Weather

North Texas residents and officials are assessing damage Monday morning from a tornado that ripped through Dallas late Sunday evening. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Dallas around 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Tornadoes were also reported elsewhere in Dallas County, as well as Rockwall County. The tornado…

Parts of north and east Texas are expected to see thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and possible flooding Friday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda make their way into the area. The tropical storm battered Houston and Galveston on Thursday, flooding homes, swamping roadways and knocking out power to thousands of…

Unless drastic action is taken, Dallas could see an average of 18 days per year by century’s end in which heat index values climb so high they can’t be calculated, a new report suggests. The study, which was released Tuesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists, sheds light on some…

Even on a good day, dealing with airport parking is nobody’s favorite part of a trip. On Wednesday morning, some travelers at Dallas Love Field encountered an extra headache on top of the typical ones. A round of heavy rain Tuesday night and Wednesday morning flooded the ground floor of…

On Wednesday afternoon, as forecasts of baseball-sized hail and possible tornadoes rolled in, residents across North Texas scrambled to get their cars under cover and themselves indoors. At Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field, hundreds of flights were canceled, leaving some passengers with time to kill at the…

Two-thirds of the United States, including parts of North and East Texas, are at risk for increased flooding this spring, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s spring outlook. The forecast, which identifies areas in the Trinity River Basin as being at moderate flood risk, comes on the heels…

The weather gods have heard us, disparaging our mild winter, our complaining that it’s been marred by rain and have decided that they shall smite us for our blaspheming. This weekend, they are summoning the worst of their winter tricks — the mighty blue norther — to awaken us from…

Look, we’re sorry, OK? The last time we ventured into weather forecasting, we may have been a little overexcited at the remote prospect of snow in North Texas. We admit it now: “Snowpocalypse” and “frozen hell” were a bit over the top in describing what turned out to be a…

While The Dallas Morning News and the rest of the lamestream media might be playing it down, saying that Dallas has just a “chance” of snow Thursday and Friday and that any accumulation of ice and snow will be “light, if any,” the Observer is here to tell you the…

The trees in North Texas are brighter and more colorful than ever — or at least that’s what some Dallas residents have determined. Dallasites on Facebook have taken notice of the colorful fall foliage, with one poster saying, “All of that rain must’ve helped because I’ve never seen such pretty…

Dallas might be having a bit of a fly problem. Recently, residents of Dallas have been complaining online about the swarms of flies invading their homes, their lives and their minds. Even Jennifer Gracheck of MosquitoNix pest control in Dallas, said over the last month and a half they have received more…

Last week’s heat wave wasn’t the beginning, but it wasn’t the end, either. Dallas has seen sustained extreme heat before, notably in the summers of 1980 and 2011, but the city could see months of temperatures well above 100 degrees if Texas, the U.S. and the rest of the world…

For the fifth consecutive day, temperatures at DFW Airport easily cracked 100 degrees Wednesday, topping out at 106 just after 5 p.m. As the relentless heat pummeled North Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the nonprofit that oversees 90 percent of Texas’ electric grid, felt the stress as well…

A woman scorned? Hah. Texas laughs at scorned women because when it comes to hellish fury, no woman alive can hold a candle to a dry Texas summer. Speaking of candles, Texans might not need to keep them handy this season; the state’s electricity supply should be able to handle…

Forget the solar eclipse and get ready for the biggest, most beautiful and elegant moon of the last 156 years, one that’s only appropriate for the night after President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address. Early tomorrow morning, the Texas sky will play host to three phenomena that…

Any minute now, Dallas will finally get its first significant frozen precipitation this winter. While “accumulation of snow [is] not guaranteed for everyone,” according to Dallas weather god and WFAA meteorologist Pete Delkus, Dallas is under a winter weather advisory beginning at 2 p.m, despite temperatures having been near 60…

Despite Monday’s 70-something degree respite, the first week of November has been among the hottest in Dallas’ recorded history. Three times, temperatures have cracked 90 degrees at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Before this year, 89 was the highest Dallas’ mercury had ever reached in November. According the National Weather Service,…

After almost a week of waiting and preparation, the city of Dallas finally, started receiving a steady stream of evacuees from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Thursday night and Friday. The travelers aren’t coming from Houston, according to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. Instead, they’re coming to North Texas from flooded-out southeast…

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey has brought destruction that federal, state and local governments have not been able top keep up with. Private citizens, non-profits and businesses have sprung into action, spurred by the now-ubiquitous “Texas Strong” rallying cry that swept in with the storm. Other, less noble creatures have…

Along with the devastating, still largely unknown human and property costs of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on the Texas coast, the state’s dogs and cats have also born the brunt of the storm. Some have been left behind by owners, forced to fend for themselves as the rains rolled…