{"id":230200,"date":"2026-04-01T13:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/230200\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:02:14","slug":"dallas-weather-severe-storms-bring-large-hail-damaging-wind-threats-rainy-easter-weekend-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/230200\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas weather: Severe storms bring large hail, damaging wind threats; Rainy Easter weekend ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; Residents should prepare for a return of severe weather as storms move back into North Texas. The National Weather Service (NWS) warns that high winds, hail, flooding and isolated tornadoes are all possible.<\/p>\n<p>   Wednesday Forecast\u00a0  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/zq94kruumg975dvh.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas weather: Apr. 1 morning forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Severe hazards are expected to return Wednesday evening. According to the NWS, the primary threats are large hail and damaging winds.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">A dryline to the west will trigger the initial development, with storms pushing east throughout the night. Current models suggest the storms will move through the Metroplex between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. Thursday. While the tornado threat remains low, it is not zero.<\/p>\n<p> LIVE Radar: Dallas-Fort Worth <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/web_dfw.gif\" width=\"100%\"\/> Thursday Forecast\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The line of storms will continue heading east Thursday morning. Forecasters expect a lull in activity by Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p> Easter Weekend Forecast\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/web_7_day.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The next round of active weather arrives Friday evening, becoming widespread Friday night and lasting into Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Threats include large hail, damaging winds and localized flooding. While timing remains uncertain this far out, heavy rain is expected to linger through much of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">A cold front will clear the area from northwest to southeast Saturday afternoon, ushering in noticeably cooler and drier air. Low temperatures late Saturday will drop into the 40s and 50s.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The rain is expected to taper off by Saturday night, leaving Easter Sunday mostly dry and pleasant with highs in the mid- to upper 60s. A slight chance of rain persists for areas south of the Metroplex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article comes from the National Weather Service and FOX 4 Forecasters.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS &#8211; Residents should prepare for a return of severe weather as storms move back into North Texas.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,223,172],"class_list":["post-230200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}