{"id":248291,"date":"2026-04-13T23:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248291\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T23:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:11:11","slug":"downpour-and-powerful-gusts-lash-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/248291\/","title":{"rendered":"Downpour and Powerful Gusts Lash Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A severe storm system brought strong winds and lashing rains to Houston, Texas, on Sunday, April 12, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HoustonOEM\/status\/2043472927874494632\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:flooding roads;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;flooding roads&quot;}\" class=\"link \">flooding roads<\/a> and creating <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StormChaserHTX\/status\/2043473593183433010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:hazardous driving conditions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;hazardous driving conditions&quot;}\" class=\"link \">hazardous driving conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSHouston\/status\/2043430242727891105\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:flood watch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;flood watch&quot;}\" class=\"link \">flood watch<\/a>, citing possibilities for flash flooding and isolated accumulations of over six inches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRainfall rates of two to four inches per hour and raining storms may lead to street flooding and isolated instances of flash flooding within the watch area,\u201d the NWS said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Footage captured by TikTok user @lizzyhedgehog shows the severe downpour from her workplace, where gusts of up to 60 mph were measured. Credit: @lizzyhedgehog via Storyful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A severe storm system brought strong winds and lashing rains to Houston, Texas, on Sunday, April 12, flooding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[13365,15391,56,58,57,1971,94348,25353,27],"class_list":["post-248291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-flash-flooding","tag-flood-watch","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-national-weather-service","tag-rainfall-rates","tag-strong-winds","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}