭he main threat as storms move across the Metroplex will be damaging winds,鈥� Hern谩ndez said. 鈥淲e can't rule out some hail as well or even some brief spin of tornadoes along the line of storms.鈥�
Hern谩ndez said the location of any potential tornadoes is unknown but North Texas residents should be prepared.
The storms are expected to bring up to half an inch of rain but Hern谩ndez said it won鈥檛 bring enough rain to break a drought.
鈥淯sually into the spring season, we start to see the grasses becoming green. Overall that green grass leads to lower threat of fires but without significant rainfall, that's being a bit delayed,鈥� Hern谩ndez said.
The storms will then move east and conditions are expected to be drier by mid-week.
More than half of the state and much of North Texas is experiencing a moderate to severe drought.
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