DFW could see severe weather, flooding later this week. Here’s the storm timeline

North Texas got a reprieve from downpours this past weekend, but storms are coming back.

There’s a chance of rain every day this week, said National Weather Service meteorologist Patricia Sanchez.

“Wednesday is the day we’re paying attention for the possibility of severe storms,” Sanchez said. “Flooding right now is a big concern because the soils are so saturated.”

The Storm Prediction Center has placed Dallas-Fort Worth and parts of Oklahoma under an enhanced risk (3 on a scale of 5) on Wednesday and that threat could be upgraded before the storms arrive.

“Intense updrafts will likely support very large hail (in excess of 2 inches) and strong vertical shear suggests tornadoes are possible,” the Storm Prediction Center forecast said. “Will introduce an Enhanced Risk for this scenario, but severe (probabilities) may need to be increased in later outlooks if an uncontaminated warm sector ultimately materializes ahead of the trough.”

On Monday, there’s a marginal risk for parts of Texas (1 on a scale of 5) including Austin and Lubbock, while Tuesday will see an enhanced risk in the Texas Panhandle and a marginal risk west of Fort Worth.

Forecasters are predicting 2 to 3 inches of rainfall for the DFW area this week and higher totals south and east of the Metroplex. But Sanchez said those predicted totals can be misleading.

“Usually we don’t focus on the numbers because pop-up showers can drop a lot of rainfall in a short period of time,” Sanchez said. “So people need to keep that in mind.”

This story was originally published May 6, 2019 at 10:51 AM with the headline "DFW could see severe weather, flooding later this week. Here’s the storm timeline."