Strong storms bring tornado threat, flood warning

Strong storms moved in to southeast Texas on Monday. Tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued throughout the morning as soaking storms drenched western and northern counties. A flash flood warning was issued for Harris and Fort Bend County until 1 p.m.Weather Alerts IssuedRadars | Radar Loop | Temps | Lightning TrackerSend us your winter weather pics "The system just moved into the Houston area and we're going to get pounded until late morning. We've got a lot of lightning with this system and that's also a big danger," KPRC meteorologist Anthony Yanez said. "There's a lot of heavy rain and that's where the danger is. As we get this rain in today and reach saturation, it's really going to be easy to flood later this morning and later this afternoon." An upper-level low will move through the Houston-area through the rest of the day. "All of us are going to see the thunderstorms. It's going to be a very active day," Yanez said. "We've got a stalled front and a lot of moisture coming in from the sub-tropical jetstream. A pattern like this brings in a good amount of rain." A tornado touched down in Fort Bend County along FM 1093 and FM 723 shortly after 9:30 a.m. The Sheriff's Office said power lines and trees were down in the area. Marble-sized hail also fell in Fort Bend County. A funnel cloud was spotted on Highway 99 at Grand Parkway shortly after 9 a.m., but there are no reports of it touching down. Downed trees were reported in Sealy after a strong line of thunderstorms moved through west Harris County. Brazos County and Trinity County also said that clusters of trees were down in their areas. CenterPoint Energy said 3,100 customers were without power at 9 a.m. due to the storm, mainly on the westside. Houston drivers dealt with slick streets for their early morning commute. "We had a wave of rain move through at about 1 to 2 a.m.," Yanez said. "It's going to be wet all day long, at least off and on. We're going to get a lot of rain out of this today, up to 5 inches in spots. Along the coast and Houston are not seeing a lot of rain, though, so far this morning." Monday's high is forecast to be 68 degrees from noon until 3 p.m. Morning showers are also possible on Tuesday and Houstonians have a chilly week ahead. "Our next freeze could come in on Friday," Yanez said. More Weather: Houston JustWeather.comSevere Weather AlertsWeather Maps and RadarsRadar LoopsLightning TrackerWeather Videos Check Traffic Now:Houston TranStar Real-Time Traffic MapTraffic Pulse Real-Time Traffic MapJennifer's Traffic BlogTraffic SectionHouston TranstarTexas Dept. of Transportation Web site (or call 800-452-9292)Harris County Office of Emergency Management Web site Construction Information:Map: Freeway Construction ProjectsTxDOT Freeway Construction Schedule Airline and Airport Links:Houston Airport System: Bush Intercontinental and Hobby AirportsAirTran AirwaysAmerican AirlinesContinental AirlinesDelta AirlinesFrontier AirlinesJetBlueNorthwest AirlinesSouthwest AirlinesUnited AirlinesU.S. Airways

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