Meteorologists issued flash flood warnings across north-central Texas as much of the central U.S. braces for a series of thunderstorms that threaten to spin up tornadoes, trigger flash flooding, and drop damaging,

The heavy rain will continue off and on into the afternoon hours with more storms developing overnight into Thursday.

A flash flood warning was released by the NWS Fort Worth TX on Wednesday at 6:12 a.m. in effect until 9:15 a.m. The warning is for Dallas, Tarrant and Ellis counties.