Wall cloud near Houston

Severe weather made another appearance in southeastern Texas on Friday night, where at least one lowering wall cloud was reported with a cluster of dangerous storms. The storms originated west of Houston, near the Katy area, but moved into the suburbs and eventually the city in the late-evening. Hail, heavy rain and frequent lightning came with the multiple cells that roared through the area. Center Point Energy reported that there were more than 3,500 power outages in the wake of the storms. A live stream from a storm chase team showed a wall cloud moving toward the west side of Houston, Texas Friday night. "We've seen this rotating wall cloud," chaser Jacob Wycoff told meteorologists Jim Cantore and Kelly Cass during a live phone interview on The Weather Channel. "We've been following it for an hour and a half. It's close to the ground and lot of people are concerned," Wycoff reported at approximately 8:00 p.m. local time. Dan Reilly with the National Weather Service office in Houston said meteorologists at the office were watching Wycoff's live stream to get a good look at the storm. Friday's storms marked the second night in a row Texas came under a severe weather threat. A reported tornado hit the small town of Weimer, damaging the high school, a hospital, and throwing a train off the tracks. No pictures on this website, just a video. http://www.weather.com/news/texas-severe-20120511