At least one person has died as tornadoes tear through neighborhoods outside Houston, driven by intensifying severe thunderstorms, while a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms batters the West. The person died in northern Brazoria County where four others were non-critically injured,

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Lafayette and all of Acadiana until 3 p.m. Saturday as severe weather moves through Texas and Louisiana.

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

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

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.