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Residents across North Texas should remain weather aware Saturday evening as multiple rounds of thunderstorms continue to move across the region, bringing the threat of damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning and pockets of heavy rainfall.Saturday Night ForecastA Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for parts of Dallas and Ellis counties Saturday evening as a strong line of storms pushed northeast through the southern Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.The strongest storm developed near Mansfield before moving toward Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Oak Cliff and downtown Dallas. Meteorologists said the storm was initially capable of producing wind gusts between 60 and 65 mph, though radar indicated some weakening as it approached Dallas County.Heavy rain and frequent lightning accompanied the storms, with numerous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes detected around Joe Pool Lake and southern Dallas County. The National Weather Service warned that isolated hail up to penny size and wind gusts up to 60 mph
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John Travolta’s director cosplay wasn’t the only topic of conversation at the Cannes Film Festival last month. If you’ve been paying attention to the exciting things happening in North Texas’ production landscape, it should come as no surprise that both Dallas and Fort Worth’s film commissions received awards at Screen International’s fourth annual Global Production … Continued
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FOX4 2d ago
A long-standing landmark in the Arlington Entertainment District will be reduced to rubble this weekend to clear the path for a new half-billion-dollar luxury resort.After more than 40 years of operation, the Sheraton Hotel is scheduled for implosion at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.Crews will demolish the building to make way for a $500 million hotel project built by Lowe. The new resort, named The Americana, marks the company’s third hotel development in the city's entertainment hub. Featuring more than 500 rooms and thousands of square feet of event and meeting space, construction is expected to take about three years.Road Closures and Traffic Impact The demolition will require several temporary road closures on Saturday morning.East Copeland Road, AT&T Way, and Convention Drive will be closed to all traffic until 10 a.m. Police will also implement rolling traffic stops along Ballpark Way during the implosion window. Drivers are advised to seek alternate routes.
