Hail Victims Need to be Wary of Contractor Fraud

As local residents begin to assess damage from our recent hail storm, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is working to warn victims about post-disaster rebuilding scams. Roof repair scams are often designed to separate you from your money in the form of upfront payments or by cashing in an insurance claim. They’ll leave you

New Waverly Fire Department Cautions Residents About Risk of Heating Fires

Unattended space heaters responsible for 4 out of every 5 home heating fire deaths. As temperatures plummet this week, many residents will be turning to portable electric space heaters and wood-, pellet- coal or kerosene-burning stoves, and other non-traditional heating sources to stay warm. With the increase in use comes an increase in fire risk.

Winter Weather Briefing

Artic cold front set to bring long duration freeze to southeast Texas. An Arctic cold front will bring strong winds and bitterly cold air into Southeast Texas, most likely Thursday afternoon. The combination of winds and low temperatures will combine to create dangerously low wind chill indices. The primary dangers associated with this freeze event

Rare Triple Dip La Niña Points to Dry Winter Ahead

Pacific weather pattern strengthens in October, forecast to bring abnormally dry conditions to much of the southern U.S. A rare “triple dip” La Niña pattern is forecast to continue until at least 2023. La Niña is the intermittent cooling off of surface ocean waters near the equator that can alter weather patterns around the world.

Periods of showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall expected this weekend.

A weak frontal boundary will stall over Southeast Texas and enhance shower and thunderstorm development during the next few days. A gradually increasing risk of excessive rainfall can be expected across much of Southeast Texas starting today and extending into Sunday. Rounds of showers and thunderstorms could produce locally heavy rainfall (hourly rates could approach

Rains Return, Bring Risk of Lightning Strike Fires

Recent Wildfire one of several started by lightning during summer storms. Rainfall is in our forecast for Thursday and Friday, with more possible next week.  Most of southeast Texas has been suffering from an extended drought this summer and our drought readings are nearing the top of the scale in some parts of Walker County.

Rain Chances Improving for Southeast Texas

As drought deepens, a new disturbance moves in over the weekend bringing daily rain chances back into our 7 day forecast for the first time in weeks. As high pressure retreats, an upper-level low pressure system will help usher in a surge of tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. Friday The best

Forward Progress Stopped on Walker County Wildfire

Crabb’s Prairie Firefighters are reporting this evening that efforts to keep the Nelson Creek Fire from jumping the Trinity River have been successful so far. As the fire exploded yesterday afternoon, there were fears that it would cross the river into Trinity and Houston Counties and threaten more populated areas. Dozer crews and Firefighters worked

Colorado State University Releases 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast

Another busy Atlantic Hurricane Season would be our seventh busier-than-normal season in a row. KXAN) – Dr. Phil Klotzbach and Colorado State University released their 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast on Thursday. Once again, Texans can expect a busier than average hurricane season for named storms in the Atlantic and landfalling storms in the United

Texas Wildfire activity expected to increase through the weekend

A crew of New Waverly Firefighters is stationed in Big Spring as wildfire activity is expected to gradually increase this week across West and South Texas. All this week, critical fire weather and above normal temperatures will support the potential for large wildfires that are resistant to firefighters’ suppression efforts near Amarillo, Lubbock, Childress, Sweetwater,