Houston has two rounds of rainfall coming Saturday. This is bringing a flood threat, and a severe weather threat.
This includes the risk for hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.
Make sure you stay weather aware.
Storm Timing:
The storms will come generally in two batches. Expect the first wave early Saturday morning with strong winds, heavy rain pushing through around 4-7am.
The first round moves through EARLY Saturday morning. This will reach the Brazos Valley by 3AM and work its way east.
The storms will be reaching Houston around 6AM in the morning. These storms might be strong to severe, with street flooding likely, so don’t plan sunrise activities
This first line will exit the coast by 8 a.m., and Houston will be mostly dry by 10 a.m.
Through the majority of the day, we’re dry and windy. Now, I would not be surprised if we see a few isolated pop-up storms.
Ok now our second round of storms comes with the cold front and it looks to be speeding up. Everything is still expected after sunset, with storms rolling in from the northwest reaching the Brazos Valley as early as 7-8 p.m.
These storms will reach Houston anywhere from 9 p.m.- 11 p.m.
Thankfully, this front is not expected to stall, so if you have late night plans Saturday you might have to stay a little later than planned until the storms push through.
These storms will race to the coast by 1 a.m. This will end the severe and flood threat for SE Texas this weekend.
In fact, because we have been so dry for over a month, if some areas get too much rain too quickly, that’s a good recipe for possible street flooding in some areas.
That’s why we’re under a 2 out of 4 threat for flash flooding on Saturday.
And remember, since we do have a small tornado threat, you’ll want to make sure your phone’s volume is up and alerts are ON — that way you’ll be woken up if a warning is issued while you’re asleep.
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