Rain good…hail bad!

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Rain good...hail bad! (Obscure Tarzan quote).

It's going to get interesting this afternoon...round one will be scattered storms forming along an outflow boundary from yesterday's storms that hit our far northern counties. Most of the central and eastern counties of south-central Texas are currently in a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 8pm tonight. I would expect the watch to move southward this evening as a squall line forms (round 2) along the front around 6pm. Large hail and high winds over 70mph are possible in these storms, along with a slight chance for tornadoes. One thing of concern is that these storms will be moving in during the warmest time of the day, so they will have lots of energy for growth.

The front will push through most of Texas by tomorrow morning, leaving most areas with a very pleasant Saturday afternoon and Sunday, with lows in the 50's and highs in the upper 70's to low 80's. Our next system will start increasing our rain odds again by Monday. More on that tomorrow.

As always, please tune to your local NOAA radio and emergency apps for up to the minute warnings. I'll be watching the radar this afternoon and will give hourly updates in the comment section below. Please take these storms seriously...if you can plan ahead for providing shelter your vehicles, please do so!

Mark