Houston could see a low but significant chance of strong-to-severe storms tonight into Sunday morning as a strong front moves through the area. The main line of storms is expected between 10 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday \u2014 when most residents will be asleep.<\/p>\n
Weather alerts:<\/p>\n
Flood Advisory for Harris, Montgomery and Waller counties until 4:15 AM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
11 p.m. update: Storms have slowed a bit, now going SE at 15mph. 1\u2033 of rain falling in an hours time along the most intense storm cells. <\/p>\n
10 p.m. update: The line of storms is on top of our northern counties. We have a flood advisory with 3\u2033 of rain falling in the past hour. (That\u2019s the green box.) There have also been 40 mph winds and pea-sized hail in the white box. It\u2019s moving SE at 25 mph. The leading edge of the strongest storms will be in Conroe at 11 p.m. <\/p>\n
READ: <\/b>Severe Weather threat to hit Houston while you\u2019re sleeping<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Monday\u2019s two tornadoes show the tornado threat is real, even if tonight\u2019s probability is low (2%).We still need to be weather-aware. <\/p>\n 1. Nighttime tornadoes are 2\u20133 times deadlier because warnings were missed while people were fast asleep, missed the warning and couldn\u2019t take cover. <\/p>\n 2. Standard phone alerts wake only about 35% of people, according to a 2023 FEMA\/IPAWS national survey found Wireless Emergency Alerts<\/p>\n most phones are silenced or on Do Not Disturb. <\/p>\n 3. Nighttime power outages take ~70% longer to restore, according to Center Point Energy\u2019s 2024 data. Hurricane Beryl and derecho showed restoration times almost 70% longer because of poor visibility and reduce overnight staffing.<\/p>\n