A broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms extends from Cross Plains to Eastland to Mineral Wells to Decatur to Frisco to Leonard to Honey Grove to Paris to just north of Clarksville. These storms are generally moving southeast at 25 to 50 MPH. Storms farther east are moving more quickly while the more supercelluar storms from Collin County west to Eastland are moving a bit more slowly.

Damaging straight-line winds of 65 to 75 MPH are expected with the most intense storms extending from Frisco to Clarksville. An enhanced damaging straight-line wind threat is expected along with quarter size hail. Not everyone within that line will get the high-end winds or hail, but it’s going to be rowdy for a while. That section of the squall line will continue moving southeast toward Dallas to Canton to Tyler to Longview and Marshall over the next hour or two. The threat for the aforementioned hazards will continue as well – so have a way to receive weather warnings and get your vehicles away from trees.

From D/FW west to Eastland we’re watching a more broken line of storms. Some of the storms are showing supercelluar characteristics with the primary threat being large hail. Localized damaging winds are also occurring, but hail seems to be a higher threat at the moment. Those storms are moving southeast at 25 to 35 MPH. If an individual storm is able to become particularly organized it could attain a very large hail threat. That’s not ongoing currently, but the atmosphere is favorable for big-time hail if we get an intense supercell.

02Z HRRR: Simulated weather model radar from midnight through the morning hours.

Storms will continue moving southeast through the night. The highest chance for damaging straight-line winds and hail will be near and east of Interstate 35 to the Gulf Coast. That means folks in East Texas, the Brazos Valley, and Southeast Texas will be dealing with strong to severe storms several hours from now. Not everyone will be impacted by storms – or even severe storms – but have a way to receive weather warnings. Significant straight-line winds over 75 MPH may occur.

We’ve been doing live coverage on our social media platforms and within our mobile app. You can also keep tabs on the storms with our free interactive weather radar here on our website and within our mobile app.