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Higher chance of heavy rain and flooding starts on Friday

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We are not done with the rain yet.

An even higher chance for heavy rain and flooding starts on Friday, and extends into at least Saturday. Rainfall totals during the next 7 days will range between 4 to 8 inches for most areas with isolated spots getting over 10.

How much rain has your part of town received so far?

On what day is heavy rain and street flooding the biggest threat?
At this time, Friday and Saturday appears to be the wettest days. These will be slow moving storms with high rain rates so watch out for significant street flooding.

It sure has been raining a lot, hasn’t it?
Yes it has! We saw over 11 inches of rain in May at IAH. That accounts for more than half our rainfall total on the year.

Will the rain chances continue into next week?
Yes. There’s now a 60% chance for rain in the forecast Monday through Wednesday. We should finally dry out late next week.

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