AUSTIN, TX — Parts of Texas faced another round of severe weather Tuesday night into Wednesday, with forecasters warning of large hail, damaging winds, lightning and flash flooding. Meteorologists said residents should have multiple ways to receive warnings as conditions continue to develop.
The National Weather Service offices in Austin-San Antonio, Houston-Galveston, Corpus Christi and Dallas-Fort Worth each outlined separate storm threats for their regions. Rain totals could reach several inches in spots, with the greatest risk tied to repeated storms moving over the same areas.
Central Texas faces hail and flooding risk
In central Texas, forecasters placed the Rio Grande plains and southern Edwards Plateau under a Level 2 of 5 severe weather risk, with much of South-Central Texas at Level 1 of 5. Storms could begin Tuesday afternoon along and west of U.S. 281, according to the Austin-San Antonio weather office.
Residents could see large hail, gusty to damaging winds, locally heavy rainfall and lightning. The Weather Prediction Center also put most of the region in a slight risk for excessive rainfall, and flash flooding remained possible. In Austin, the chance of precipitation Tuesday night was about 80%.
Houston area could see repeated heavy downpours
In southeast Texas, forecasters said showers and thunderstorms could return Tuesday night and bring a flash flooding threat to the Houston area. The Houston-Galveston office said the moist air mass could support scattered to widespread storms, including training cells that move over the same locations…