update:
Updated at 9:45 p.m. with additional information from the National Weather Service.
Following cloudy skies during Monday's total solar eclipse, severe thunderstorms developed in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth issued a severe thunderstorm warning for some areas starting around 8 p.m. Dallas, Collin, Denton, Rockwall and Tarrant counties will remain in effect through Monday night. Storm activity is expected to continue into early Tuesday, according to NWS Fort Worth.
FlightAware, which tracks real-time and historical flight activity, showed departures at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport being delayed by 46 minutes to an hour (and counting) just after 8 p.m. due to thunderstorms.No delays reported as of 9:30 p.m.
Early Monday morning, Jason Dunn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, said storms were being reported across central Texas and some counties were under tornado watches. Thunderstorms are expected to continue throughout the day Tuesday.
Dunn said the threat of large hail will increase Monday afternoon and may subside somewhat overnight. Tornado potential will continue overnight into Tuesday.
Dallas County is expected to receive 3 to 3.5 inches of rain as the storm moves through the area, according to a map on the National Weather Service's website. Rainfall is expected to increase from west to east across the region, and counties including Hunt, Kaufman and Navarro are under flood watches until Wednesday morning.
Mr Dunn suggested caution when traveling during the storm and told motorists not to drive through water when the road cannot be seen.
“We always advise people to have multiple ways to receive flood warnings,” he said.
