A tornado watch is in effect for Chambers, Liberty and Polk counties until 7 p.m. Thursday.
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Polk County until 12:15 p.m. Expect winds of up to 50 mile per hour and a threat of hail.
Follow the storms on our radar.
A cold front is moving across Southeast Texas during the lunchtime hours that has kicked off some isolated heavy showers and strong thunderstorms over the next few hours.
The heaviest rain will move east of the area by 2 or 3 p.m., then expect cooler weather for the remainder of the day. It’ll turn breezy with north winds upwards of 20mph for the rest of the afternoon.
A Wind Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Houston Metro area from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. for wind gusts in excess of 35 to 40 mph Thursday night. Expect a vastly colder Friday starting off in the mid-30s and blustery and only reaching the low 50s for afternoon highs.
Another cold start on Saturday with mid- to low-30s areawide and some northern counties may be seeing a below freezing temperatures for few hours early Saturday morning. We’ll rebound into the mid-50s with sunshine and then Sunday is back into the mid-60s with sunny skies.
If you’re planning to travel to the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast, a crippling winter storm will develop over the next 24 hours pummeling areas from Virginia to Washington DC with potentially up to 1-2 feet of snow, blizzard conditions from Maryland to New Jersey and damaging ice accumulations in North Carolina. This storm system will have major travel impacts starting tomorrow afternoon through the weekend. Make sure to check airlines as cancellations will be widespread through the weekend.