Tuesday’s Severe Storms :
It was an active severe weather day Tuesday with several confirmed tornadoes that caused damage throughout SE Texas. The National Weather Service is conducting damage surveys to determine the strength of the tornadoes.
Initial Tornado Damage Assessment:
The National Weather Service has assessed that areas in SE Houston including Pasadena, Deer Park into Baytown/Ship Channel were hit by a tornado that maxed out as an EF-3 tornado with maximum winds of 140mph. Other areas in Pasadena saw EF-1 and EF-2 damage.
We saw severe storms, gusty winds and flooding rainfall. Within the areas of heaviest rainfall was a record of 4.04″ at Bush/IAH. There will likely be several more recordings of record rain.
The rest of the week’s forecast:
The weather takes a quiet turn for the next few days. We will be mostly sunny for the next few days with chilly mornings in the 30s and 40s and with highs in the 50s for clean up in areas hit by severe weather.
10-day forecast
We have sunny and cool weather the next few days. As we approach next weekend winds will shift to the southeast which will warm us up and increase humidity. Another front will bring in storms chances on Sunday.
