Some heavy rainfall is still possible in already hard-hit southern and southwestern Harris County. Note 13.44 inches on HW288! Worst Likely Over for SW Harris County Source: Harris County Flood Warning System. Beta’s heaviest rainfall until now focused on SW Harris County. Meanwhile, the Lake Houston Area received only around an inch so far. Places under the bands received 12 to 14 inches of rains. The high rainfall gradient across Harris County should the effects of heavy training by Beta’s feeder bands during the last 48 hours. Flood Warning System Shows Effects of Heavy Training The normal level of Lake Houston at this gage is 42.4 feet. West Fork Still At Normal LevelĪt 4PM CDT Tuesday, the West Fork San Jacinto at US59 is still nearly seven feet from coming out of its banks. So move your cars out of the street tonight. The largest threat at this point is street flooding. In other parts of Houston, the following streams could flood: However, in the upper San Jacinto Watershed, the expected rainfall amounts will likely produce flooding only on Cypress and Little Cypress Creeks. (Update At 9:10 PM) The radar image above looked like this and heavy rain had started in Kingwood. JEFF LINDNER, HARRIS COUNTY METEOROLOGIST Training of heavy rainfall is likely with this banding along with flash flooding.”Īdditional rainfall of 4-7 inches will be possible over the northern portions of Harris County into Liberty County and possibly southern Montgomery County with isolated totals of 10-12 inches possible. He continued, “Models show this band continuing well into the evening and overnight hours across much of northern and northeastern Harris County into Liberty County.
“Current radar trends show what may be the start of this banding feature from Downtown Houston to Jersey Village to Waller where a broken band of heavy to excessive rainfall is forming,” said Lindner at 4pm today. Current Radar Trends Show Storm Moving Toward Northeast Harris County That could push new feeder bands into the Lake Houston Area later tonight. But the forward motion of the storm is perpendicular, from SW to NE. Beta Tuesday evening at 5PM, courtesy of RadarScope. According to the NHC, Harris County Meteorologist Jeff Lindner and Space City Weather, models continue to show that a heavy band of rainfall will begin to develop over the next few hours across the northern portions of Harris County. If any readers in the Lake Houston Area felt left out by Beta, tonight could be your night. For the next 24 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts maximum winds at 30 mph. The center of Beta is currently near Bay City and moving ENE.
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