The Storms Have Fired: Severe Thunderstorms Rumble to Life Monday Afternoon, With Dallas–Fort Worth in the Overnight Window
This is no longer a forecast about tonight. CNN reports the severe storms developed Monday afternoon across the Plains — and Dallas–Fort Worth stays in the window overnight, ahead of an Election Day the station feed now codes as heavy rain at 68 percent.
The line has formed. Severe thunderstorms rumbled to life Monday afternoon and will continue overnight across the central and southern Plains, including Dallas–Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and Wichita, CNN reported in a file updated less than an hour before this cycle. Damaging winds are the primary threat, and a few tornadoes are also possible. The Texas Flyover's Monday briefing puts the same shape in state terms: a cold front sweeps a line of storms across Texas from tonight into Election Day, Dallas–Fort Worth faces a slight risk of severe weather — level 2 out of 5 — overnight, with possible hail, localized flooding, damaging winds and brief tornadoes.
The station's own feed shows the setup and the turn. At mid-afternoon Monday it read 81.7 degrees under an overcast sky, feeling like 82.8, on a day that tops out at 84.1 — the warm air the front is about to replace. Behind the line, the feed drops Tuesday's low to 56.3 and codes Election Day itself as heavy rain (code 65) at a 68 percent chance, with a high of 75.2. The Flyover's outlook has the storms tapering off early Tuesday and clearing skies behind them, with highs in the low to mid-70s — which means the worst of the voting weather is front-loaded into the morning hours.
For voters, CNN's Election Day picture is the practical one: rain impacts voters from the Great Plains and Upper Midwest south through the Mississippi Valley to the western Gulf Coast, key races in eastern Texas are among those dealing with wet conditions, isolated severe storms are possible from eastern Texas eastward, and while the flooding threat is low, voters traveling to the polls could still encounter ponding on roads. Polls open at 7 a.m. — in the hours right after the overnight line passes through the Metroplex.
