The greater Houston radar remains a mess this evening as a slow-moving low pressure system in the upper levels of the atmosphere has continued to pull moisture inland, from the Gulf of Mexico. For now the heaviest rains have established themselves in southeastern Harris County.
Several roads in the Pasadena/La Porte/Baytown area have flooded with in excess of 4 inches of rain falling during the last three hours, and the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning until 9:15pm CT.
Being honest, there remains a lot of moisture in the atmosphere tonight, and I expect we’re going to continue to see at least scattered if not widespread thunderstorm development during the rest of the evening and overnight hours. However if I had to guess about tonight, I’d speculate that more of the activity will develop to the east of Interstate 45, than to the west. But confidence is low.
Regardless, tomorrow looks like another potentially very wet day for much of the metro area, and now that southeast parts of the region are getting hammered pretty much everywhere is totally waterlogged. Not a good position to be in with more rain on the way.
Posted at 7:40pm CT on Thursday by Eric Berger
These frequent updates are very much appreciated
Having lived in Houston since 1985, may I say that I am really, really sick of this and it’s enough to make me want to move away (despite the very friendly nature of the city). At least I want to sell my house and live in a high rise, but my wife and kids won’t go for that.
One of those big red blobs opened up above me just as I pulled into the gym parking lot.
Why couldn’t it have been when I was leaving the gym and could have used a shower anyway?
Traveling east from Conroe through Beaumont to New Orleans tomorrow. Leaving about 9 am, with a NOLA ETA of 3 pm +/-. Anything we need to be concerned about — Weather, Flooding, etc?
Thanks
Just be prepared for heavy rains along the way. You should be OK if you stay on the freeway.
Would you look for the roads to be totally impassable eventually, Eric?
No.
Could this escalate to a point where we could see the same number of downed trees and power lines that we saw after Hurricane Ike, Eric?
No, I don’t think so.
Echoing Deborah – thanks so much for the continuing frequent updates and calm approach. The hysterical reporting on cable TV (and even local, sometimes) is too much noise and not enough information.