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May 6, 2024, Monday 2 AM – Flooding in the Houston area during the first week of May 2024 caused quite a stir. It made national headlines most days last week. Twenty percent of the region’s annual rainfall fell in a two or three days in several places upstream from Lake Houston. Water rose quickly […]
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Read MoreMay 4, 2024 Part II – The worst of this week’s Kingwood flooding may be over, but more heavy rain is on the way. At 2 PM today, flooding on the East Fork and West Fork San Jacinto Rivers was finally receding. Early even. And lower than expected. But another storm could drop heavy rainfall […]
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Read More(Updated 8:30 AM 5/4/24 with current inundation map) This post explains when flood peaks will arrive in the Humble-Kingwood-Huffman Areas and how high they will get. It also includes evacuation advice from local officials and a photographic look at flooding so far. Peaks Arriving at Separate Times After almost 20 inches of rain this week […]
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Read More4/29/24 – The rainfall distribution in last night’s storm was very uneven. It ranged from a tenth of an inch in some places to more than 10 inches in others. Totals to the north and east of Houston approached 8-10 inches in places. But most of Harris County received less than 2 inches. Regardless, the […]
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Read MoreSaturday night, Northpark flooded at the intersection of Russell Palmer and it remained flooded this morning. On Saturday, 4/21/24 at 4:46 PM, Harris County Meteorologist Jeff Lindner communicated a flash flood advisory. He also warned of street flooding. And it happened. But the amount of rain at this location should not have caused flooding that […]
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Read More4/17/4 – While addressing Houston City Council this morning, Texas General Land Office (GLO) Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has given the City and Harris County a two-year extension on the use of Harvey Disaster Relief funds. Fifty percent had to be spent by next year. […]
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Read MoreGoogle Earth shows a massive breach in the southernmost pond of the Hallett San Jacinto West Fork mine in a satellite image dated February 19, 2024. Here’s how the same area looked today from a drone. And here’s how it looked from a boat just hours earlier. A Harris County Flood Control Gage at Highway […]
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Read MoreGoogle Earth shows a massive breach in the southernmost pond of the Hallett San Jacinto West Fork mine in a satellite image dated February 19, 2024. Here’s how the same area looked today from a drone. And here’s how it looked from a boat just hours earlier. A Harris County Flood Control Gage at Highway […]
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