The top local stories this morning from KERA News: Another round of storms are expected to roll in this afternoon and some are expected to be severe.
Though Grayson County experienced three tornadoes Tuesday night, other storms were not as bad as originally forecast. Some felt the National Weather Service overreacted, but meteorologist Steve Fano pointed out there’s always a possibility for some showers to turn severe in spring.
“We’re going to issue a forecast well ahead of a watch,” he said. “We can talk severe weather up days in advance. Really, when a watch is issued, that means the ingredients are coming together.”
Fano said some of those ingredients aren’t always visible. Watches are often called even when there’s no clouds. An example:
“We have a cap of warm air in place and that might be preventing thunderstorms, but we know that as soon as that cap breaks, then storms will not only develop, but they’ll develop into severe storms very quickly,” he said.
The National Weather Service says the likely risks today will be large hail and possibly damaging winds.
Other stories this morning:
- The U.S. Treasury last week decided to replace Andrew Jackson with abolitionist icon Harriet Tubman on the $20 dollar bill. In our Friday Conversation, NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks about some parallels he sees between Jackson and the current presidential candidates.
- The Dallas Book Festival will return after lying dormant for the last few years.
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