Tens of thousands lost power to a massive supercell thunderstorm, producing ‘larger and more dangerous’ tornadoes throughout Eastern Texas and Louisiana. A driver in Lake Charles shared the moment one twister struck an electric line.
The jaw-dropping clip was shared by a Twitter user who was driving on Highway 62/I-10 at 11.30 CDT. Around 1.30 pm, the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch in the state for the areas of Pitkin, Elizabeth and Grant until 4 pm.
A minimum of one person was also hurt in Lake Charles by 64 mph winds. Photos on social media showed lawns littered.
Throughout Louisiana, 18,710 homes and businesses are without power as of 2.15 pm, according to poweroutage.us. More than 60% of Cameron County residents have lost power.
More than 90,000 power outages in Texas were reported this morning; as of 2.15 pm, 54.868 are still without electricity.
A line of thunderstorms will strike the strongest parts of Central Texas. It will produce 40 mph winds with gusts as high as 70 mph, frequent lightning, and pea-sized hail. The line will then move on to Paris, Athens Mexia and Cameron.
Around 1.30 pm, the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch in the state for the areas of Pitkin, Elizabeth and Grant until 4 pm
Twitter user driving along Highway 62 and I-10 shared this jaw-dropping clip about a tornado hitting a powerline around 11.30 am CDT.
The service also noted that there were at least three tornado reports and that there were multiple reports of damage in Mauriceville Texas.
A Twitter user shared the video of an ATV picked up in a storm in Orange Texas and sent flying.
Another photo of the tornado in Orange Texas. This morning, the weather system rendered more than 90,000.
KHOU-TV in Houston captured footage of a fallen tree that fell into a house. This tornado was reported in Spring to the north, nine miles from George Bush Intercontinental Airport. KHOU-11, Orange, Texas, posted extreme footage showing a tornado tearing down trees.
KHOU-TV in Houston captured video of a fallen tree that fell into a house this morning. This tornado was reported in Spring to the north, 9 miles from George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
A line of thunderstorms will strike the strongest parts of Central Texas. It will produce 40 mph winds with gusts as high as 70 mph, frequent lightning, and pea-sized hail. The line will then move on to Paris, Athens Mexia and Cameron.
A line of thunderstorms will strike the strongest parts of Central Texas. It will produce 40 mph winds with gusts as high as 70 mph, frequent lightning, and pea-sized hail. The line will then move to Cameron, Athens Mexia, Mexia, and Paris.
According to the Weather Channel in Texas, at least two tornadoes have been produced by the supercell thunderstorm.
According to the service, up to 12 inches could fall with flash flooding possible and quarter-sized hail possible.
KHOU-11, Orange, Texas, posted extreme footage showing a tornado ripping down trees from the ground
According to Chris Dolce, Weather.com senior meteorologist, the storms will move across Louisiana and Mississippi by this evening. Then, they will move on to Florida Panhandle.
‘We’re basically just going to see a line of storms that move eastward,’ Dolce said. “There might be some supercells popping up out of it.
On Thursday, the Southeast will be facing severe threats, with a threat to Central Florida and the Carolinas.