Weather Ready Texas

A Tornado Watch has been issued for areas along and south of I-10 through 6pm this evening. Storms will have the potential to produce tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds. Make sure to have multiple ways to receive warnings, and plan now on where your safe place would be if you find yourself in a warning later today.

(Watch time is through 6pm on 1/24/23)

A Tornado Watch has been issued for San Patricio, Bee, Refugio, Victoria, Goliad, and Calhoun Counties. Please monitor your weather using multiple sources. Be prepared to take cover if a tornado warning is issued.

We know many are suffering from storm anxiety today. Here are a few tips that might help. There are a LOT of folks watching out for you. (Thanks to the US National Weather Service Norman Oklahoma for the graphic!)

There is a MARGINAL to SLIGHT risk of severe storms Friday night with the passing of a cold front. Most favorable time frame for severe potential is between 8PM and 3AM over land then continuing a few more hours over the open waters. Damaging winds is the primary threat followed by hail and then tornadoes. Rain chances will diminish by Saturday morning.

We continue to anticipate the development of strong to severe storms late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night ahead of and along an advancing cold front. Strong wind gusts are the main threat, but isolated tornadoes and hail are also possible. Stay weather aware!

Check out this great article from NPR:

Some don't evacuate, despite repeated hurricane warnings, because they can't People with disabilities, people who can't afford it and people who don't want to abandon their pets are among the many who can't easily get up and leave before a hurricane.

This Wednesday, shower and thunderstorm activity remains disorganized associated with a tropical wave located a few hundred miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands. Environmental conditions could become more conducive for slow development of this system in several days after it crosses the Windward Islands and moves across the eastern and central Caribbean Sea late this week into early next week. It has a near zero chance of formation during the next 48 hours and a low (20 percent) chance of formation in the next 5 days.

In the eastern tropical Atlantic, a tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa in a day or two. Environmental conditions could support some slow development of this system late this week or over the weekend while it moves westward at 10 to 15 mph. It has a near zero chance of formation during the next 48 hours and a low (20 percent) chance in the next 5 days.

For the latest updates, visit: www.hurricanes.gov