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Texas Severe Storms to Bring Threat of Flooding, Tornadoes
A big outbreak of severe storms may unfold across Texas Tuesday night into Wednesday.
A powerful storm system moving from northern Mexico into Texas will be the trigger for the severe weather.
Locally drenching thunderstorms with hail were the early indications of what is likely to be a severe weather outbreak.
During Tuesday morning, there were just shy of a dozen reports of hail from Galveston and Port Arthur to Lufkin. Additional hail reports were coming in around San Antonio and the lower Rio Grande Valley. The severe weather is forecast to ramp up later Tuesday into Wednesday.
“For early January, this storm system is very unusual,” AccuWeather Expert Senior Meteorologist Dan Kottlowski said. “It is something you would normally see in March.”
Enough humid and warm air will be pulled northward ahead of the system to fuel very violent storms.
“The potential [exists] for damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes with an area of very heavy rain that could cause flooding problems,” AccuWeather Expert Senior Meteorologist Ken Clark said.
The severe weather threat zone will include the Hill Country of Texas northeastward to Dallas and northeastern Texas and southward to Houston.
The worst thunderstorms are expected to develop Tuesday night into the day Wednesday, especially across southeastern and eastern Texas.
Be prepared to take shelter if a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning is issued for your area. Have a weather radio and extra batteries on hand.
Flooding will also be a big concern with the thunderstorms across southeastern and eastern Texas, since 1-3 inches of rain can fall over a very short time. There may be isolated rain amounts of 4-5 inches, according to Kottlowski.
A squall line of severe storms will progress across eastern Texas and Louisiana by Wednesday afternoon and evening.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH in effect until Thursday, Jan 10, 12:00am.
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING …
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS …INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES …AUSTIN …BRAZORIA …BRAZOS …BURLESON …CHAMBERS … COLORADO …FORT BEND …GALVESTON …GRIMES …HARRIS …HOUSTON … JACKSON …LIBERTY …MADISON …MATAGORDA …MONTGOMERY …POLK … SAN JACINTO …TRINITY …WALKER …WALLER …WASHINGTON AND WHARTON.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY MAINLY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE RAINFALL EVENT IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* GIVEN THE LONG DURATION OF THE RAINFALL EVENT …STREET FLOODING MAY BECOME COM
MON TONIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING AND TRAVEL MAY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. MAINSTEM RIVER AND BAYOU FLOODING MAY BECOME INVOLVED LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE LARGE AREAL EXTENT OF THE RAINFALL AND THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THE GROUND TO QUICKLY SATURATE AND RAIN TO RUNOFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS …
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
IF POSSIBLE AVOID TRAVEL TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND EXPECT DELAYS IF TRAVEL CANNOT BE PUT OFF TO A LATER TIME.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AS FLASH
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