Parts of Southeast Texas northeast of Houston are under a tornado watch Friday until 7 p.m., the National Weather Service said. Doppler weather radar at 12:30 p.m. was showing a cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms moving north,

Southeast Texas is under a tornado watch through 7 p.m. Friday. But the potential for severe weather is expected to continue through early next week. Jefferson, Hardin, Jasper, Orange and Newton counties were put under a tornado watch after noon Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

FOX 26 Meteorologist Allison Gargaro speaks more about the Tornado Watch issued for counties in the Houston-area and how the weather looks for the weekend and Texas Children's Houston Open.

More than 109 million Americans from the southern Great Lakes region to as far south as Texas and Louisiana face a dangerous severe weather threat on Sunday, with storms that could pack destructive wind gusts,

At least 80 million people − from the Midwest to the South to the East − were in the path of turbulent weather Sunday into Monday.

A spring storm system will move east over the next three days, bringing a variety of dangerous and life-threatening weather from the Heartland to the East Coast.