Q&A with NWS Meteorologist Jeff Evans after straight-line winds caused havoc in downtown Houston

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Q&A with NWS Meteorologist Jeff Evans after straight-line winds caused havoc in downtown Houston
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After a tumultuous night of storms throughout Harris County, many Houstonians have begun the process of cleaning up.

This week’s Insider Deals are so good you’ll want all of themspoke to National Weather Service Meteorologist Jeff Evans about how last night’s intense storms impacted communities and how the NWS managed the unparallel conditions.So, we’re out in the field today, trying to determine exactly what went through Houston last night. Everything we’re seeing outside of the Cypress area is straight line winds. It surprises people, because of the magnitude of the damage, they think it had to be a tornado.

We were just we used a destructive severe thunderstorm tech for the first time ever for the City of Houston, just to make sure we blew up those phones.I heard Judge Lina Hidalgo talking about that in her news conference today. Obviously elected officials encouraging people to stay out of that downtown area. Cleanup continues. It could be weeks before people are back online, people without power. You mentioned the only tornadic activity we’ve seen was out in Cypress.

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