With much of Houston still reeling from the Derecho's effects, residents are gearing up for a possible tropical storm entering the southern Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch for parts of coastal Texas on Monday afternoon and indicated it would begin forecasting for the...
With much of Houston still reeling from the Derecho's effects, residents are gearing up for a possible tropical storm entering the southern Gulf of Mexico.
In preparation for potentially unsafe flooding conditions, Lake Conroe and Lake Houston were lowered to help curb the chances of flood water accumulating. More tropical moisture is forecasted to move further inland Tuesday afternoon, which could cause the development of more widespread showers. However, he noted that the southern half of the Houston area was slightly more likely to see four to eight inches of rainfall through Wednesday, with the higher isolated amounts.
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