The Latest: Harris County residents warned to not leave home

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

4:30 a.m. CDT

Harris County Flood control has advised residents waking up for work and school Tuesday morning to not leave their homes.

KHOU-TV reports The National Weather Service has issued an emergency flash flood Warning for southwest Harris County and northeast Fort Bend County.

Fans at the Toyota Center for the Houston Rockets' playoff game Monday night were advised not to leave because of weather conditions. About 200 people remained at the arena as of 3:50 a.m.
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2:30 a.m. CDT

Evacuations are underway in Austin, Texas, due to rising water that's threatening homes.

FULL story at link.



Andrea Jones helps remove a downed tree on River Road, Monday, May 25, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Around a dozen people were reported missing in flash flooding from a line of storms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. (Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150526/us--severe_weather-the_latest-6d8dda33e4.html

[Dustlawyer]

1. My 78 year old mom's twisted ankle was a godsend!

She was living at the top of a tall hill in Wimberly, having to cross a creek twice to get there. She fell and twisted her ankle which scared her. I convinced her to move in with me in S.E. Texas. She would either be stranded in her home or unable to get home if she was still there. She had to go down River Road to get to her house as well. We avoided the floods that hit Houston and counties just to our North, although it's pretty wet here still.

[Gothmog]

3. That was a great break

[Gothmog]

2. My lawfirm is not opening until after lunch

The City of Houston is telling everyone to stay home until the roads clear.

[kentauros]

5. Yeah, I'm going to go back to bed for a little while.

Didn't get much sleep last night, mostly due to the lightning lighting up my room all night...

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. It was like one long roll of thunder and flash of light.

My dad's GF was stuck on 59 this morning until about 20 minutes ago.

[kentauros]

12. I'm still at home,

"taking it easy" as my supervisor said he was doing earlier today. I'll probably leave here around noon and see what happens.

[Gothmog]

4. The roads in blue are underwater or have standing water

[snooper2]

6. The Blanco River rose 26 feet in an hour, total 41 feet (flood stage is at 13 feet)

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Report from last night:..... "Emergency crews report Houston bayous rising 10-feet per hour"

Unbelievable water rise.....

[snooper2]

8. I went out on a canoe Saturday with my friend fishing lake lewisville, crazy high

It's risen 18' in three months- 12 feet above where it should be-

Some co-workers can't get to their boats at Texoma since all the dock ramps are under water- It's 26 feet over average and they won't let any water out at the dam- worried about downstream flooding

[Sweet Freedom]

10. It is really bad.

Last night, my daughter was in downtown Houston and I couldn't even get on the road in front of my house because of flooding. I had to turn around and I could not pick her up. I'm still trying to get her home.

I've never seen flooding like this in Houston. Even with hurricanes and tropical storm Allison. There are certain parts of Houston that always flood when it rains, but parts of Houston that have never flooded did last night.

[Sunlei]

11. 8 inches in 2 hours last night, SW Houston zip 77477, 2 acres, we're good though I'm

happy I have the land drainage set-up to meet the extreme weather, extreme rains from global climate change. The house would have flooded if not.

Houston has many underpasses that always flood to the brim. The drainage in Houston is horrible. Its from the 50s and will not work for todays epic rains.

[tblue37]

13. My daughter was supposed to fly out of Houston (where she lives) for a work-related trip today.

She wasn't able to leave home to do so and had to postpone the trip to early in June.