WHAT
WHAT ARE
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING OUT THERE. >> STEPH, HIGH WATER AND PLENTY
OF STALLED OUT CARS, TAKE A
LOOK, WE AS YOU MENTIONED ARE
ON MONROE BOULEVARD NEXT TO
HOBBY AIRPORT AS YOU CAN SEE,
THERE ARE SEVERAL CARS STUCK ON
MEDIANS RIGHT NOW, IN FACT,
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LIFTED
TRUCK.
TRUCK.
TRUCK. I'M TOLD THE DRIVER IS ACTUALLY
STILL INSIDE AND IF YOU ARE
WONDERING WHY HIS TRUCK IS
SLANTED, I'M TOLD THAT HIS LEFT
TIRE FELL INTO A MANHOLE, YOU
CAN SEE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
GUYS CAN TELL THERE IS SOMEONE
WALKING IN THAT AREA, BUT HE IS
OKAY BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IT
IS A VERY SCARY SITUATION.
HE HOPPED ONTO THAT MEDIAN TO
AVOID ALL OF THIS HIGH WATER IN
THIS AREA, AGAIN, GUYS, THIS
FLOODING STARTS NEAR THE LANE
STRETCHES AT LEAST A GOOD 2-
MILES IN THE LAST
SEVERALMINUTES WE'VE SEEN A LOT
OF CARS BRAVING THE WATERS AND
DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED VOTE, I
DO NOT RECOMMEND IT AT ALL,
TAKES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF WATER TO
MOVE YOUR CAR AND OF COURSE IT
CAN BECOME VERY DANGEROUS.
WE KNOW RUBEN IS LIVE IN
SOUTHEAST HOUSTON, WHAT ARE YOU
SEEING THIS MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING IT IS A VERY
BUSY MORNING, GOOD MORNING
HOUSTON, SOME ROADS THAT ARE
BLOCK OFF THROUGHOUT THE
HOUSTON AREA, WE'RE TRACKING
THE WEATHER ALL THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING RIGHT HERE IN OUR
WEATHER TRACKER, TAKE A LOOK
FOR YOURSELF, WE'RE ON I45
NORTHBOUND ON THE FEEDER JUST
RIGHT PASSED THE EL DORADO
BOULEVARD EXIT.
BOULEVARD EXIT. OFFICERS HAVE BLOCKED OFF THE
FEEDER AREA THIS ROAD THREE
LANES RIGHT HERE FROM EL DORADO
BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY TO CLEAR
MAJOR FLOODING IN THE AREA.
THE OFFICER DID TELL ME THAT
THESE THREE LANES WILL BE
CLOSED UP UNTIL PROBABLY AROUND
DAYBREAK, BUT FOLKS ARE BEING
REROUTED THIS AREA TO GET BACK
ON THE FREEWAY IF YOU ARE
EITHER GOING BACK NORTH OR
SOUTHBOUND ON 45, WE'LL KEEP
YOU UPDATED ALL MORNING LONG
RIGHT HERE ON H-TOWN RUSH, IN
THE MEANTIME WE'LL SEND IT BACK
TO YOU IN THE STATION, DOUG.
>> CHECKING OUT THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT UPDATES THIS IS
SOMETHING CHITA WAS TALKING
ABOUT HOUSTON ISD GIVING US AN
UPDATE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO
SAYING, ALL SCHOOLS AND
DISTRICT OFFICES WILL OPERATE
UNDER NORMAL SCHEDULES TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE TWEET RIGHT
NOW, THEY ARE SAYING, NO
CLOSURES OR DELAYS FOR TODAY IN
ALL, AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
AND ATHLETIC EVENTS ARE
CANCELED.
CANCELED.
CANCELED. ALSO AN UPDATE FROM PEARLAND
ISD OVERNIGHT THEY ARE SAYING
THERE IS A FAKE MESSAGE BEING
CIRCULATED THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN
CANCELED THIS IS NOT A MESSAGE
FROM THE DISTRICT.
THEY HAVE SENT OUT ANOTHER
TWEET SAYING, YES, THERE WILL
BE CLASSES TODAY IN PEARLAND,
WE'LL UPDATE YOU AS NECESSARY
OF COURSE AS WE'VE BEEN TELL
YOU WE HAVE THIS LIST OF
CLOSURES ON KHOU.COM AND OUR
MOBILE APP.
MOBILE APP. LASTLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE
POWER OUTAGES.
POWER OUTAGES. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE PROBABLY
WATCHING US ON THEIR
SMARTPHONES BECAUSE THE POWER
IS OUT OF THEIR HOUSE,
ESPECIALLY THE WOODLANDS, A
LARGE CLUSTER OF POWER OUTAGES
DOWN TOWARDS CYPRUS, JUST WEST
HOUSTON JUST WEST OF THE LOOP
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 2600
CUSTOMERS CENTER POINT REPORTED
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AT THIS
TIME, DOWN FROM ABOUT 10,000, 2
HOURS AGO SO THAT'S CERTAINLY A
BIG IMPROVEMENT.
BIG IMPROVEMENT. I KNOW BRANDY IS DOWN IN THE
STUDIO ALSO MONITORING WHAT'S
GOING ON ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
BRANDY.
BRANDY.
BRANDY. >> THE BIG CONVERSATION ON
THERE IS REALLY THE TIME LINE
FOR IMELDA, LET'S GO OVER THIS
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
TWEETED IT WAS MONITORING A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM AT 7:25
YESTERDAY MORNING, FLASH
FORWARD A FEW HOURS THIS IS
DUBBED A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AT
11:58.
11:58.
11:58. NOT EVEN AN HOUR LATER, IT GOT
A NAME, IMELDA AND AN UPGRADE
TO A TROPICAL STORM AT 12:49.
TWEETED NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NO
ONE, HOUSTON WE HAVE A STORM
MAKING LANDFALL IN ONE HOUR
THAT'S ABOUT WHAT IT DID, WHEN
IT HIT LAND IT WEAKENED GOT
DOWNGRADED WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A LIFE SPAN OF ABOUT 6 HOURS
AND WE GET REACTION POURED IN
EVERYTHING FROM THE CLASSIC, A
LOT OF US TOO, AND PAM SHARED
THIS DID I MISS IT.
THE ANSWER IS NO.
THIS THING IS STILL BRINGING A
LOT OF RAIN.
IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE
PREPARED.
PREPARED.
PREPARED. I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF
TOOLS FOR YOU AVAILABLE VIA THE
WEB FIRST FWS ALERTS YOU CAN
SET BAYOU AND RAIN ALERTS FOR
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO YOU'LL GET
A TEXT NOTIFICATION WHEN THINGS
GET IFFY.
GET IFFY.
GET IFFY. OF COURSE THERE IS ALWAYS
HOUSTON TRANSTAR YOU CAN CHECK
TO SEE IF THERE IS HIGH WATER
SPOTS, THEY WANT ALL OF THAT
PLACE GET IT ON KHOU.COM OR
DOWNLOAD OUR BRAND NEW MOBILE
APP.
APP.
APP. AS
APP. AS FAR AS THIS THING DEVELOPED,
YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WHAT THE
NEXT ONE IS GOING TO DO.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
SEND IN YOUR VIDEOS IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD IF YOU CAN DO IT
SAFELY W HAVE THIS VIDEO FROM
KELLY IN GALENA PARK YOU CAN
SEE THAT TRANSFORMER BLOW IN
THE DISTANCE.
THE DISTANCE. >>> REMEMBER TO SHARE USING THE
#HTOWNRUSH.
#HTOWNRUSH. 5:08 LET'S CHECK IN WITH CHITA
FOR A LOOK AT THE
DANGEROUSCONDITIONS.
DANGEROUSCONDITIONS. >>> IT IS INCREDIBLE TO THINK
WE HAD A TROPICAL STORM MAKE
LANDFALL YESTERDAY AT 1:30 IN
FREEPORT, WE'RE TRACKING REALLY
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MATAGORDA,
BRAZORIA COUNTY, THE FACT THAT
OUR CITY IS HANDLING THE RAIN
THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN FROM
YESTERDAY INCLUDING MONDAY
NIGHT, TROPICAL STORM,
CURRENTLY A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION, IS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE. TAKE A LOOK, THIS IS THE RAIN
THAT I'VE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON,
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LIFE
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING THAT
WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE,
NOW THE FACT THAT I WANT IS
HANGING HERE RIGHT ALONG THE
COASTAL AREAS WE HAVE A LOT
MORE LAND THAN CONCRETE HERE
THIS SPECIFIC AREA, IT IS
ACTUALLY HANDLING IT WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THESE THUNDERSTORMS, TRAINING
AND THAT'S WHAT COULD IMPACT
THAT AREA.
THAT AREA. ITASCA TO EAST GATE THIS IS AN
AREA OF CONCERN OTHERWISE
TRACKING BASICALLY THE PAST
FEWHOURS LIGHT POCKETS OF
MODERATE RAIN, TROPICAL SYSTEM
IMELDA MOVES NORTHWARD AT 5
MILES PER HOUR, IT REMAINS A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THROUGH
THIS EVENING.
THIS EVENING. EVEN AS IT WEAKENS OUR RAIN
CHANCES REMAIN IN PLATE THROUGH
THIS FRIDAY.
THIS FRIDAY. RAIN CHANCES REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, ON AVERAGE
ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
EXPECTED TODAY, ISOLATED
AMOUNTS COULD BE UPWARDS OF 10.
WHEN YOU SEE THOSE BIG
THUNDERSTORMS THE CONVECTIVE
THUNDERSTORMS IN MATAGORDA
COUNTY, 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON,
SCATTERED ACTIVITY NOTICE HOW I
DROP THE RAIN CHANCES THAT'S
BECAUSE EVEN MOST MODELS SAY
HEY IT IS STARTING TO BACK OFF
A LITTLE BIT LINGERING TOWARDS
THE EAST AS WE HEAD INTO
THURSDAY, WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE
WOODS YET EVEN THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING, WE'LL
STILL BE TRACKING RAIN, BOTTOM
LINE, DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN
AS FAR AS THE RAIN.
KEEP IN MIND ALL FREEWAYS ARE
OPEN, OPERABLE THIS MORNING
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
OVER THE NEXT 24, 36 HOURS AND
THANKFULLY BLAKE AS WE HEAD
INTO THE WEEKEND WE'LL