More scattered showers, storms possible through Wednesday across North Texas
There have been flooding issues in some of North Texas counties this Sunday.
Flood warnings were issued for the southwest corner of Tarrant and western Johnson counties. The last areas under flood warnings were Comanche and southwest Erath counties.
Over 3" inches of rain fell in spots in this flood-warned area, a testament to the deep tropical moisture in place overhead. Most of our southern counties were under a flood watch most of the day. By 5 p.m., rain had left our coverage area.
We've had a remarkable start to July, the coolest start in 12 years. Almost all the days, including Sunday, logged below normal temperature.
North Texas has logged at least a trace of rain every day. The last time that happened was in 2007, the wettest start to July on record. We've had rain, but not a lot of it. The total for the month at DFW is still below 1/10 of an inch.
We are going to keep rain chances in the forecast to start the week. Coverage will stay in the 20% - 40% range.
We have high pressure in the upper levels over New Mexico that will keep us in northwest flow aloft. This allows any rain/storm complexes to move into North Texas that will interact with our thick tropical moisture in place.
Later this week, North Texas will start to dry out and warm up, in other words, get to some typical July weather. This goes into next weekend as well.