Flooding

Lake Houston read 42.60 feet and Lake Conroe 199.97 feet on Wednesday morning, September 9. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, high near 92, heat index to 102. No flood alerts active.

The USGS gauge at Lake Houston near Sheldon read 42.58 feet at 5:30 p.m. Central Tuesday, September 8. No National Weather Service alerts were active for Harris, Montgomery or Liberty County.

The USGS gauge on Lake Houston near Sheldon read 42.63 feet at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 8. No flood alerts are in effect for Harris, Montgomery or Liberty counties.

The U.S. Geological Survey gauge on Lake Houston near Sheldon, site 08072000, read 42.60 feet at 5:30 p.m. Central on

ReduceFlooding.com reports that a fisherman using a depth finder measured the San Jacinto West Fork at 2.4 feet deep alongside

The USGS gauge on Lake Houston near Sheldon read 42.60 feet at 5:30 a.m. Monday, September 7. No flood alerts are active for Harris, Montgomery or Liberty counties.

Lk Houston nr Sheldon, TX at 42.51 feet as of 5:30 PM Central. Active flood alerts in effect.

A guest account from a Kingwood resident of nearly 50 years, recalling Hurricane Harvey nine years on.

Small shifts in Tropical Storm Edouard’s track produced wildly different rainfall forecasts, a reminder of how little margin the region has when a storm wobbles.

A proposed federal reinterpretation of which waters fall under the Clean Water Act could remove protection from most wetlands. Wetlands absorb stormwater and slow runoff, so the change carries direct flood-control consequences for the Lake Houston watershed.

The federal government will not appeal the Addicks-Barker upstream flooding case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which plaintiffs’ counsel is treating as a win for upstream property owners.