Texas Suffers Tornado Damage As Strong Storm System Complicates Thanksgiving Travel

A powerful line of thunderstorms swept across North Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, unleashing strong wind gusts and torrential rain Monday along the corridors of Interstate 20 and Interstate 35 — doing so as 73 million Americans hit the roads for Thanksgiving travel.

Additional severe storms swept across the same regions in the evening and will continue shifting eastward. A widespread flash flood risk now extends from Austin, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee, according to the FOX Forecast Center. (RELATED: Strong Lake-Effect Snowstorm To Bring White Thanksgiving To Midwest, Northeast)

Numerous homes and properties sustained damage across Harris County, Texas.

You can watch video of a tornado touching down in Houston here.

My Constable deputies are on the ground with EMS/Fire in the 8000 blk of Summer Grove Circle where a tornado has damaged homes and property. First responders are checking homes to ensure citizens are OK. Comm. Ramsey’s has been informed and has crews on the way. pic.twitter.com/bpwnUX4BiN

— Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4 (@Pct4Constable) November 24, 2025

Motorists traveling along Interstate 20 between Shreveport and Alexandria, Louisiana are expected to encounter the most severe impacts from the system, according to the FOX Forecast Center.

Portions of East Texas, northern Louisiana, southern Arkansas and eastern Mississippi have been put under a Level 2 (out of 5) severe thunderstorm risk by NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center.

The most significant flash flood risk is focused on the Ark-La-Tex region, with NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center issuing a Level 2 (out of 4) Flash Flood Threat. This area features Dallas (Texas), Memphis (Tennessee), Little Rock (Arkansas), Jackson (Mississippi) and Shreveport (Louisiana).

Travel conditions across Texas will improve Tuesday as the system pushes eastward. The heaviest rain will target Alabama, Tennessee and portions of Georgia, which includes Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — the nation’s busiest by passenger volume.