Tuesday Morning Update

…Round #1 moving out, Round #2 arrives late evening, overnight…

Good news, the TORNADO WATCH has been allowed to expire for the Travis, Williamson, Hays, Burnet, Llano, Blanco, Bastrop, Caldwell, and Lee Counties.

Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1 p.m. CST for north central Texas and the Brazos Valley (College Station), however, the risk of severe weather is quickly decreasing across central and south central Texas for the remainder of the morning and early afternoon hours as the bulk of the thunderstorms that grazed south central Texas this morning are beginning to push off to our north and east.

Here’s a look at the newly reconfigured Tornado Watch:

***Areas north of Williamson County and east to College Station and the northern suburbs of the Houston Metro Area will need to stay alert for the possibility of severe weather through the early afternoon hours***

Important:

Please do NOT let this morning’s shower and thunderstorm activity fool you. This was just round #1. The atmosphere over central Texas is becoming increasingly unstable, highs this afternoon will easily climb into the 80s this afternoon.

Round #2 will kick up late this afternoon and persist through early Wednesday morning. Right now I’m thinking the bulk of the heavy weather with embedded severe potential will affect central Texas between 10 p.m. tonight through 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. All modes of severe weather will be possible tonight (large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes).

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has areas from Austin south and east to the coast under an “ENHANCED” risk area for severe weather tonight, and a “SLIGHT” risk for areas north and west of Austin

Check out the chart below to understand the differences between an enhanced risk of severe weather and a slight risk

Let’s remain weather aware!!!

***The most important thing you can do is be situationally aware of your surroundings and what is going on. Please stay tuned to media outlets and my email updates through the day and into the nighttime hours…please find a way to receive severe weather alerts…now would be a good time to turn on those automated weather alerts on your phone, they may end up saving your life!***