Flooding

Lake Houston read 42.66 feet at 5:30 a.m. Central Sunday, October 4, and Lake Conroe stood at 199.92 feet and 94.9 percent full. No flood alerts are active for Harris, Montgomery or Liberty counties. Today brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high near 83.

Lake Houston read 42.64 feet at 5:30 p.m. Central on Saturday, October 3, full at its normal operating pool, and Lake Conroe held at 199.82 feet and 94.5 percent full. No flood alerts are active for Harris, Montgomery or Liberty counties. Showers and thunderstorms are likely overnight.

ReduceFlooding.com published an analysis on October 2 identifying 14 of the San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group’s 36 draft recommendations as applying to Scarborough, a proposed 5,300-acre development upstream of Lake Houston at the confluence of four streams.

Lake Houston read 42.63 feet at 5:30 a.m. Central on Saturday, October 3, full at 100 percent of conservation capacity, and Lake Conroe held at 199.82 feet and 94.5 percent full. No flood alerts are active for Harris, Montgomery or Liberty counties.

Lake Houston read 42.57 feet at 5:30 p.m. Central on Friday, October 2, at 100 percent of conservation capacity, and Lake Conroe stood at 199.81 feet and 94.4 percent full. A National Weather Service Flood Watch for Harris and Montgomery counties runs until 7 p.m. Central tonight after 3 to 6 inches of rain across the region.

Lake Houston read 42.32 feet at 5:30 a.m. Central on Friday, October 2, at 99.7 percent full, and Lake Conroe was 199.78 feet and 94.3 percent full. A Flood Watch is in effect for Harris and Montgomery counties through Friday evening.

The San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group has issued 36 draft recommendations for the next statewide flood plan, split into 12 legislative items, 16 administrative and regulatory items and eight flood planning items.

Lake Houston read 42.30 feet at 5:30 p.m. Central on Thursday, October 1, rising about two inches through the afternoon as rain moved across the area. Lake Conroe sits at 199.49 feet and 93.0 percent full. There are no National Weather Service alerts for Harris, Montgomery or Liberty counties.