Houston weather today: Thunderstorm watch issued, hail and damaging winds expected

Storms will increase throughout Thursday morning with the National Weather Service issuing a severe thunderstorm watch through 1 pm for areas south of Harris County. 

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The watch means that conditions are favorable for storms that could produce hail or damaging winds, in addition to heavy rain and lots of lightning. 

Today’s rain chance is 100% with everybody likely to get rain, even areas north of Houston with some spotty, strong thunderstorms. 

It may start to calm down a little bit by this evening and after midnight, with the final front passing through, we should transition to nice weather for Friday and the weekend.