Severe, isolated storms with threats of large hail and damaging wind gusts may develop in North Texas on Wednesday, NWS Fort Worth posted on X. There is also a slight threat of a tornado, according to NWS Fort Worth. The storms are expected to materialize east of Interstate 35 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Wednesday afternoon and evening.

A “potent” weather system will enter North and Central Texas on Wednesday, steering the development of a dryline, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. A dryline is the boundary separating dry and moist air masses, where severe thunderstorms often develop.

The series of warnings and alerts has a lot of North Texas first responders and business operators gearing up for high winds expected on Friday.