The Brazos River in Richmond is currently at Gage Elevation 34.53 feet (Action Flood Stage) and is forecasted to remain elevated around Gage 34.6 through the remainder of the week. This Week and the Atlantic Hurricane Season We are watching a disturbance, Invest 91L, located in the western Gulf of Mexico. The NHC is giving …
The Brazos River in Richmond is currently at Gage Elevation 34.25 feet (Action Flood Stage) and rising. The WGRFC is forecasting that the Brazos River will hit Gage Elevation 37.5 feet on Saturday. This Week Based on the forecasts, we should continue to get an extended break from the rain with sunny to partly cloudy …
The Brazos River in Richmond is currently at Gage Elevation 45.82 feet (Minor Flood Stage) and falling. The WGRFC is forecasting that the Brazos River will drop out of Minor Flood Stage tomorrow morning. This Week After a long week of extremely wet weather, we will have another short break with sunny skies again today. …
We continue to remain in a Flash Flood Watch, but conditions continue to improve. Based on the current forecast, showers and thunderstorms could develop after this morning and continue into this afternoon. Peak rainfall volumes across the region are showing between 1 to 3 inches with most our region, including Fort Bend County, seeing closer …
Weather conditions continue to improve across the region which has lead the NWS to remove several of our northern counties from the current Flash Flood Watch. Stability in the atmosphere has prevented development of storms throughout the day and we could expect this to bring us a mostly quiet evening. There continues to be a …
Weather Update (Conditions Improving) – 5/10/19 at 5:30 PM Read More »
Over the past 24 hours, average rainfall totals across Fort Bend County ranged from 2 inches to 3 inches. The Katy area as well as the far southern tip of the County saw as much as 5 inches with rainfall intensities as high as 3 to 3.5 inches per hour. The observed rainfall has caused …
Based on the amount of potential rainfall, the WGRFC has updated their projections for the Brazos River. The San Felipe Gage is receding; however, the WGRFC is forecasting the Brazos River at San Felipe to rise starting early Saturday morning peaking around Gage Elevation 120.8 feet. This is approximately 1.3 feet higher than San Felipe …
Although our operator LMS and engineer are still manning the facilities and watching the water levels, due to lack of rainfall today, we are almost back to normal. Currently we have only one lead pump and one gator pumping. The rest of the pumps are off. They are ready to turn on when needed.
Tuesday Summary On Tuesday, we experienced significant rainfall rates in the Rosenberg to Sugar Land area through central Fort Bend County. In the Rosenberg area, one CoCoRaHS observer recorded 11.72 inches over a 6 hour period. In Sugar Land, the Fort Bend LID 2 Ditch H at Ditch A structure recorded approximately 10.64 inches within …
Please find below an update from the Fort Bend County Emergency Operations Center: Situation Report #4 -B Tuesday, May 7, 2019 1500-2000 Additional resources available from the City of Sugar Land Emergency Management page.
