Severe weather and flood threat increases into tonight

Strong thunderstorms moving through this afternoon and tonight

The threat of tornadoes, damaging winds and hail has expanded farther west. (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Storms Thursday:

Our storms are looking stronger, which translates into an expanded flood threat area. Street flooding is possible for low-lying spots and new construction sites. The severe weather threat includes the possibility of tornadoes, damaging winds and hail. It includes Houston and cities farther west. These storms will be with us tonight into the overnight hours.

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Afternoon and evening, thunderstorms will be sticking around through the evening.

Temperatures will stay in the 60s overnight with heavy rain across the region until midnight. (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
This model has been changing over the past few days and now paints the heaviest rain expectation to our east but as of 4pm there has been half an inch of rain in the Galleria area. (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
This area has expanded farther south and west (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)
The threat of tornadoes, damaging winds and hail has expanded farther west. (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

New Year’s Eve Forecast:

All of the rain moves out Friday. That will leave us with a dry weekend. If you are headed out Saturday night the weather will be near perfect. It’s cool, with light winds and temperatures in the 60s.

Temperatures in the 60s (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

10-day forecast:

New Year’s Weekend looks sunny and warm, but shower and storms return Monday.

After tonight's rain, we see great weather to bring in 2023 with no rain and highs in the 70s! (Copyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

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