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Houston area may see severe winds, hail and tornadoes Friday
The Houston area could be facing severe thunderstorms capable of generating tornadoes and damaging wind on Friday, according to experts at the National Weather Service and Space City Weather.
According to Eric Berger of Space City Weather, the first of two lines of storms that could hit the Bayou City will not arrive until later in the evening and will most likely affect the Conroe and Madisonville areas north of Houston proper. This line is expected to reach those areas sometime between 6 and 9 p.m., according to Berger.
A second line will develop to the west of Houston near the Brazos Valley and make its way to The Woodlands and parts of Conroe by around 10 p.m. It’s expected that this second line will reach the Houston metro by sometime after 11 p.m., Berger forecast.
Upon reaching Houston, the second storm system may bring severe wind gusts, thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service’s Houston and Galveston office. Strong winds are “the primary hazard,” and “isolated tornadoes are possible,” according to the NWS forecast.
The areas most at risk for severe weather Friday afternoon and Friday night lie north of the I-10 corridor, in and around the College Station and Livingston areas, according to the NWS.
ABC 13 forecast Friday that only 15 to 30 percent of the Houston metro should expect to see severe weather Friday evening, while around 90 percent of the area will likely get about an inch or less of rain without accompanying thunderstorms. The isolated areas in line for severe storms should expect about 2 to 3 inches of rain, according to ABC 13.