Storms Dump More Than 10 Inches Of Rain Over Humble, Kingwood

KINGWOOD, TX — In some cases, the deluge of rain dumped in southeast Montgomery County and northeast Harris County on Tuesday was worse than Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Within a span of just a few hours, residents in Humble, Kingwood, Huffman and Atascocita in Harris County saw at least 10 inches of rainfall.

Motorists trying to navigate areas of Northpark Drive, West Lake Houston Parkway, and Kingwood Drive were met with high water and stalled vehicles.

Flooding in Kingwood https://t.co/CBrlMwH27d
— Chief Art Acevedo (@ArtAcevedo) May 7, 2019

Others who were lucky enough to make it home, watched the flood waters rises on their streets, and creeping toward their homes.

Kingwood resident Sparky Nolan watched the water rising on Kingwood Drive, while Catherine Gobbi, who lives near Luce Bayou, watched the flood waters cover her street for the first time in her memory.

"My street has never flooded until today, not in 1994 or Harvey" she said.

In Humble area schools, students waited for parents unable to navigate the high water. District leaders, who still have Harvey fresh on their minds, opted to keep students safe at several Humble ISD campuses overnight.

Those Humble ISD campuses were:

• Kingwood Park High School
• Kingwood Middle School
• Woodland Hills Elementary School
• Foster Elementary School
• Elm Grove Elementary School

Kingwood high school students can now be picked up, however, Kingwood at Woodland Hills is blocked due to down tree and Northpark Dr is moving very slowy.#hounews #houtraffic CC10
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) May 8, 2019

Several school districts in Montgomery County also kept students on their campuses overnight. New Caney ISD officials said that more than 1,800 students stayed on the Porter High School campus overnight, ABC-13 reported.

In Cleveland ISD, Superintendent Chris Trotter who has only been on the job five days, helped staff feed and entertain students who were unable to get home.

As a result of Tuesday's rain, several school districts have canceled classes including:

• Cleveland ISD
• Splendora ISD
• New Caney ISD
• Huffman ISD

Humble ISD is open, officials announced on the district website.

Meanwhile, road closures are still in effect for some areas, and barricades remain in place where water covered some roadways.

Hamblen Road near the San Jacinto River is completely closed after it was completely washed out, creating a sinkhole at least 10 feet deep, officials said.

HPD warned residents to stay away from the area while officials from Houston Public Works assess the damages.

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