Overview
- SPC issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch 194 for western Oklahoma, the eastern Texas Panhandle, and western North Texas Saturday afternoon, warning of hail up to 2.5 inches and wind gusts to 70 mph.
- Another watch, number 195, covered western New York, northeast Ohio, and northwest Pennsylvania Saturday evening, with SPC noting a line of storms capable of damaging winds, hail, and a brief tornado.
- WPC’s Saturday mesoscale discussions (0165–0166) flagged training thunderstorms from southern Louisiana into southern Mississippi and far southeast Texas with rain rates over 2 inches per hour and a localized flash‑flood threat in urban areas and spots with recently saturated soils.
- SPC mesoscale updates through the day described additional severe pockets from South Texas to the central High Plains, though many storms stayed isolated or disorganized and did not warrant new watches.
- SPC’s Day 2 outlook highlights an Enhanced Risk for west and north‑central Texas on Sunday, signaling potential for supercells with 2‑inch hail and 70 mph winds as storms form near a southward‑moving front.