Texas Flood 2019: Houston Hit Hard With More Rain This Week

HOUSTON — The storms that roared into the Greater Houston area on Tuesday afternoon dumped more than 10 inches of rain within a span of just a few hours. Residents in Humble and Kingwood, who were still reeling from the horrific storm late Friday that claimed the life of a life of an Humble ISD fourth grade teacher were hit again by heavy rains and flooding Tuesday afternoon.

The threat of rain has been in the forecast for days, and didn't catch Houstonians unaware of without warning. However, just how quickly the rain fell on Tuesday was a surprise to many.

"My street has never flooded until today, not in 1994 or Harvey" said Kingwood resident Catherine Gobbi.

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Within the span of an hour, more than four inches of rain had been dumped over the northeast Harris County and southeast Montgomery County.

The deluge of rain that fell in sheets for a time, came on as many schools were letting out and parents were on their way home or to the schools to retrieve their children.

In many cases, the parents found roads impassable with flood waters lapping over wheel wells, as the tried their best to navigate.

Some schools in Humble ISD kept students safely secured, as did districts in Montgomery County.

Chris Trotter, who'd served in the Tomball School District for many years, officially became the Cleveland ISD superintendent last week.

On Tuesday, he and several teachers had a lock in at one of the schools where they fed and entertained students whose parents weren't able to safely get to the campus.

As a result of the rain and subsequent flooding, schools were closed in Splendora, New Caney, Huffman, and Cleveland ISD.

It was much the same in Fort Bend County, southwest of the Houston area, where flash flooding from nearby creeks, and rising water levels in the Brazos River from storms in north and central Texas last week forced County Judge KP George to issue a disaster declaration.

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"Our residents need to understand that this is a serious threat," George said in a statement Tuesday, "this flash flooding tonight is contributing to the Brazos River levels, which still pose a threat later this week. We are not out of the woods yet."

Many regions in Texas have experienced a wetter than average springtime, and over the course of the last two weeks have enjoyed sporadic periods of sunshine.

During the last week of April, the north Texas region was besieged with storms and heavy rain that included one confirmed tornado in Denton, the Dallas Morning News reported.

The heavy rain, which inundated areas of the state for much of the last two weeks that included San Antonio, Waco, Dallas and into the southeast Gulf Coast region.

Forecasters are predicting more rain for the Greater Houston area this week, with predictions of 10 inches of rain or more by Saturday.

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