HOUSTON – Thousands of Houston-area residents are without power as a storm moves into the area Monday afternoon.
As of 5 p.m. Monday, CenterPoint Energy is reporting more than 6,000 outages across Southeast Texas.
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A large number of customers are without power in the west Houston area.
The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 5 p.m. Monday covering mainly our northern and western counties: Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker, Waller and Washington.
A Wind Advisory is also in effect until 9 p.m. Monday.
The Local 2 meteorologists say the main threat with Monday's severe weather will be hail and strong winds. Wind gusts could reach over 65 mph.