Through 8 PM...showers and thunderstorms will persist along a Three Rivers to Yorktown to Speaks line. Rainfall amounts up to one half inch are possible. Small hail is possible with the thunderstorms.
Forecast for DeWitt
Updated: 3:59 PM CDT on July 6, 2009
Tonight
Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index readings around 108 early in the evening.
Tuesday
Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s. Southwest winds 5 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon. Heat index readings around 108 late in the afternoon.
Partly cloudy before midnight then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index readings around 108 early in the evening.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny. Highs around 102. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
... A strong thunderstorm was affecting DeWitt County...
At 720 PM CDT... NWS meteorologists are tracking a strong thunderstorm near Nordheim... or 5 miles west of Yorktown. This storm was nearly stationary.
People in southwestern DeWitt County... including the following locations... Nordheim and Yorktown... should monitor the weather situation closely. Listen for possible warnings and be prepared to take appropriate action should severe weather threaten.
Small hail... and winds 30 to 40 mph are expected with this storm.