The Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch until 11 PM for Northwest Texas, Big Country, and the Concho Valley. Some cities included are Big Lake, San Angelo, Colorado City, Snyder, Spur, Abilene, Olney, Paducah, Quanah, Vernon, Wichita Falls, and Henrietta. Southwestern and Central Oklahoma are also included in the tornado watch. Storms will generally move east/northeast at 25 to 35 miles per hour. 

Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorm development is expected over the next few hours east of a dryline across the aforementioned regions. These storms will be in an environment supportive of severe weather, including giant hail up to the size of softballs, damaging wind gusts over 70 miles per hour, and flash flooding. A few tornadoes will also be threatened, especially with the most intense storms located in Northwest Texas and in Southwest Oklahoma after 6 PM into the early evening hours. 

We expect thunderstorm coverage to decrease south of Interstate 20 after 10 PM as a cap (lid on the atmosphere) reestablishes itself. Storms in Northwest Texas up into Oklahoma may continue into the late evening, though many of those storms may end north of the Red River.

Once the event begins, we’ll have live storm-chasing video from our chasers in Northwest Texas. You can also track storms with our free interactive weather radar on our website and watch our live weather center here.