Yeah the band is currently slowly rotating right over my house. The streets aren't too bad, but the back yard is starting to concern me. These neighborhoods don't have the greatest drainage, and half my back yard already looks like a swamp.
Incoming!!!!! Getting shelled by lightning. I Turned off all the electricity. Listening to the stros in a battery radio. Should I not post by Tomorrow someone send a dragon for me!!
By Reliant now and the big/slow westward band should be hitting for about 1 1/2.. with tornado threat.
Good news is that the NWS allowed the tornado warning to expire at 9pm with no new one to replace it. It seems radar isn't indicating tornadic cells like it was a few minutes ago.
i'm about 5 miles down 90 (S. Main) from Reliant and it's finally stopped raining for the moment. It's getting very worrisome. Water levels getting a bit high for my comfort.
One band is about ready to pass by with another one on it's heels about an hour away. Just got around 5 inches of rain in a little over one hour's time at Briar Forest and Gessner
I'm getting some street flooding in Sugarland, it needs to chill out for about an hour or so and let some of this start to drain
I'd suggest anyone in the path of that band that's passing thru Houston right now be very careful. It just got through dropping multiple tornadoes apparently in Mo City (see link above)
Meant eastward (from the Western),... right now is hardest I've ever seen it rain. Seen it as hard before many times, but never harder. Should last about an hour. Check that... already looks halfway through. Looks it sped up since Fort Bend. Maybe 20 more minutes.
Im in Sugar Land / Southwest Houston and it was REALLY hairy for a good hour and a half with lots of alerts and tornado warnings. Seemed like we would never get out of that band of storms. Looks like we're in the clear now leaving behind a crazy lightning storm. God bless everyone that thing is headed towards in Houston and north of Houston. But my son lives with his mom in Mo City and that tornado hit less than a mile from her house. They were close enough to hear it and take shelter.
Man earlier this evening the wind was howling, then get a text that on the news there was a tornado spotted by the highschool near me. Seemed like a ton of tornadoes today in the west side of houston.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 927 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR West Central Harris, Eastern Fort Bend and Northern Brazoria counties... The National Weather Service in League City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... East central Fort Bend County in southeastern Texas... Northern Brazoria County in southeastern Texas... Central Harris County in southeastern Texas... * Until 1215 AM CDT. * At 921 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. 4 to 8 inches of rain have fallen. Rainfall rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour are occuring with this very slow moving line of storms. Flash flooding is already occurring. Water rescues are ongoing. This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for west central Harris county eastern Fort Bend and northern Brazoria counties. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Pearland, northeastern Missouri City, Stafford, Bellaire, West University Place, Jersey Village, northwestern Manvel, Hunters Creek Village, Bunker Hill Village, Piney Point Village, Midtown Houston, Downtown Houston, Greenway / Upper Kirby Area, Spring Branch North, Greater Heights, Fresno, Neartown / Montrose, Greater Eastwood, Near Northside Houston and Greater Hobby Area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to higher ground now. This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
My Uncle is in Missouri City, one tornado earlier today (three blocks from his house - Sienna Plantation) possibly another - Seems to be one of the worst spots.
