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Nov 11, 2008 12:16 am US/Central
Scattered Showers Moving Ahead Of Cold Front
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ―
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Flooded Dallas Parking Lot
Monique Champagne
The strong storms and showers will continue to move across North Texas well ahead of a cold front.
Commuters can expect the storms to linger through the better part of the morning hours Tuesday. The storms are capable of producing locally heavy rainfall and therefore continue a flash flooding threat for most of North Texas.
The secondary threat with the storms is gusty winds. The primary storm focus for the Tuesday morning commute will be to the south and east of Metro Dallas and Fort Worth.
By Tuesday afternoon, the clouds will give way to the sun with showers and storms to the east of Dallas/Fort Worth. The highs will be around 78 with winds shifting from South to Northwest.
The cold front will move through in the late afternoon.
The heavy storms which rolled through North Texas Monday night dumped several inches of rain.
Flooding forced I-30 at Collins to be shut down in both directions.
The high water also led authorities to shut down an access road on southbound I-35 in Lewisville. The highway remained open, but the access road near Garden Ridge Boulevard was under water for about a half mile.
Richardson police say they received a call about a lightning strike along Central Expressway, which cased the street lights between the High Five and the George Bush Turnpike to stop working. Power outages were reported across the metro area.
The flash flooding took motorists by surprise and resulted in numerous reports of stranded vehicles and one swift-water rescue in the Westworth area of Fort Worth.
The rains also forced a ground stop DFW International Airport on two different occasions.
At one point the long line of showers and thunderstorms stretched from Sherman southwest to near Brownwood. Large hail and wind gusts in excess of 60 mph were reported in some areas.
The National Weather Service office in North Fort Worth reported 1.4 inches of rain as of 7:50 P.M., and a storm spotter reported 1.6 inches in Keller at the same time.
Parts of Parker, Hood, Erath and Denton counties have seen more than 3 inches of rain. The heaviest rain has fallen just south of Santo in southern Palo Pinto county.
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