West Texas has been stuck in a familiar summer pattern: hot afternoons, dry stretches, and the kind of heat that makes people plan their day around shade and air conditioning. Then the forecast added another concern. Parts of the Texas Panhandle and West Texas have been dealing with a one-two punch of dangerous heat and…
A stretch of humid June weather is setting up across Texas, and forecasters are watching several ingredients that could raise rain chances from the Gulf Coast to South Texas and parts of Central Texas. The pattern does not look like a major hurricane threat right now. But it does look like the kind of setup…
Parts of Texas dealt with another round of unsettled weather this week as storms brought heavy rain, lightning, gusty winds, and flash flooding concerns across several areas. It was the kind of weather that can make a normal day feel unpredictable fast. One part of town may only see clouds and a little rain. A…
Texas weather has a way of keeping people humble. One day, it feels like summer has fully moved in for the season. The next, a late cold front slips into the state and knocks temperatures down just enough to make everyone check the forecast twice. That is what happened this week as a late-season “backdoor”…
A bad Texas storm does not have to leave a tree in the living room to do real damage. Sometimes the house looks fine from the street. The roof is still there. The windows are not broken. The fence may be leaning a little, but nothing looks like a disaster. Then a few weeks later,…
Hail is one of those Texas weather problems that can fool you. Sometimes it sounds like somebody dumped a bucket of rocks on the roof. Sometimes it comes down sideways with wind and rain so hard you can barely see across the street. Then, 20 minutes later, the sun is out and the neighborhood looks…
South Texas got another reminder this week that a storm does not have to last all day to make a mess. Severe weather pushed through the region Tuesday night, bringing heavy rain, tornado warnings, flooding, and hail big enough to make people stop and take pictures. By Wednesday morning, some communities were still dealing with…
The storm did not need much time to leave a mark. A confirmed tornado touched down in Guadalupe County late Tuesday night as severe weather pushed through South Texas, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, hail, and multiple tornado warnings across the region. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado touched down near Santa Clara,…
El Paso heat does not politely ease into summer. It shows up, parks itself over the city, and starts testing everything from air conditioners to roofs to patience. For homeowners, that means extreme heat is not only a comfort issue. It is a home maintenance issue, a utility-bill issue, and in some cases, a safety…
Corpus Christi families do not get the luxury of treating summer storms like a quick inconvenience. Along the coast, a “stormy weekend” can mean more than a few blown lawn chairs and a wet driveway. It can mean street flooding, storm surge concerns, power outages, evacuation questions, and long gas lines if everyone waits until…