{"id":734011,"date":"2026-04-17T08:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/734011\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:05:30","slug":"cold-front-incoming-storm-timing-rain-totals-and-flood-concerns-for-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/734011\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold front incoming: Storm timing, rain totals, and flood concerns for Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A storm system out west is gearing up to bring Southeast Texas another round of stormy weather this weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Flood risk has decrease in coverage and is only focused north of I-10<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This will bring a chance for some strong storms and low but not nothing flood threat Saturday night. The flood threat no longer includes Houston, it is now focused north of I-10. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">As it moves closer, a cold front will slide into the area late Saturday afternoon into the early evening. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday 4pm cold front (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Ahead of that front, we\u2019ll see warm, humid Gulf air fuel showers and thunderstorms. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday 9pm cold front (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Some of those storms could dump heavy rain in a hurry, as much as 1 to 3 inches per hour, which could lead to brief street flooding, especially in spots that don\u2019t drain well in your neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 12am cold front (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The good news is these storms should keep moving, so we\u2019re not expecting widespread flooding. Still, areas north of I-10 could see a higher chance for isolated high water issues.<\/p>\n<p>Northern parts of southeast Texas could pick up to 1.5&#8243;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A few showers may hang around early Sunday, but drier air will start to move in. Behind the front, expect a noticeable breeze out of the northeast, especially near the coast, where winds could get strong at times.<\/p>\n<p>Cooler Sunday<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The payoff will be a nice cool down on Sunday! Cloudy with a few leftover showers for the coast in the morning, but high pressure moving in with a northerly wind will slice the humidity back to more comfortable levels and highs only in the mid to low 70s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Make sure to check back in with the KPRC2 Weather Team throughout the week for updates on the timing and intensity of these storms. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A storm system out west is gearing up to bring Southeast Texas another round of stormy weather this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":734012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,303328,199702,303327,277864,358,3187],"class_list":["post-734011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-cold-front","tag-houston-rain-forecast","tag-houston-severe-weather","tag-houston-thunderstorms","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116419017338092721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}