{"id":371022,"date":"2026-07-13T12:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/371022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:06:32","slug":"houston-forecast-calls-for-daily-storms-and-flood-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/371022\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston forecast calls for daily storms and flood risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston’s typical mid-July heat is taking a back seat<\/a> to a growing flood threat at the start of the week.<\/p>\n

Daily showers and thunderstorms will remain the norm across Southeast Texas, as deep tropical moisture lingers over the region. The wetter pattern will hold afternoon temperatures a few degrees below where they’ve been recently, but it also brings the potential for locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding through the middle of the week.<\/p>\n

Monday brings another active day of scattered to numerous showers<\/a> and thunderstorms across Southeast Texas as tropical moisture combines with several upper-level disturbances moving across the region.<\/p>\n

Don’t expect rain all day. Instead, there could be long stretches of dry weather interrupted by slow-moving thunderstorms capable of producing torrential downpours, frequent lightning and gusty winds. Storms will become most widespread from late morning through the afternoon as daytime heating and the sea breeze help fuel additional development.<\/p>\n

That pattern is expected to continue through at least Wednesday. You’ll have a much better chance of seeing a shower or thunderstorm each day than you have in recent weeks, and any storms that develop could quickly produce heavy rainfall over a small area.<\/p>\n

Deep tropical moisture, combined with several upper-level disturbances, will provide ample fuel for slow-moving thunderstorms capable of producing torrential rainfall. As a result, much of Southeast Texas is under a level 2 of 4 risk of flooding Monday, the highest flood threat expected<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

The flood threat eases to a level 1 of 4 Tuesday and Wednesday, but any thunderstorms that repeatedly move over the same locations could still trigger flash flooding, especially in low-lying areas, poor-drainage locations and along bayous and creeks.<\/p>\n

Exactly where the heaviest rain will fall remains impossible to pinpoint in advance. Most neighborhoods across Southeast Texas should receive between 1 and 3 inches of rain through midweek. Localized totals will likely be higher where thunderstorms repeatedly move over the same area.<\/p>\n

The added clouds and rainfall will keep temperatures below normal by mid-July standards.<\/p>\n

Highs Monday through Wednesday should generally reach the mid- and upper 80s, several degrees cooler than they’ve been recently. Don’t mistake the lower temperatures for a break from summer. Humidity will remain high, so despite the slightly cooler afternoons, it will still feel muggy between rounds of rain.<\/p>\n

The wetter pattern should begin winding down by Thursday as high pressure strengthens over the region. Rain chances will decrease, sunshine will become more abundant and hotter weather will return heading into next weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston’s typical mid-July heat is taking a back seat to a growing flood threat at the start of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-371022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371022","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=371022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}