east texas weather

A tornado watch has been issued for portions of Deep East Texas. Intense tornadoes (EF2 or stronger) are possible.

Just how bad will the thunderstorms be in East Texas on Friday?

Severe storms across the Pineywoods are expected Thursday and Thursday night.

Multiple rounds of severe storms are possible today and tonight in the Pineywoods. Intense EF2+ tornadoes are also a possibility.

Some of the tornadoes that may hit our area could have devastating winds of at least 112 mph.

If you have a dog that spooks easily at the rumble of thunder, he/she may not be getting a great night of sleep.

Looks like folks in East Texas will need to be on the lookout for some weather that Wednesday would like.

Strong storms and heavy rain will be bearing down on East Texas twice to close out the holiday season.

Much of the Pineywoods is under a tornado watch through much of the evening.

Thursday will bring about an inch or two of rain across much of the Pineywoods.  That may not sound like to big of a flooding threat across the region, but when that comes just 3 days after a 3-4 inch rainfall, then there could be problems.

Over the past 24 hours, we've had the freezing temps and the precipitation, but they never really formed the icy situation that was forecast for Deep East Texas. That's good, but, we may not be out of the woods, yet.

For the most part today, Deep East Texas has dodged the large amounts of sleet and freezing rain that areas just to our North have been seeing. That may be changing this evening.   The Weather Prediction Center at the National Weather Service puts the best chance of freezing drizzle or rain in an area that includes Lufkin, Diboll, Jasper, Corrigan, and Zavalla.  T...