Dallas receives around 1,020 mm (about 40 inches) of rain a year, with spring bringing the most active severe weather season as warm Gulf moisture collides with drier air moving down from the Plains, a combination that also makes North Texas one of the more tornado-prone parts of the country. These spring storm systems can produce large hail, damaging wind, and intense rainfall capable of flash flooding within an hour. Because severe weather here can escalate so quickly during spring, radar tracking is a genuinely essential tool used at both a personal and institutional level, including by the region’s extensive emergency-management network. NWS Doppler radar KFWS (Dallas/Fort Worth) covers the region.
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