Houston weather

Some cold fronts come into Houston like lambs. Today's front, however, will be a lion. The prime time for severe weather today will run from late morning to ...

This will be a breezy and cold day, with sunny skies and highs in the mid-50s. Winds will finally start to slacken some on Thursday, at just 5 to 10 mph, and we can expect to see highs in the mid-50s. The good news is that the system will move fairly quickly from west to east, clearing the area. A lot of the ingredients that we look for when it comes to severe weather, including instability and an energetic atmosphere, will be in place ahead of, and along with the front today. The most likely time for this activity is from noon to 4 pm today, so please be weather aware at that time. With brisk, gusty winds, it will “feel” like freezing temperatures outside late tonight with the wind chill. Other good resources include NOAA weather radio and [emergency alerts](https://www.weather.gov/media/wrn/WEA-factsheet-2021-final.pdf) from the National Weather Service. Some street flooding is possible, but I’m hopeful that roads will be clearing in terms of water by rush hour in the metro area. We also will be providing notifications through our app ( Ahead of this low, we will see strong southerly winds this morning, gusting up to 40 mph. These kinds of winds will knock down tree limbs as well. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible this morning ahead of the front, but the main line of storms will likely bring the most severe weather.

Houston could see thunderstorms, strong winds, possible tornadoes and flooding Tuesday as severe weather moves in. A gale warning has been issued for ...

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The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Harris County and Southeast Texas.

[Shell chemicals plant reports 'flaring' due to tornado](https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-tornado-shell-chemical-17739445.php?IPID=Chron-HP-Latest-News) [Tornado causes significant damage across southeast Houston](https://www.chron.com/weather/article/houston-tornado-damage-17739440.php)

Meteorologist Jeff Lindner with the Harris County Flood Control District discusses the severe weather expected Tuesday and how the county is preparing.

As a precaution, the City of Houston opened Lake Houston's spillway dam to help keep the lake at normal levels after Tuesday's rains.

[Tornado safety: What you need to know before, during and after a tornado](https://abc13.com/houston-weather-u-tornado-safety-what-to-do-during-a/6655273/) [Tuesday's rains](https://abc13.com/houston-weather-forecast-today-texas-rain-storm-predictions-temperatures/39346/). HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As a precaution, the City of Houston opened Lake Houston's spillway dam to help keep the lake at normal levels after

The KPRC 2 Severe Weather Team is tracking strong storms moving through the Houston area Tuesday.

Behind this cold front we will see cool and sunny weather to end the week. The front has pushed through and is bringing colder temperatures with it. - The National Weather Service in League City has confirmed at least one tornado touchdown in the Pasadena and as you can see by the graphic below, several more reports of tornadic activity.

Press play to watch wind gusts force tree branches to break and fall on top of a trampoline in the back yard of a home in northeast Houston. HOUSTON, Texas ( ...

That's when he saw the tree down and noticed part of it landed on the main road that his house sits on. The owner of the home, Tony, said he was watching television in his living room with his wife when he heard a loud noise. Torres' backyard trampoline was suddenly damaged by a falling tree branch in the midst of the incoming storms.

A rare tornado emergency warning was issued for suburbs outside of Houston. Forecasters are warning of strong storms and the threat of tornadoes from ...

And last March, [two tornadoes touched down](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/new-orleans-tornado.html) in the area around the city, killing at least one person and leaving a path of destruction in their wake. A tornado emergency is “an exceedingly rare tornado warning issued when there is a severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage from an imminent or ongoing tornado,” according to the [Weather Service](https://w1.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?word=tornado+emergency). Cites along the East Coast from Norfolk, Va., to Jacksonville, Fla., could see tornadoes later this week. [tweeted messages](https://twitter.com/GOHSEP/status/1617603395422126082) about storm safety. [The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency](https://twitter.com/MSEMA/status/1617521513149923330) sent similar messages about storm preparation. A rare tornado emergency warning was issued for suburbs outside of Houston.

Widespread showers and storms are expected throughout Southeast Texas on Tuesday as a low pressure system and cold front move through the area.

Isolated areas will see four to six inches of rain, causing some low-lying areas and some roadways to experience short-term flooding. Wednesday morning will be chilly and dry with temperatures around 40 degrees. You'll receive weather alerts for your location, along with video weather updates. The primary threat from the possible severe storms will be damaging winds with gusts from 30 miles per hour to 50 miles per hour. On average, most folks will see one to three inches of rain. to 5 p.m.

On Twitter, Pearland ISD officials wrote that all after-school, extracurricular and athletic activities were canceled for the day, though the district plans to ...

"Safety is our number one priority and we will continue to monitor the weather," the announcement read. On Twitter, Pearland ISD officials wrote that all after-school, extracurricular and athletic activities were canceled for the day, though the district plans to follow its regular bus schedule at dismissal time. [severe weather pushing through the region](https://www.chron.com/weather/article/texas-storm-tornado-watch-17738403.php) on Tuesday.

Houston ISD canceled all after-school activities due to inclement weather that could cause street flooding and develop into tornadoes.

"Inclement weather with strong winds and possible flooding are possible this afternoon at our normal release time. [Tap this link to view the list in a full screen browser version.](https://abc13.co/3eWX70t) Klein ISD announced they are sheltering in place and have moved all students and staff inside the buildings.

Several businesses and activities normally happening around town have either adjusted schedules, or temporarily shut down due to Tuesday's inclement weather ...

Bookmark this article and be prepared.](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/03/21/the-links-you-need-during-this-anticipated-bout-with-severe-of-southeast-texas-storms-bookmark-this-article-and-be-prepared/) [The social media accounts we’re following for accurate, up-to-date info on the potential severe weather](https://www.click2houston.com/features/2022/03/21/the-social-media-accounts-were-following-for-accurate-up-to-date-info-on-the-potential-severe-weather/) [Ground stop issued, inbound flights delayed at Bush, Hobby Airports due to severe weather](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/01/02/ground-stop-issued-at-hobby-airport-due-to-thunderstorms/) [PHOTOS: Flooded roadways, hail, limited visibility and more; See images KPRC 2 viewers captured of the storms heading through Southeast Texas](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/01/24/photos-hail-rain-and-more-see-images-kprc-2-viewers-captured-of-the-storms-heading-through-southeast-texas/) [See videos, photos from confirmed tornado in Deer Park, structural collapse in Baytown and damaged homes in SE Houston](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/01/24/see-videos-photos-from-confirmed-tornado-in-deer-park-structural-collapse-in-baytown-and-damaged-homes-in-se-houston/) [Impacted by storm damage? Here are some frequently asked questions and answers about filing a claim](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/01/09/impacted-by-storm-damage-here-are-some-frequently-asked-questions-and-answers-about-filing-a-claim/) 24 and plans to reopen on Wed, Jan. [KPRC 2 FLOOD TRACKER: Get alerted if flooding is occurring in your immediate area](https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2021/09/14/kprc-2-flood-tracker-get-alerted-if-flooding-is-occurring-in-your-immediate-area/) [LIVE RADAR: Storms moving through the Houston area today](https://www.click2houston.com/2015/12/26/radar-rain-moves-through-houston-area/) [Tornado season and safety](https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/03/23/tornado-season-and-safety/) [Powerful tornado rips through Pasadena area, damaging buildings and vehicles, police say](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/01/24/powerful-tornado-rips-through-pasadena-area-reportedly-damaging-buildings-police-say/) [LIST: High water being reported on some Houston-area roads due to severe weather](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/02/03/list-high-water-being-reported-on-some-houston-area-roads-due-to-severe-weather/) [Power outages reported throughout Houston area due to severe weather](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/01/31/power-outages-reported-throughout-houston-area-due-to-thunderstorms/) [The links you need during this anticipated bout with severe Southeast Texas storms. Some have even put a shelter-in-place to ensure students’ safety. [Click here for more information.](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/01/24/houston-area-school-districts-canceling-after-school-activities-amid-storms-severe-weather/)

A tornado reportedly hit in the Deer Park and Pasadena area, according to officials. There was also damage from a reported tornado in Pearland.

Air travel was halted during the height of the severe weather for both incoming and outgoing flights at Bush Intercontinental and Hobby airports. More than 100,000 customers in the area had had their electricity service interrupted and restored by 3:40 p.m., according to CenterPoint Energy’s Tuesday’s storm also produced structural and street flooding. We are taking steps to minimize any noise, light, or smoke associated with the flaring activity, though it’s expected to continue until the units are restarted.” Due to severe weather and the resulting loss of on-site steam, Shell Chemicals at Deer Park is currently flaring. The company also said there were no indications that a tornado had touched down within the facility. “… [January 24, 2023] “Easily enough wind can develop to lift or roll (vehicles) and damage structures, take roofs off.” “I’m glad I wasn't home.” Deer Park resident Ashley Lucky said she was at work when a tornado passed near her home and threw her neighbor’s backyard trampoline onto another nearby property. A tornado reportedly hit in the Deer Park and Pasadena area, southeast of Houston, according to officials.

One of those alerts issued by the National Weather Service was a Hurricane Emergency and it was the first time such an alert has been issued in the Houston area ...

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As expected, this system is bringing wind gusts above 40 mph, heavy rainfall, and at least one confirmed tornado and multiple other warnings. We are starting to ...

I expect the latter threat to peak from about 1 to 3 pm and then gradually diminish, with the rains following suit. The main line of storms should reach areas such as Sugar Land, downtown Houston, and Bush Intercontinental Airport by around 1 to 1:30 pm, and push down closer to the coast, through areas such as Pearland, Clear Lake and Baytown by around 3 pm. We are starting to see some street flooding in areas west of Houston, and I expect this to persist for the next few hours as rainfall rates reach 1 to 2 inches per hour.

List of Houston-area school districts canceling afterschool activities or early releases due to severe weather in Southeast Texas.

Galena Park ISD is canceling all after school activities, events, meetings and night school. All after school and extracurricular activities are canceled. Varsity-level after school practices, rehearsals and athletic extracurricular events may be limited. All Sheldon ISD after school activities are canceled. At this time, the DHS Varsity soccer game and Athletic Banquet scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. All after school activities have been canceled.

The National Weather Service in Houston issued a Tornado Emergency for the first time in the office's history Tuesday for a twister that tore the southeast ...

An intrepid driver managed to keep going down the road during the height of the storm's intensity in a Tornado Warning. Panicked parents rushed to pick their kids up from school and had to drive through a river. In some areas, 2-5 inches of rain fell, according to radar estimates. Overhead, a roof was missing, and we could look into rooms. Some homes and buildings were flattened. - Image 8 of 8 Lee said that those are busses that can transport up to 17 patients. Obviously, you can't build much for tornadoes when it comes to the house." "So, yeah, the houses are built for hurricanes. Winds damaged the Pasadena Animal shelter, said Pasadena police. Reports of tornadoes traveled east into the evening in Louisiana. "In my 25 years here, this is probably the worst damage I've seen," said a police official at a press conference in Pasadena.

Severe storms threaten Gulf Coast after tornadoes hit Houston · Winter weather was expected to hit West and North Texas on Tuesday, too. · Louisiana's Office of ...

[Storm Prediction Center](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html) recorded at least four tornado reports in Texas by Tuesday afternoon, as the [Atascocita Fire Department](https://twitter.com/AVFDOEM/status/1617996284513906689) said there was "a tornado related structure collapse" at a nursing home in the state's Deer Park. And nearly 57,300 customers were still without power in [eastern Texas](https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas). [power lines](https://twitter.com/BrewCityChaser/status/1617988458596925441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1617988458596925441%7Ctwgr%5E71adc07c1f144479863b57a1aa8d12f7101c1b87%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fnews%2Fhouston-weather%2Farticle%2Fhouston-storm-tornado-gale-warning-17738110.php), [damaged homes](https://twitter.com/Rangel_WX/status/1617991682473218048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1617991682473218048%7Ctwgr%5E71adc07c1f144479863b57a1aa8d12f7101c1b87%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fnews%2Fhouston-weather%2Farticle%2Fhouston-storm-tornado-gale-warning-17738110.php), [flooding](https://twitter.com/JeffLindner1/status/1618047383128133632) and trashed roads, as tornado warnings were issued in Texas and across the South. Threat level: Areas most at risk overnight included New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mobile, Ala., and extreme northwestern Florida. [Ground stops were issued](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/article/houston-storm-tornado-gale-warning-17738110.php)for both Hobby and Bush International airports as the storms moved through Texas and flights weren't allowed to land there, the [Houston Chronicle](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/article/houston-storm-tornado-gale-warning-17738110.php)reports. [quickly shut down](https://twitter.com/ShellDeerPark/status/1618003307728879617?s=20&t=P8E8mqH3WeHdge5YgiCshg)due to the severe weather. [said](https://twitter.com/GOHSEP/status/1617603395422126082)the state faced "another severe weather threat this week" and residents should remain alert. [Pasadena](https://twitter.com/pasadenatxgov/status/1617988912533889024?s=20&t=XUsUwHPYeyQ2vKU22zpsQA), where power lines were [knocked out](https://twitter.com/PasadenaPDTX/status/1617987949035139072)and radar indicated debris from one twister near the city reached about 8,000 feet in the air. [very rare and limited](https://w1.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?word=tornado+emergency) warning — was issued for southeastern [Harris County](https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/1617983381631045632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1617983381631045632%7Ctwgr%5E8aaf256a24a10c690e8d267163a4f635d34b456d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fnews%2Fhouston-weather%2Farticle%2Fhouston-storm-tornado-gale-warning-17738110.php), Texas, according to the National Weather Service. [poweroutage.us](https://poweroutage.us/). [storm system](https://www.axios.com/science/extreme-weather)" that triggered multiple reports of damage from tornadoes and flooding in and near [Houston](https://www.axios.com/local/houston) on Tuesday is threatening to unleash further damage across the [Gulf Coast](https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/1618106402794360832). [threat](https://www.weather.gov/images/crh/dhs/wwa_population.png) from the storm, which was [sweeping](https://twitter.com/NWSNewOrleans/status/1618124005910761473) through Mississippi coastal communities as it pushed northeastward overnight.

Severe weather ripped across parts of the South Tuesday, prompting a rare tornado emergency in Houston, ripping roofs off buildings and leaving hundreds of ...

[tornado emergency](https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/1617984356034961409) for parts of the area at around 3:25 p.m. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM. You should always seek shelter if one is issued for your area. (5:38 p.m. There is also the possibility of dangerous [nighttime tornadoes](https://weather.com/safety/tornado/news/2021-12-10-nighttime-tornado-threat-dangerous). (6:02 p.m. About 100,000 outages remain in Texas. Three were transported to the hospital, an official said in a While a damage survey from the National Weather Service office in League City will determine the final rating, the last "strong" tornado (at least EF2) to hit the county was on Halloween 2015. Trees are down in Calcasieu Parish, where officials are assessing the area for any further damage. Every person and pet is okay," an update posted to Facebook said. The [forecast](https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2023-01-23-winter-storm-kassandra-forecast-southern-plains-midwest-northeast) through Wednesday includes the possibility of strong tornadoes, damaging straight-line winds and heavy rainfall for parts of the South.

Houston news: City officials in Pasadena, Baytown, and Deer Park are all planning damage surveys. Same goes for the National Weather Service.

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A tornado ripped through Pasadena and Deer Park, cities located on the southeast side of Houston. · Extensive damage seen after severe storms roll through ...

"They were scared," one worker said. "There may be other areas of damage, so it’s a very fluid situation right now." A storm spotter reported lots of damage to trees, power lines, buildings and vehicles in the area. A spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department said "extensive damage" has been reported to buildings on the southeast side of the city. The twister prompted the National Weather Service office in Houston to issue its first Tornado Emergency after radar showed debris was being thrown into the air. A tornado ripped through Pasadena and Deer Park, cities located on the southeast side of Houston.