Texas storms continue, over 150,000 reported power outages so far. Here's what we know.
Several Texas counties saw severe weather Tuesday night, and some can expect more Wednesday.
Here's what we know.
Huge hailstone pelt Austin in severe thunderstorms last night in Texas
The National Weather Service began tracking a low pressure system Monday, which is expected to travel across the Gulf of Mexico and impact the entire Eastern Seaboard.
Large hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes were the primary threats to the region, the weather service said. The threatening forecast led organizers of the Texas Eclipse Festival to end the celebration early Monday and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to activate emergency response resources.
All of south Texas was placed under a severe thunderstorm watch through Tuesday night into early Wednesday, according to the weather service. The highest risk of flooding was in the Texas Panhandle Tuesday night and the mid-South on Wednesday, the weather service said.
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Extremely large hail was battering the suburbs of Austin, TX yesterday! Stay weather aware as the threat moves into the gulf coast states today. All modes of severe weather are likely today!#TXwxpic.twitter.com/NB3f90ejFC— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 10, 2024
Tuesday weather: Travis, surrounding counties could see severe weather through midnight
Wednesday forecast: Severe weather continues
As of 4 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service reported the low pressure system to be consolidating over south Texas. As it heads east, severe weather is forecasted to expand into the Gulf Coast, the mid-Atlantic and the Midwest regions through Wednesday.
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Thunderstorms are predicted to intensify over the Arklatex region, where the states of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas meet. Heavy rain, hail, high winds and the possibility of tornadoes can be expected tonight, the weather service reports.
The escalation of severe weather also increases the risk of tornadoes throughout the south-central U.S. After the Texas Panhandle faced flooding risks Tuesday, he mid-South region has the highest risk of flooding Wednesday.
More of the destructive hail that moved through Marble Falls earlier. Significant damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles.
Photo courtesy of Whitney Wilkes on Facebook #atxwx#txwxpic.twitter.com/2nHUHdnvik— Avery Tomasco (@averytomascowx) April 10, 2024
Map: Texas weather
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Texas power outage map
USA Today maintains a database for power outages across the country. As of 7 a.m. Wednesday, nearly 200,000 outages had been reported.
Of those, over 150,000 outages were in Texas. It is likely that more outages will occur as severe weather continues.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Hail storm Austin: Risk of severe storms to continue in Texas today