Houston’s rain almost done for a couple days

Will Southeast Texas finally catch a few rain-free days? It looks that way, but we still have today to get through: One more round of rain and storms, but then we’ll see a couple days off.

TODAY & FLOOD UPDATE

The radar this morning looks somewhat similar to the way it did 24 hours ago at this time: A cluster of thunderstorms was dropping south toward Austin and College Station and in our general direction.

Radar loop shows storms dropping southeast across Texas this morning. (College of DuPage)
Radar loop shows rain and storms dropping southeast across Texas this morning. (College of DuPage)

As the morning goes on, these will move toward us. I suspect based on models and extrapolating this radar that they’ll arrive around mid to late morning again, perhaps a hair faster than yesterday.

The good news is that similar to yesterday, the rain should continue moving, so it won’t rain for too long over the area. That said, any rain at all will cause minor street flooding in spots and exacerbate some ongoing flooding north and west of Houston. But the bayous, etc. can handle this.

Any lingering showers will end this afternoon, and that should be it for organized rain for a couple days.

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Houston flooding continues, but Mother Nature soon to cooperate

The National Weather Service posted a sobering graphic this afternoon showing major area reservoirs still under flooding pressure from very heavy rains Sunday night and Monday. The US Army Corps of Engineers also said today that water continues to rise in the Addicks and Barker reservoirs in west Harris County, threatening to add additional waters into surrounding neighborhoods.

Click to enlarge. (National Weather Service)
Click to enlarge. (National Weather Service)

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Houston storms moving off, but another round moves in Thursday

A line of storms moved through the flood-stricken Houston area this morning, and as expected generally dropped 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rain. The bulk of the system is now moving off into the Gulf of Mexico, and will clear out entirely by mid-afternoon. Although we could still see a few isolated showers this afternoon and evening, for the most part we’re pretty much done with rain for today and tonight.

Rain accumulated during this morning's storms. (HCOEM)
Rain accumulated during this morning’s storms. (HCOEM)

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A line of storms approaching Houston from the northwest this morning

As expected a line of showers and thunderstorms is moving down through Texas this morning, and it should reach Houston by the mid- to late-morning hours.

As expected a line of showers and thunderstorms is moving toward Houston this morning. (Intellicast)
Radar at 6:40am CT Wednesday. A line of showers and thunderstorms is moving toward Houston this morning. (Intellicast)

 

This line is generally producing about 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rain as it moves toward the coast, and the good news (if there is any) is that the system has generally moved at a pretty good clip. This means the threat of slow-moving storms is lower. Although we can’t rule out some isolated areas of 3 inches or more, I think for the most part people will see about 1 inch of rain. After the system moves through, later today and tonight, we should see some scattered, but potentially intense, thunderstorms pop up as we saw on Tuesday afternoon and evening.

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