LIVE COVERAGE: Tornado Warnings in Hill, Navarro, Ellis Counties

A powerful storm system is bring thunderstorms with high winds, hail, and the threat of tornadoes through North Texas Friday afternoon. By 3 p.m., a number of severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings had already been issued. The storm threat for the main part of the Metroplex is expected to continue until 7 p.m.

A Tornado Warning was issued at 2:42 p.m. for Hill County until 3:15 p.m. for a severe thunderstorm that is capable of producing a tornado. The warning is for radar indicated rotation that was 7 miles NW of Hillsboro moving NE at 50 mph at 2:55 p.m.

At 2:57 p.m., a second Tornado Warning was issued for Ellis, Hill and Navarro until 3:30 p.m. The warning is for radar indicated rotation near Bynum 9 miles SE of Hillsboro moving NE at 60 mph.

A Tornado Watch was issued at 1:04 p.m. for most of North Texas until 8 p.m. including Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Freestone, Grayson, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Leon, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Montague, Navarro, Parker, Rains, Robertson, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, Van Zandt and Wise counties. The same Tornado Watch also extends north across the Red River into southern Oklahoma.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued at 3:02 p.m. for Hood, Johnson, Parker and southern Tarrant until 3:45 p.m. for wind to 60 mph and hail to 1 inch.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued at 2:47 p.m. for Collin, Fannin, Grayson and Hunt counties until 3:45 p.m. for wind to 60 mph and hail up to 1 inch. At 2:57 p.m. the severe thunderstorm warning for Collin County was expired.

Most of North Texas is under an Enhanced threat with numerous severe and intense storms possible.

Areas to the west are under a Slight risk with scattered severe storms possible while areas to the east are under a more severe Moderate risk where widespread severe storms are likely.

The storm system will bring widespread showers and thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening with the highest severe threat in areas along and east of the Interstate 35 corridor.

The main window for DFW to see severe weather will be between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. This doesn’t mean it will rain/storm this entire time, but it’s when the potential for severe storms exists. Storms will push to the east as the evening wears on.

Some of these storms could be severe with damaging high wind gusts of 60 mph or more, large hail, quarter-sized or greater, and even the potential for a tornado or two.

Locally heavy rainfall may produce flooding in some areas.

Storms will begin to develop around lunchtime and continue into the early evening.

By late this evening, the storms will be exiting North Texas, leaving the weekend drier and cooler with sunshine and highs in the 70s.

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