A large area of showers and thunderstorms has continued to move into the Houston metropolitan area this morning, and the entire region is under a flash flood warning through 1 pm CT. This post will discuss the immediate effects of these devastating floods and then discuss how we may see an improvement in conditions later today.
FLOODING
Due to 12 to 18 inches of rain falling overnight across western and northwestern parts of the Houston metro area a number of bayous have exceeded their banks. This has led to dozens of high-water rescues and neighborhood flooding. According to the Harris County Flood Control District the following waterways (13 of 22 watersheds) are currently flooding homes in the county:
- Cypress Creek
- Willow Creek
- Little Cypress Creek
- White Oak Bayou
- Greens Bayou
- Brays Bayou (US 59 to 610)
- Willow Water hole
- Keegans Bayou
- Halls Bayou
- Horsepen Creek
- Langham Creek
- Bear Creek
- South Mayde Creek
Water has inundated homes in more than 100 neighborhoods, primarily concentrated on the western side of the county. These rains have affected a much larger area than the Memorial Day Floods, which were concentrated in a relatively small, but heavily populated area of southwestern Houston.
We are at the point where another 3 to 6 inches of rain today across the metro Houston area would exacerbate flooding of these waterways, and put much of the rest of the county into a truly catastrophic flooding situation. But will that occur?
