DIRECT RADAR: Severe cold front arrives overnight with cooling and gusty winds

A strong cold front will move through North Texas overnight, bringing showers and possibly thunderstorms.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport peaked at 77 on Wednesday. Spring warmth was accompanied by spring storms in the evening hours.

A severe thunderstorm warning issued for most of North Texas expired at 10 p.m. Wednesday.

NBC 5 chief meteorologist Rick Mitchell said a “cap” in the atmosphere, or a layer of warm air preventing storms from developing, was in effect over North Texas during the day and into the evening. By 9:00 p.m., storms persisted mostly north of Red River and southern Oklahoma, where some tornado warnings were issued.

Parts of Dallas and Fort Worth could experience rain during late Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning, Mitchell said.

Cooler temperatures are expected on Thursday due to strong northerly winds. High temperatures by Thursday and Friday will only rise to 40 and 50 degrees.