As discussed Monday night, a moist atmosphere and a storm system centered to the northwest of Houston produced very heavy rainfall during the overnight hours, with 1 to 6 inches of rainfall across the Houston metro area. The heaviest rains fell across the western part of the area, from areas such as Katy to Jersey Village. Most bayous have remained within their banks, but some are very nearly full. Some roadways are flooded this morning, and motorists should take care in driving around the greater Houston area. Freeways are largely passable.
As of sunrise the bulk of the heaviest storms have moved off to the east, near Beaumont, and conditions are drying out over the greater Houston area. However, a flash flood watch remains in effect through 8am CT on Wednesday, due to the potential for additional storms to fire up this afternoon, and again during the overnight hours tonight. This is because a storm system in the mid-levels of the atmosphere remains anchored over the Waller County area. The concern, obviously, is that the heaviest rains again hit already battered western areas of the region. We will watch this closely and update as warranted.
The potential for heavy rainfall lessens—but does not go away entirely—on Wednesday and for the remainder of the week as pressures rise. Partly to mostly sunny skies should return by Thursday, and last through the weekend.
Posted at 6:50am CT on Tuesday by Eric
Seems like we’re heading into a surprisingly wet August. How much do we have to get for it to be a contender for wettest August in recent memory?
We have a ways to go. August, 2016, had more than 10 inches of rainfall: http://www.weather.gov/hgx/climate_iah_top10_aug
What is interesting about this month, so far, is all the widespread rain we’ve gotten in absence of a tropical storm or hurricane. That is just rare for August.
So Katy should have evacuated?
There is no Katy left to evacuate this morning. RIP Katy.
Stop beating this deadhorse. The joke has jumped the shark and needs to be buried.
Stop It!
This joke shall never die. Long live Should Katy Evacuate!
Once again, thank you for the hype-free info.
The coverage on 13 this morning was their normal drama queen type, including mobile crews driving the streets (with little rain hitting the windshield).
One interesting story though was the poor guy who got flooded when he pulled over to get Google Maps working again – – so he could find his way to the airport. (Shouldn’t you know where the airport is ???)
Don’t get me wrong, this was a pretty intense rain storm. But 4-6 inches is not going to flood most of Houston, and it was for the most part manageable this morning. We’re fortunate the storms ebbed at day break, however.
regardless of weather, Katy should be either evacuated or contained. Nobody in or nobody out.
Another great job of keeping us informed absent the “breaking news” excitement of the TV and Radio “news stars.” Some of them could qualify for an Oscar nomination for “Best Drama”
It’s great to get “just the facts” as an actor used to say on a very old TV police drama. Anyone remember the show, the character’s name or the actor who played the cop?