Houston-area counties under tornado watch
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Parts of Southeast Texas northeast of Houston are under a tornado watch Friday until 7 p.m., the National Weather Service said. Doppler weather radar at 12:30 p.m. was showing a cluster of strong to s...
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South Texas, Flood and Severe Storms
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Drenching rain along the Texas-Mexico border let up Friday, but rescues were still ongoing a day after severe storms trapped residents in their homes, forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on floo...
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South Texas worked to dry out on Friday after severe thunderstorms a day earlier flooded streets and compelled dozens of water rescues as many drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles on roads an...
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A large part of South Texas is reeling from life-threatening flooding that began overnight and continued into Friday morning.
Widespread storms are expected to sweep through a region stretching from Texas to Michigan on Sunday. Some of the most severe weather is expected in the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys, where forecasters said the conditions are right for “very large hail, damaging winds and strong tornadoes.”
Tornadoes are among nature's fiercest furies. Despite the destruction they can cause, the mechanism that results in tornadoes isn't well understood.
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ABC13 Houston on MSNStorms soak Rio Grande Valley as rainfall totals shatter centuries old record amid severe stormsSeveral abandoned cars were seen submerged on Interstate-2 in floodwaters from overnight in Hidalgo County, where they had about two feet of rainfall in the last few days.
SAN ANTONIO – A Texas woman recently found herself in her own "personal tornado " when she was caught in a dust devil. Leslie Holt told FOX Weather she was leaving the boat and RV dealership in San Antonio, where she works, when she encountered some gusty winds Monday. It wasn't long before she realized she was stuck in a vortex.
BEAUMONT, Texas — A Tornado Warning has been issued for northern Newton County until 4:15 p.m.
"We're doing the best we can, and will the basic mission suffer? I don't think so. But people will be under a lot of additional stress, a lot of additional strain." - Victor Murphy, National Weather Service Southern Region
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Flash flooding, with localized double-digit rainfall totals, is a risk this week, as are thunderstorms and possible tornadoes.