Houston – Southeast Texas’ rain train has dropped more than 14 inches in The Woodlands and more than 10 inches in Galveston County in the last five days.
The downpours stranded some drivers in Texas City Friday morning. A woman who identified herself only as Sandra told KPRC 2′s Re’Chelle Turner she knew her Mustang didn’t stand a chance.
“This car cannot go through high water,” said Sandra. “It is definitely not worth it. My pocketbook would suffer too, you know.”
Dickinson picked up 12.76″ in the last five days, most of which fell Friday morning. Along I-45 and FM 517, the KPRC 2 Storm Tracker caught several cars jumping the median trying to make it through the high water.
The already waterlogged coastal communities flooded quickly Friday morning in the heavy downpours.
Check out this picture from San Leon on Click2Pins. Yards there looked more like ponds as the waves of rain moved through.
Diane Ramey Freeman
San Leon
Thankfully, by Friday afternoon, our coastal areas were only seeing spotty light showers. At the same time, light showers were widespread west of Harris County, in Sealy and Wharton.
Despite the rain easing up, there is still a flood warning in effect for portions of Harris, Galveston and Brazoria County through 8:15 p.m. Friday.
Avoid roads along State Highway 146 near FM 517 and along State Highway 275 on Galveston Island, which are still closed.
Friday isn’t the last day of wet weather southeast Texas will endure.
More morning downpours are in the forecast Saturday and Sunday mornings, and that may lead to flash flooding. The heaviest rain will be focused south from western Harris County to Matagorda County around 7:00 a.m. Saturday. The rain will continue to push east and, by Saturday afternoon, showers and thunderstorms will become less widespread and lighter.
Watch for ponding and street flooding and remember never to drive through flood waters.