Holiday travelers returning home this weekend could contend with more delays at airports as severe thunderstorms intensify in the South and a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms slams the West.

Severe thunderstorms are firing up in parts of Texas and could trigger high winds, hail and potential tornadoes.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning late Thursday afternoon for parts of Texas northeast of Houston, meaning weather radar indicated there was a tornado in the area. There were

Possible thunderstorms could bring isolated tornadoes into Saturday night in Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia, according to media forecasting company AccuWeather. It said that showers with thunder and lightning may move toward the Southeast and mid-Atlantic by the weekend’s end.

Parts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas were under severe weather watches as the National Weather Service predicted a storm system in the Gulf of Mexico could bring high winds, hail and possible

Tornadoes were spotted and caught on videos in Texas as storms battered parts of the South Saturday. A tornado killed at least one person in Brazoria County, south of Houston, according to a Facebook post by Dan Davis,

One tornado swirled through fields near El Campo, Texas, on Thursday, about midway between Houston and Victoria. Another twister touched down near Atascocita in Harris County, then moved over Lake Houston.

The National Weather Service warned of a "tornado outbreak" across some Southern states on Saturday, with imminent danger in Texas.