September 2019

The Brazos River in Richmond is currently at Gage Elevation 9.98. Based on the 7-day extended forecast, no flooding along the Brazos River is anticipated. This Week Summer like conditions continue as we wait for our first cold front to move through the region. The forecast are showing signs of a possible cold front to […]

The Brazos River in Richmond is currently at Gage Elevation 10.79. Based on the 7-day extended forecast, no flooding along the Brazos River is anticipated. This Week Today is the Autumnal Equinox which marks the first day of fall. For today, we have a good chance for passing showers and thunderstorms. These storms could produce

The majority of the region remains in a Flash Flood Watch through this evening due to the possibility of scatter showers and thunderstorms. Overall the activity is not anticipated to be as strong as the previous days. Based on the forecasts, Fort Bend County could receive less than 1 inch of rainfall over the next

Imelda continues to produce severe flooding in the east and northeastern portions of the region with rainfall totals over the past 24 hours hitting over 20 inches. In Fort Bend County, our rainfall totals have come in less than anticipated. Over the past 48 hours, the peak rainfall across the County was around 4 inches

Overall the majority of the heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours stayed south and east of Fort Bend County. Tuesday rainfall totals hit as high as 16 to 20 inches in Brazoria and Matagorda Counties. Through Fort Bend County, the NWS observed between 1 to 4 inches with the heaviest rainfall falling over the

The Tropical System that we have been watching over the past couple days has been officially upgraded to Tropical Storm Imelda. The system has produced sustained winds of 40 mph with gusts near 50 mph near Freeport. With its development and the formation of a more well defined surface circulation, we are gaining slightly more

The Brazos River in Richmond is currently at Gage Elevation 10.38. Based on the 7-day extended forecast, we could see a rise in the Brazos River through Fort Bend County; however, at this time no flooding along the Brazos River is anticipated. This Week A tropical disturbance is currently located over the northwestern Gulf of

The National Hurricane Center is watching the potential for a tropical system in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. As of this morning, this disturbance has a 30% of development over the next few days as in moves toward the western Gulf of Mexico. Regardless of development, this system could bring widespread rainfall Monday through Wednesday

The Brazos River in Richmond is currently at Gage Elevation 10.54. Based on the 7-day extended forecast, no flooding along the Brazos River is anticipated. This Week Some were lucky enough to receive rainfall this morning; however, the majority was located within eastern Fort Bend County with a peak total of just over B> inch