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The Texas A&M Forest Service said its outlook for wildfire activity this summer is looking normal. CEDAR PARK, Texas — It’s been a wet few days in Central Texas, but it’s only a matter of time before another scorching summer dries the land out, raising the risk for wildfires. Emergency leaders were at a Williamson County Wildfire Preparedness news conference on Friday and said they know this is a very real threat. The threat became…

Hail is a regular occurrence here, but it also holds a lot of mystery. AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is famous for its thunderstorms. And many times, those thunderstorms have a risk of hail. Most times when hail falls, it’s no big deal. But other times, hail can be downright destructive.  Hail is a pretty regular occurrence around Austin. But to a non-meteorologist, it holds a lot of mystery. Does every thunderstorm have hail? How does…

Tornado activity is common in Texas this time of year, but “decaying” El Niño can also be to blame. MANOR, Texas — Some Texans are still picking up the pieces after severe storms led to two confirmed tornadoes over the weekend. Sunday morning started with an EF-1 tornado ripping through parts of Manor and the ShawdowGlen area for nearly five miles, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Officials said the tornado had estimated peak…

Tornado activity is common in Texas this time of year, but “decaying” El Niño can also be to blame. MANOR, Texas — Some Texans are still picking up the pieces after severe storms led to two confirmed tornadoes over the weekend. Sunday morning started with an EF-1 tornado ripping through parts of Manor and the ShawdowGlen area for nearly five miles, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Officials said the tornado had estimated peak…

The confirmed tornado had estimated peak winds of 110 miles per hour and ripped across Manor for nearly five miles. MANOR, Texas — Editor’s note: The above video aired before the tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service. Some Central Texas residents are still cleaning up damage from a round of storms that rolled through Central Texas on Sunday. The National Weather Service confirmed the damage came from an EF-1 tornado in Manor. Along…

Strong storms are reorganizing east of I-35 Sunday evening. Conditions forecast to settle overnight. Author: Grace Thornton, Shane Hinton (KVUE), Hunter Williams (KVUE) Published: 2:58 PM CDT April 24, 2024 Updated: 9:48 PM CDT April 28, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas — *A Tornado Watch has been issued until 9 p.m. CDT for MilamCounty.* We’re not done with the storm chance for this weekend. We’re tracking another system that will bring a more widespread storm chance to…

Strong storms are reorganizing east of I-35 Sunday evening. Conditions forecast to settle overnight. Author: Grace Thornton, Shane Hinton (KVUE), Hunter Williams (KVUE) Published: 2:58 PM CDT April 24, 2024 Updated: 4:42 PM CDT April 28, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas — *A Tornado Watch has been issued until 9 p.m. CDT for Bastrop, Lee, Milam, Caldwell, and Fayette County.* While parts of the state saw significant severe weather on Friday, here in Central Texas the weather…

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the Austin area until 5 p.m. Tuesday. Counties under the watch include Travis, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays and Williamson counties. A few tornadoes are possible, and scattered hail the size of tennis balls is likely, according to the NWS. The cities of Bertram, Liberty Hill and Fairland are under a tornado warning until 10:30 a.m. A tornado watch means that “conditions are favorable” for tornadoes, and…

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Weather Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Jordan Darensbourg, Hunter Williams, Grace Thornton Published: 11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019 Updated: 1:55 PM CDT April 8, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas — Confidence is now high that there will be a mostly cloudy sky for a majority of Central Texas during the total solar eclipse. Low clouds and patchy fog/drizzle are ongoing Monday morning and, unfortunately, the low clouds will be…

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Weather Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Jordan Darensbourg, Hunter Williams, Grace Thornton Published: 11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019 Updated: 4:03 AM CDT April 8, 2024 AUSTIN, Texas — Confidence is now high that there will be a mostly cloudy sky for a majority of Central Texas during the total solar eclipse. Low clouds and patchy fog/drizzle are ongoing Monday morning, and unfortunately the low clouds will…

A weak cold front will move into the Austin area Friday, bringing multiple rounds of storms and the chance for severe weather, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologist Nick Hampshire said hail larger than 2 inches, damaging winds and lightning are all possibilities with this system. Flash flooding is also a concern. “The slightly higher chances [of severe weather] will be south of Austin, but the city of Austin is in that level 2…

Friday’s events are going on rain or shine as scheduled, but the festival has made some adjustments to Saturday’s shows. Some popular South by Southwest (SXSW) shows were set to be held outside Friday and Saturday, but things could change depending on the weather.  The SXSW Community Concerts at Lady Bird Lake Friday will be downtown near Auditorium Shores at 800 W. Riverside Dr. Friday’s theme is Funk Not Fight and doors open at 2…

Friday’s events are going on rain or shine as scheduled, but the festival made some adjustments to Saturday’s shows. Some popular South by Southwest (SXSW) shows were set to be outside Friday and Saturday, but things could change depending on the weather.  The SXSW Community Concerts at Lady Bird Lake Friday will be downtown near Auditorium Shores at 800 W. Riverside Dr. Friday’s theme is Funk Not Fight and doors open at 2 p.m., while…

Here are the latest updates from the KVUE Weather Team. Author: Shane Hinton (KVUE), Jordan Darensbourg, Hunter Williams, Grace Thornton Published: 11:46 AM CST March 6, 2019 Updated: 9:40 PM CDT March 14, 2024 A busy weather forecast is ahead for Central Texas as we track multiple rounds of rain and storms for the late week and this weekend. A few of these storms could be strong to severe, and there is also potential for…

Power lines are the cause of two wildfires that have burned more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Juan Rodriguez, a public information officer for the service, told Texas Standard that its law enforcement investigators had concluded their examination into the source of the Smokehouse Creek and Windy Deuce fires. On Thursday morning, Xcel Energy issued a statement acknowledging that “its facilities appear to have been involved…