Areas north of Houston and Harris County are under a tornado watch through 6 p.m. Sunday as a powerful cold front slices through Southeast Texas.

As a coast-to-coast winter storm slices across the U.S. Sunday and Monday, severe thunderstorms are expected to fire up across portions of the South on the warm side of the storm system.

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While we are not expecting another widespread tornado outbreak this weekend, some strong to severe thunderstorms could produce wind damage and a few tornadoes from southeast Texas to Mississippi Sunday afternoon and evening.