HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The main storm system is still well to our west. The threat for moderate to heavy rain won’t end until it passes late Saturday morning.
The ABC13 Weather Team has declared the period from Friday evening through Saturday morning as Weather Alert Days.
The rain will last into Saturday, with a flood watch in effect until 12 p.m. that day.
That said, we strongly encourage you to have a way to receive weather alerts as you go about celebrating the next few days with family and friends.
A powerful weather system that dropped down just west of Texas on Thanksgiving Day has brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to the eastern half of Texas.
What can we expect Friday evening?
It’ll be breezy and cool with several rounds of light to moderate rain with an occasional clap of thunder. The rain shouldn’t be heavy enough Friday evening for any significant flooding.
When will the heaviest rain fall?
Friday night through the middle morning hours Saturday is when the heaviest rain will fall. We’re concerned about training thunderstorms that could produce street flooding during that time. Some rises on creeks and bayous is also possible but major bayou flooding is not anticipated at this time.
How much rain are expecting in total?
We believe between now and Saturday the rainfall totals will generally average between 1-3″, but there will be some isolated pockets that easily exceed 4″ of rain. Where this happens, street flooding will be the primary concern. We
When will we dry up over the weekend?
Plan for rain to continue into Saturday morning, and as long as the weather system doesn’t slow down any more, we should dry out Saturday afternoon. We’ll even get some sunshine to end the day. Temperatures could briefly dip into into the 50s during the middle of the day as the cooler, drier air blows in, then warm back up into the 60s once the sun comes out. Sunday still looks completely sunny with a cold morning in the upper 40s and a pleasant afternoon in the low 70s.
