© KHOU 11There was street flooding in Deer Park during Friday's storms.
In New Waverly, the severe weather sent a tree barreling through a home and cutting it in half. Not far away, an 18 wheeler overturned due to heavy winds.
In Huntsville, heavy rain flooded the Woodcreek Apartments and the weight of high water forced a glass wall to cave at Sam Houston State University's recreational center. More than 14 inches of water flooded the center, forcing it to temporarily close until crews can make repairs.
In Spring, another scary moment as a tree uprooted and fell through a house off Falling Leaf Lane, narrowly missing a man standing in the kitchen.
"One second it was fine, the next second trees falling through your house," said Jason Cardenas. "Luckily for my son, he was on the other side [of the room] and it came through into the door next to him."
Timberlakes Fire Department said Thursday night it was unclear what kind of storm burst through this neighborhood.
"It sounded like the loudest blow dryer in the world," Cardenas said.
"It's a mess—there's no power, the tree hit the lines, so it's devastating. Everything we have is gone," said Tara Perez, who was on her way home from work when her husband, Jason, called to alert her of the damage. "It's just ruined. I don't know what we're going to do."
Just a mile from this Spring street, the Decker family could only look at the charred remains from the garage of their Woodlands home.
"Everything lit up real bright white and then of course the boom rattled the house," said Howard Decker.
The Woodlands Fire Department said the house was hit by lightning and that fire spread into the attic and garage.
Decker was home at the time with his wife.
© KHOUGalveston saw lots of hail after Friday's storms.
They feel fortunate though they just redecorated their home of 20-plus years.
Meantime, Tara and Jason could only marvel at the devastation.
The Spring family can't go home for now. They say they're going to get the tree removed by Friday morning weather permitting and then have a roofing company come in to start working.
"Everybody thankfully is fine, just one of those things you can't control Mother Nature. She's going to do what she wants," Tara said.
Also Thursday evening, flooding caused a wall to collapse at a student rec center at Sam Houston State University. There were no injuries, but there was plenty of damage. Students said they had to walk through high water to try and find their submerged backpacks and car keys.
By Friday morning, a large tree had also fallen over in The Heights.
Meteorologist Brooks Garner says we'll get a break from the rain until storms return Friday afternoon into the evening. A Flash Flood Watch continues for Southeast Texas until Saturday morning.
They have to change the name to Falling Tree Lane.
Seems like the storm was localized in Houston area. Lucky that no one was hurt.