National Weather Service

The National Weather Service says the main threat from Thursday's storms is large hail and damaging winds, but a couple tornadoes are also possible in the watch area.

The National Weather Service says storms have ended across our CWA prompting us to cancel the tornado watch for Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties.

The Austin area is experiencing hazy skies as smoke has moved in from wildfires across the state.

Round Rock police said there were reports of structural damage to multiple homes and businesses. No major injuries were reported.

Some schools and early voting polling sites are announcing delays Thursday morning due to wintry weather. The City of Austin plans to activate warming centers for unsheltered Austinites.

Austin and surrounding communities are under a winter weather advisory until noon Thursday. Temperatures in Austin have dropped more than 50 degrees in the last 24 hours.

A winter storm warning for Austin and the surrounding area has been extended, now going into effect at midnight and lasting until 9 p.m. Thursday.

The remnants of Hurricane Pamela interacting with an incoming cold front brought more than 3 inches of rain to Austin overnight.

Just because the state had calm weather for the last few months doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way.

While summer 2021 was not much cooler on average in Austin, it had a notable number of rainy days.