Tornado Watch Texas: San Antonio, Other Cities See Hailstorm, Rainfall, Power Outages

Tornado Watch Texas: San Antonio, Other Cities See Hailstorm, Rainfall, Power Outages

Multiple thunderstorms accompanied by tornadoes are expected to pass over the central part of Texas through Wednesday night, continuing into early Thursday morning.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for south-central Texas on Wednesday afternoon, which was set to expire 2 a.m. CST Thursday (3 a.m. EST).

“Storms will continue to increase this evening, initially across the Edwards Plateau. Damaging winds and some severe hail will be possible, but a few tornadoes will also be possible, especially as storms encounter richer moisture and stronger low-level shear toward the Hill County/I-35 general vicinity later this evening into the overnight,” the watch added.

The area under the watch extended 95 statute miles east and west of a line from 60 miles west-northwest of Austin, Texas, to 45 miles south of Hondo, Texas. Among the threats to look out for in the period of the tornado watch were multiple tornadoes, potentially damaging wind gusts to 70 mph and isolated large hail events to one inch in diameter.