SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH in effect through midday Sunday
Hail as large as a ping pong ball could fall in parts of North and Central Texas Sunday morning
Published: Feb. 11, 2024 at 3:46 AM CST
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center have issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH until 11am for the Northern Brazos Valley.
- WHO: Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Lee, Leon, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker Counties
- WHEN: Until 11am Sunday
- IMPACTS: Strong, damaging wind gusts in excess of 60-65mph. Hail up to the size of a quarter or half dollar could be common in storm activity. Isolated instances of hail to the size of a ping pong ball (1.5″) is not ruled out. An isolated tornado concern or two.
- WHAT TO MONITOR: A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moving west to east across I-35, with the tail-end of the activity sliding through the Northern and Central Brazos Valley. Isolated, elevated thunderstorms will have the ability to rotate, potentially creating a hail or large hail concern between 7am and 11am to noon Sunday.
REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes.
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