AUSTIN, Texas — A destructive supercell storm tore through the Austin area on Wednesday, leaving behind widespread wind and hail damage, along with flooding caused by extremely high rainfall rates.

It’s hurricane season, and something we watch very closely is wind shear. It’s essentially a change in wind speed or direction as you go higher up in the atmosphere, and it can be a hurricane’s worst ...

Imagine trying to build a tower of cards in a wind tunnel. No matter how strong the foundation, the upper layers won’t stand a chance. That’s what wind shear does to a developing storm. Wind shear ...

Good for us, bad for tropical systems (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) We’ve gotten so used to seeing storms quickly spin up in the ...

Whenever thunderstorms are in the forecast, meteorologists are always looking to see if there will be any wind shear present, and if so, just how much. Wind shear is the measurement of the difference ...

The supercell, king of thunderstorms, disruptor of the Great Plains, is a dangerous weather threat wherever it forms. Tornadoes, flooding, enormous hailstones, damaging winds and lightning are some of ...

A record-breaking, triple-digit wind gust roared through part of Texas on Tuesday, but it wasn’t from a tornado or a hurricane. An airport weather station in Midland, Texas, recorded a wind gust of ...