Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Very large hail, possibly strong tornadoes likely to slam Texas

Weather successful America: May 6, 2025

FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and upwind quality headlines for your Weather successful America connected Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.

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Severe storms apt to slam Texas with precise ample hail, perchance beardown tornadoes

Severe thunderstorms are apt Tuesday crossed parts of the confederate Plains and into the little Mississippi Valley. Some storms volition beryllium susceptible of producing terrible wind gusts, ample to precise ample hail and tornadoes. Strong tornadoes (EF-2 oregon higher) volition beryllium possible. 

The FOX Forecast Center said much than 50 cardinal radical successful the state volition look a severe weather threat, but conscionable implicit 3 cardinal successful southeastern Texas person been placed successful a Level 3 retired of 5 threat, which includes areas conscionable northbound of Houston and conscionable southbound of Waco.

By Wednesday morning, the remaining storms volition displacement into South Texas, posing terrible upwind gusts and a ample hail threat.

Child swept distant by floodwaters, location struck by lightning arsenic terrible upwind slams Texas

First responders successful Texas are continuing their hunt for a kid who was swept distant by floodwaters arsenic different teams raced to extinguish a occurrence astatine a home that was struck by lightning erstwhile terrible upwind and torrential rainfall swept crossed the portion connected Monday.

According to the Brenham Fire Department, swift-water rescue teams were called to an country adjacent Fireman’s Park successful Brenham connected Monday day to analyse reports that a kid had been swept distant by rapidly rising water. Officials said respective radical tried to assistance the unidentified 10-year-old girl, but were unsuccessful. 

First responders, too, needed to beryllium rescued aft they were swept downstream portion trying to assistance rescue her.

This representation shows the country of a hunt and rescue aft a kid was swept distant by floodwaters successful Brenham, Texas, connected Monday, May 5, 2025.

(Brenham Fire Department/Facebook)

Flash flood menace grows successful New York City country arsenic Northeast gets hammered by rounds of rain, thunderstorms

Parts of the Northeast stay stuck successful a rainy signifier connected Tuesday that could pb to flash flooding.

A Level 1 retired of 4 flash flood menace covers parts of northeastern Pennsylvania, bluish New Jersey, overmuch of New York and ample portions of New England.

Some of the heaviest rainfall is forecast on the Connecticut coastline, with astatine slightest 3 inches of rainfall expected done Wednesday earlier things yet statesman to adust out.

Sperm whale euthanized aft beaching connected South Carolina coast

A sperm whale has been euthanized aft beaching itself connected the seashore of South Carolina implicit the weekend.

The whale, which was believed to beryllium a juvenile, grabbed attraction aft it was spotted connected a beach connected Hilton Head Island. According to municipality leaders, NOAA officials and marine mammal experts were speedy to assistance comfortableness the whale arsenic radical began rescue efforts.

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