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More record highs are possible through the weekend

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Rain on Saturday didn’t stop the Mistick Krewe of Okeanos’ Mardi Gras parade. Time of Night brass band, floats and Krewe members strolled through the streets of San Marcos on Saturday. For more photos see page 3A. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

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The weather warning covers most of Wales with flooding described as 'likely' for some.

These are some of the images captured from across Texas by KPRC 2 viewers and beyond as severe weather sweeps across the state.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Hays County. The warning goes into effect on Thursday at 3 a.m. and stretches through the day until 6 p.m.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Breaking News, News, News - Mobile, News Alert San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

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Friday’s heavy rainfall with amounts of 4 to 8 inches or rain in the matter of a couple of hours was too much for drainage systems to handle, a report released by the National Weather Service in Brownsville stated. Much of the heavy rain occurred in east, northeast, southeast Brownsville receiving 10.72 inches of rain, 9.45 inches of rain and 8.41 inches of rain from Thursday evening to midnight Saturday, the NWS reports. The peak of the heavy rainfall occurred between 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday with some locations in east and northeast Brownsville receiving 7 to 8 inches of rain in two hours or a little more, the report stated. In other areas of the county NWS rain totals from 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday indicate the following:Harlingen – 6.11San Benito – 6.3Los Fresnos- 4.99Laguna Atascosa – 3.95Port Isabel – 4.05La Feria and communities along the Military Highway and the western part of the county had 2 to 5 inches of rain. [email protected]

Heavy rain was expected continue throughout the weekend and into early next week.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the state has placed rescue teams and resources in the Houston area and along the Texas Gulf Coast.

HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas was strengthening just off the Gulf Coast and...

HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas was strengthening just off the Gulf Coast and...

Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to strengthen as it heads for the Gulf Coast.

Tropical Storm Nicholas headed toward the Texas coast Sunday night, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said a hurricane watch was issued for the central portion of the Texas coast with much of the state's coastline now under a tropical storm warning.

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A Flash flood watch remains in effect through Friday evening for much of Southeast Texas with Fort Bend, Colorado, Austin and Waller Counties added to Galveston County (including the Bolivar Peninsula). A flash flood warning has been issued for Matagorda, Wharton and Jackson counties. Heavy rain is once again expected to kick off more flash flooding near Rockport and areas closer to the Houston Metro.

A strong line of storms continues to move through parts of southeast Texas this week.

Rain chances continue to linger for most of the week as a front has stalled across the area. The weather is expected to stay in a rainy pattern for most of the 10-day period.

The area could see 3 to 4 inches of rain by Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

The saying is supposed to be “April showers bring May flowers,” but in Houston, it’s May that’s been full of showers, which has brought far less enjoyable mold spores.

On Friday, heavy rain turned a neighborhood at the intersection of 15th Street and Bacliff Drive in Bacliff into a mini lake.

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The week started the same way last week ended -- with rain.

KPRC 2 is tracking rain and storms Tuesday morning.

The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) and Montgomery County Constable Precinct 1 have announced that Lake Conroe is back open after being closed as a result of the heavy rain that pushed through the area Friday and overnight into Saturday.

Parts of New Waverly in Walker County had to deal with flooding on Friday.

Chicago is in the midst of some veritable April showers.

A storm that pounded Northern California with rain, snow, wind and mud rolled southward early Thursday, prompting flood warnings and threats of mudslides in areas burned bare by wildfires. The storm punched into Northern California late Tuesday night and continued on Wednesday, drifting down the coast and stalling over Big Sur before pivoting back northward. Hana Mohsin, right, carries belongings from a neighbor's home which was damaged in a mudslide on January 27, 2021, in Salinas, California. Noah Berger / APIn Paso Robles, authorities urged homeless people in the bed of the Salinas River to head for higher ground because the river could rise as much as 25 feet. The phenomenon is part of a major change in weather for California, which had significant drought conditions for months.

HOUSTON – Cold air has settled into Southeast Texas and will be sticking around for a while. We are in the beginning of the longest stretch of cold weather that has hit Houston so far this season. As we head into late Sunday, temperatures will start to drop and wintry precipitation will be getting close to Southeast Texas! Sunday NightAccumulations will be insignificant in Southeast Texas but snow will accumulate north and northwest of our area. Weekend Travel WeatherAfter Sunday’s rain/snow mix event, the rest of the ten day forecast shows a cooler than normal start with plenty of sunshine for the week ahead.

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, file photo, Ariana Grande performs a medley at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. On Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, Grande announced she is engaged in a series of social media photos of her and her fiance, Dalton Gomez, and a massive engagement ring. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)(AP) – Ariana Grande has announced she is engaged in a series of photos of her and her fiance and her engagement ring. The “Rain on Me” singer posted the photos of her cuddling with Dalton Gomez, a luxury real estate agent, on Instagram on Sunday. People magazine reported Grande and Gomez started dating earlier this year.

HOUSTON – Some areas saw some street ponding during the morning commute. The Office of Homeland and Emergency Management in Harris County put out alerts about possible street flooding in the Katy area. Some spots near Bear Creek at FM 529 and Highway 99 and Peek Road near 99 saw some ponding but it quickly drained. According to KPRC 2 meteorologists, rain showers are expected on and off over the next two days.

No one can complain about the crisp, fall weather we’ve seen so far, although we’ve been missing it the past couple of days. We’ll warm up this weekend, into the mid-80s, but look at the cold air stored up in Canada:Cold Air is Waiting! All we need is a big cold front to sweep that colder air our way and one arrives Saturday night into Monday morning:Sunday morning front and showers (KPRC)We need the rain but our futurecast model doesn’t indicate much will fall! Rain amounts not impressive for Sunday's front (KPRC)So what happens to our temperatures? FrankEmail me and follow me on Facebook!

The rain was expected to reach most locations across the Chicago region until about midafternoon Friday, adding to a particularly wet and rainy week for northern Illinois. But Ogorek said there “shouldn’t be more than an inch of rain in most locations” Friday and it shouldn’t be cause for alarm.

Project Brays is a $480 million improvement project that’s been under construction since 2000. Residents in Meyerland and Westbury credit the improvements that including widening the channel and bridge modifications, for sparing their homes from flooding during Tropical Storm Beta. Before Harvey, the majority of the work involved with Project Brays had been finished. While Project Brays protected that area from flooding during Beta, every major rain event in Houston is different. That’s the big thinking going forward , that’s going to take a much larger investment," Hidalgo said.

See Beta’s impact in League City, Pearland and South BeltA barricade warns commuters of high water heading westbound on Scarsdale Boulevard near the Gulf Freeway during Tropical Storm Beta. A barricade warns commuters of high water heading westbound on Scarsdale Boulevard near the Gulf Freeway during Tropical Storm Beta. Photo: Kirk Sides / Staff Photographer Photo: Kirk Sides / Staff Photographer Image 1 of / 11 Caption Close See Beta’s impact in League City, Pearland and South Belt 1 / 11 Back to GalleryHours of constant rain from Tropical Storm Beta left its mark Tuesday on many communities in Pearland, South Belt, Friendswood and League City, with residents bracing for more rain projected to come at night. One of the more dramatic sights was on Pearland’s Country Club Drive leading into the Green Tee Terrace subdivision. Flooding from Mary’s Creek submerged much of that road and spread to form a vast, calm lake over the landscape.

Rain falls during a rain delay prior to a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Thursday, July 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

From the Pacific to Texas to the far Caribbean, the tropics showed up as the Weekend Headline! Clearly, the most devastating was ours, Hurricane Hanna, taking a clear shot on South Texas, battering boats, toppling trees and flooding roads and homes. Look at the rain amounts on Doppler radar out of Brownsville from Friday evening to this morning, most of which came on Saturday. This looks like a Jackson Pollock masterpiece:10-15" of rain Saturday and SundayThe purple images indicate 10-12″ of rain with the white at 15″ of rain! Hanna rainsAnd the winds rocked to 90 mph creating a 4-6′ storm surge across Baffin Bay and Corpus Christi.

HOUSTON – Rain was on the retreat while temperatures trended upward in Houston over the weekend. It won’t be record heat but expect temperatures to be slightly above normal with high humidity in place every day. High temperatures, Monday, June 29, 2020By mid-week, a ridge of high pressure will be centered directly over Texas. July 4th ChangesAs July 4th approaches, the high pressure ridge will migrate west, signaling a return of rain to the area. July 4th Forecast10 Day OutlookAfter July 4th, we will likely return to a typical summer pattern in Houston.

HOUSTON A flash flood watch has been issued for all of the Houston area from 7 p.m. Tuesday until 7 a.m. Wednesday. Here is what KPRC 2 reporters saw as the storms moved through:KPRC 2s Brittany Jeffers tracked storms around 45 and 99 in the Spring and Tomball area:

HOUSTON – All of the Harris County COVID-19 testing sites have closed Monday due to severe weather, Harris County Public Health said. Harris County Public Health said they plan on reopening sites and resuming operations on Tuesday, June 23. 🚨URGENT: All of our #COVID19 test sites are closed today due to severe weather. If you had an appointment for today, please come back tomorrow with your code. #houwx pic.twitter.com/N3UFGE0DZ2 — Harris County Public Health #SocialDistance (@hcphtx) June 22, 2020If you had an appointment scheduled for today, HCPH asks that you come back Tuesday with your code.

But as you see in the maps below, most of the rain on both Friday and Saturday favored areas north and west of the I-10 corridor. Normally, when we get multiple chances for rain, some other areas may get a shot at some natural grass fertilizer. Some of the reason for that was the overall positioning of the jet stream in the higher part of the atmosphere that was oriented from southwest to northeast. Contrast that to when a surface cold front plows through and the rain basically follows the direction of where the front is coming in from. We will get another round of rain coming next weekend, but there’s some real early summer heat lurking mid-week as well.

Tomorrow, the clouds return and isolated showers will start in the morning with on and off showers to follow by Sunday evening into Monday. Monday kicks off a fairly wet and unsettled work week with a potential for heavy rain and strong storms late in the afternoon. A vigorous cold front will slowly move through the state, stall near the coast, leaving rain chances in play for the next three days with highs in the low 70s. 10-Day ForecastThe result is a ten day forecast that has plenty of rain for the start of the week along with warmer than normal temperatures until mid week. The rain should be out of here by Thursday in time for a dry but cool Valentine’s day and one half of next weekend.

RADAR MAPS:HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A strong cold front will blow through Houston Wednesday. Temperatures will continue to fall as the front pushes toward the coast.Rain chances will climb quickly Wednesday afternoon as the strong cold front blows into Houston. Some of the storms could bring briefly heavy rainfall and gusty winds. It will be a chilly Halloween night with temperatures starting in the low 50s. Temperatures should continue to drop down into the 40s after sunset, so bundle up your little ones before heading out!ter ID="1189313151621390336"

Another mild afternoon, rain on the wayIf you need help with the Public File, call (713) 778-4745.

Rain moving in this evening and a front later tonightIf you need help with the Public File, call (713) 778-4745.

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HOUSTON – Severe weather moved in from the coast late Tuesday morning and brought up to two inches of rain to some coastal areas. Some areas in Galveston have received nearly two inches of rain, which led to street flooding. The storms will move north through the area, with a break in the action around 4 p.m. The greater Houston area can expect two to four inches of rainfall as Tuesday progresses. The severe weather threat is low, but a handful of storms this week could produce that expected heavy rain, minor street flooding and gusty wind.

HOUSTON – The beautiful weather we saw during the weekend is expected to continue for a second day during the work week. On Tuesday we are expecting a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies. The rain is expected to move in Wednesday. We are expecting to see light rain Wednesday morning and the bulk of the showers will be in the afternoon. Rain is also expected to be with us over the Easter weekend, starting Friday night.

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HOUSTON – The rain will continue to fall during the morning commute and could be with us through noon. Temperatures on Tuesday start out cold but will warm into the mid 40s, just like Monday. The good news is our afternoon skies will begin to clear and we'll be done with the rain through the holiday weekend. Temperatures Wednesday morning will be freezing with the clear skies.