HOUSTON, TX – A tornado touched down near Houston, Texas,โฃ on November 23, 2023, causing damage โขto multipleโ homes, particularly in northwest Harrisโ County.โข A tornado warningโข had beenโฃ issued for teh area priorโ to the event, indicating a โconfirmed sighting or radar detection of a tornado and posing an imminent threat to residents.
the National Weatherโ Service distinguishes between a โtornado watch – which signals conditions areโ favorable for tornado development across a broad region – and a tornado โค warning, which signifies an immediate threat.
texas experiencesโ a high โคfrequency of โtornadoes due toโ its โsize and geographical location, leading the nation โขin the average number of tornadoes annually. While most tornadoes form โin “Tornado Alley” – โencompassing Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and parts of the Midwest – they can occur anywhere strong thunderstorms develop, including other areas of Texas and the Southeast. Tornadoes are โคmostโ common during spring and early summer.
Eyewitness Grayson Moore,โฃ who capturedโ video of the storm, described seeing “lots of lightning strikes around the office and saw wind pickup and windows buckled with a pressure drop” before โขfilming the tornado.
Following the event, Harris county Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman reportedโ that deputies were actively working to clear debris, assist stranded motorists, โฃand check on impacted neighborhoods, coordinatingโฃ with other โขagenciesโข in recovery efforts.Herman urged residents to “avoid travel โif possible, treat all โคdowned power lines as live, and report hazardous conditions immediately” in a โFacebook post.
Damage assessments are ongoing, and officials are advising continued vigilance asโ the possibility ofโฃ further severe weather remains. Flight operations at โBush Intercontinental Airport are anticipated to resume asโ conditionsโค improve.
