{"id":372265,"date":"2026-07-14T08:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372265\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:15:22","slug":"flood-advisory-continues-north-of-houston-as-storms-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372265\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood advisory continues north of Houston as storms persist"},"content":{"rendered":"

2:15 p.m. update: The National Weather Service has extended the flood threat into the afternoon by issuing a new flood advisory through 4:15\u00a0p.m. for parts of Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker and Washington counties. Additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches is possible in areas that have already picked up 1 to 2 inches of rain, raising the risk of minor flooding where repeated downpours occur.<\/p>\n

Heavy rainfall is already causing minor flooding<\/a> across parts of the Houston area, and another round of thunderstorms developing west of the city could prolong the flood threat into the afternoon.<\/p>\n

A flood advisory remains in effect until 2:15 p.m. for parts of Harris and Montgomery counties as repeated downpours continue to move across the region.<\/p>\n

According to the National Weather Service, radar estimates indicate an inch to 2 inches of rain<\/a> have already fallen in portions of the advisory area, with another inch to 2 inches possible this afternoon. That additional rainfall could quickly overwhelm storm drains, leading to street flooding in low-lying and poor-drainage areas.<\/p>\n

Thunderstorms have been producing intense rainfall<\/a> across portions of Harris and Montgomery counties since around midday, leading to areas of minor flooding.<\/p>\n

More heavy rainfall over already saturated areas will likely lead to continued pooling\u00a0of water on roads and minor flooding through the early afternoon.<\/p>\n

The greatest flooding concern will be in locations that receive repeated rounds of heavy rain, especially where storms move over the same neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

At 12:30 p.m., thunderstorms stretched roughly along the Interstate 45 corridor from northern Harris County southward to the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n

Another line of storms was organizing west of Houston<\/a> from near Sugar Land north toward Hempstead in\u00a0Waller County. That activity should reach the Houston area between 1 and 3 p.m., bringing another round of heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n

Drivers should use extra caution during the heaviest downpours and never attempt to drive through flooded streets, where water depth can be difficult to judge.<\/p>\n

Rainfall rates can quickly make normally passable streets impassable, particularly in low-lying areas and underpasses.<\/p>\n

If you encounter a flooded roadway, turn around and find an alternate route. Most flood-related deaths occur in vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2:15 p.m. update: The National Weather Service has extended the flood threat into the afternoon by issuing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-372265","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\/372265","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=372265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}