Houston Memorial Weekend Flood Watch expands | Houston Live & Local

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]And you might want to send us a text about the weather Friday turning into just a beautiful day out there. The sun even shining. Meteorologist Remisha Shade is leading us off with a little update on the forecast. Remisha, I love that dress.

[00:00:13]>> you. I love yours, too. We matched.

[00:00:16]>> [laughter] >> Thank you. Thank you. Well, I just kind of be patriotic going into the Memorial Day weekend.

[00:00:22]>> Absolutely.

[00:00:22]>> And you are as well. And we've got some bumpy weather to get through, unfortunately. I wish I had better news.

[00:00:28]We've had a lot of rain this week. We've got a lot more coming for the weekend.

[00:00:32]So, it's just not looking great. But like we've been telling people, have a backup plan. There's still going to be periods where you will be able to get outside. Maybe go to the lake, the pool, the beach. So, I wouldn't cancel your plans, but just make sure to have a way to check for alerts, keep an eye to the sky.

[00:00:47]Use common sense. If you see some dark clouds, if you hear the thunder, don't go take a dip in the pool because, you know, it's not going to be a good idea.

[00:00:54]But we've had anywhere from 2 to 9 and 1/2 inches of rain just over the last 3 days. Oh my goodness. That's a lot of rain. And we've got maybe another 5 inches of rain coming for some of you this weekend. So, that's the concern.

[00:01:10]Tons of moisture in place. If you've been outside, I'm sure you have felt it.

[00:01:13]The sun was beating down on me when I was out there earlier, and that humidity was thick, and that Gulf moisture will just continue to get pumped in as we're expecting an area of low pressure to develop across North Texas.

[00:01:26]So, for that reason, we got a Fox 26 storm alert in place with waves of heavy rain expected over the weekend, and even a low severe storm threat now for tomorrow. So, gusty winds, heavy rain, street flooding. And we got that flood watch. Now, this is the flood watch that was issued like a couple of days ago all the way through Monday morning. So, two things have changed with this flood watch. There are a lot more areas under this flood watch now, and it lasts longer. So, notice it extends from South Texas to the Texas Hill Country over to Houston, Galveston, Southeast Texas, and over into southwestern and central parts of Louisiana. Notice just about everyone included in this flood watch now, whereas the last few days it's just been areas south and southwest of Houston.

[00:02:09]So, all of the Houston metro now in this flood watch up to Huntsville, The Woodlands, Conroe, down to Galveston, east over towards Liberty, and back west to Katy, Sealy, and Eagle Lake. It doesn't end at 7:00 a.m. Monday anymore, either. It goes all the way until 7:00 p.m. So, National Weather Service adding another 12 hours to this flood watch.

[00:02:30]So, we're not going to get out of this risk for flooding anytime soon. In fact, this model showing forecast rain from today through Tuesday anywhere from 2 to 5 in just east of Houston appears to be the bullseye for some of that heaviest rain, those 5-in totals. And keep in mind, these are the projected totals for the majority of the area, but there's always the chance we could get some isolated higher totals. That would be maybe 6, 7, or 8 in of rain. So, that's why we're in that level two out of four risk for that street flooding for Saturday, and even parts of the area still in a two out of four risk on Sunday.

[00:03:08]Mainly, Katy, Rosenberg, down to Bay City, The Woodlands, and areas east of there. So, once again, Houston in a level two out of four risk for street flooding both Saturday and Sunday. And this is a holiday weekend, so this is not what we want to be dealing with, but you know, we always endure, and just always keep in mind, it could be worse, it could be better, but [laughter] just try to get through it the best you can.

[00:03:31]Be safe, still have your fun, but you just may have to kind of delay or rearrange a couple of your outdoor plans like your backyard barbecue, your trip to the beach, or your pool time.

[00:03:42]Speaking of pool time in H-Town this weekend, temperatures are feeling pretty good, nothing too extreme, middle 80s. It's going to be mostly cloudy, few peaks of sunshine, but the main problem will be the heavy rain and the flood risk for both Saturday and Sunday. You may have a few more opportunities to take a dip on Monday as rain chances will go down to about 40 to 50% instead of 80 to 90%.

[00:04:06]Our HRRR or high-resolution future cast model, as we like to call it, showing just one or two downpours popping up this evening through about sunset, a little after 8:00, 9:00 p.m. up towards The Woodlands, Austin. That kind of falls apart before it blows up over us, but tomorrow morning, one or two additional downpours around 9:00 a.m.

[00:04:26]showing up near Baytown and Houston. I think things really start to get going by tomorrow afternoon and evening. 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., we get into the best heating of the day. We've already got the moisture. We've got instability, and these storms are going to start to pulse up likely very close to or right over Houston, Cypress, Atascocita, Liberty, The Woodlands. So, plan on some stormy weather for tomorrow evening around 5:00 going all the way through tomorrow night. 8:00, 9:00 p.m., more heavy storms dropping in right over Houston, Sugar Land, Sealy, and Katy. There's also a low risk for some damaging wind, 50-60 mph gusts, maybe some large hail.

[00:05:08]Tornado risk not looking that great, but notice Saturday night, early Sunday morning, widespread downpours. Here's the good news. If you're trying to get out, enjoy some time outside for the holiday weekend. Late morning on Sunday into the afternoon, it looks like the majority of that rain will start to roll out. Few downpours may redevelop for tomorrow and or Sunday evening rather, but overall, it looks like the worst of it will be Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. There is the low risk for severe weather that's been added to our area really from Houston to points west and southwest. So, Houston, Galveston, down to Freeport, Bay City, and Wharton. So, a lot to look at, a lot to talk about for this weekend's weather. Just be careful. Like I said, use common sense. If it looks bad, if you see lightning, don't go out there.

[00:05:56]Don't take the chance. Good news for tonight's concert. We got Pitbull in concert. I think Lil Jon opening up for him. Gates open at 6:30, I believe. This is at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion in The Woodlands.

[00:06:09]That should be a great concert. Wish I could be at that one. Partly cloudy, maybe a brief shower storm around 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Temps in the 80s, but the pavilion is covered, as you can see with that picture. And as long as there's not a lot of lightning, they allow the concert to keep going. So, I don't think there will be too many issues with that one tonight. Now, if you're heading to the beach tomorrow in Galveston, starting off in the upper 70s with a few showers in the morning, but downpours will just be increasing throughout the afternoon. So, not looking like a great beach day. On top of that, rip current risk is going to be high. Waves are going to be on the rough side. So, even if you're at the beach, I wouldn't recommend getting in and going for a swim this weekend. And just be careful.

[00:06:51]Like I said, if you see that lightning, try to get back to the car, get to a building close by, because it is not going to be great weather, especially tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening.

[00:07:01]Okay, so tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, looking like it's going to be a washout.

[00:07:05]>> Yes. So, you may have a small window Saturday morning. Yeah, I'm thinking Saturday morning, and then I'd say late Sunday morning into the early afternoon.

[00:07:13]Looks like there may be another window to get out and enjoy some of the holiday weekend fun, but it's going to be a lot of rain as well.

[00:07:21]>> It's going to come in windows. Yeah, and we have that risk for flooding. And like I said, it has increased. It's expanded.

[00:07:27]Houston, all of Houston now under a flood watch. Really, just about the entire area. So, we're going to have to watch it closely. I don't think we're going to have widespread flooding everywhere, but wherever those heavy bands of rain set up, it could quickly happen, since we got so much rain earlier in the week.

[00:07:41]>> All right, thank you, Remisha.