TALK TO KHAMBREL AND
BRITTA TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE
ON WHAT IS LEFT OF HARVEY AND
WHAT WE ARE DOING.
>> WE ARE KIND OF DIVIDED HERE.
LOOKING BETTER TO THE WEST OF
45.
WE ARE GOING A LITTLE DOWNHILL
TO THE EAST.
BUT I DO HAVE GREAT NEWS WITH
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE
EXPIRED, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING
RAINFALL RATEDROP.
RIVER ISSUES AND FLASH FLOO
WARNINGS.
BUT CONSIDERABLE RAIN IS
FALLING IN EAST HARRIS COUNTY.
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ISLAND.
IN FACT, TAKE A LOOK AT
GALVESTON.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A STRONG WIND
FROM THE NORTHWEST AND HEAVY
RAIN, THE COME NATION OF THE
BAY WATER AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS
CAUSING A RISE OF THE STRAND,
WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE
CAMERA.
I WILL LEAVE IT BEHIND ME SO
YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT IS CAUSING THE WATER THE
RISE.
WHEN YOU HAVE WEAR BECAUSE OF
THE STRONG WIND YOU WILL SEE IT
GO UP.
WHEN IT GOES DOWN, YOU WILL SEE
IT GO DOWN.
A WARNING TO THE ISLAND YOU
WILL SEE THE EBB AND FLOW OVER
THE NEXT FIVE HOURS BECAUSE OF
THAT.
A FEW THINGS, WE ARE SEEING
FOUR-DAY RAINFALL EXCEEDING 48
INCHES ON GAUGES.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THE PROGRAMMING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER FORECAST SERVICE USES
TO COMPILE STOPS AT 72 HOURS SO
THEY ARE WORKING ON FIXING THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE LOOKING AT AN
EVENT THAT EXCEEDS THREE DAYS.
THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE STUFF.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE
KEEGAN'S BAYOU.
THE FLOOD WARNING WAS DROPPED.
FLOOD WARNING AT KEEGAN'S BAYOU
AT KEEGAN ROAD THAT WAS DROPPED.
NOW YOU ARE SEEING MORE CLARITY.
FORGIVE ME, I DON'T HAVE
CONTROL OF THE CARPOOL.
THE WATER LEVEL HAGONE UP
CONSIDERABLY.
MOST IS HITTING BELOW THE DOORS.
I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR THE ENTIRE
AREA BUT WE HAVE A STRONG
OFFSHORE WIND PUSHING THE BAY
UP AGAINST THE ISLAND.
BECAUSE HARVEY WENT FURTHER
SOUTH THAN PREDICTED WE ARE
FINDING OURSELVEIN A
SITUATION. WE WERE NOT
EXPECTING THIS BUT NOW SEEING
THIS.
WHEN HEAVY RAIN RISES WE WILL
SEE IT GO THROUGH AND WHEN IT
GOES DOWN WE WILL SEE IT GO
DOWN.
THE WINDS ARE REALLY COMING
THROUGH.
I WILL PUT UP WHAT WE ARE AT IN
TERMS OF OUR WIND SPEEDS.
>> YES.
THEY HAVE BEEN CONSIST TENT AND
ON THE BREEZY SIDE FOSURE FOR
EVERYBODY.
THIS IS NOT ALL THAT BAD.
37 IN GALVESTON, 26 HOBBY, 23
IN PEARLAND.
THE GUSTS ARE HIGHER.
THE GUSTS IN GALVESTON
CERTAINLY STANDOUT.
IT IS 47 MILINGS PER HOUR.
STILL BREEZY.
THAT IS WHY THERE IS NO
MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHY
THOSE FOLKS WILL COMEIN FROM
THE OUTSIDE.
TEMPERATURES HAVE STAYED IN THE
70s.
WHEN YOU GET THE WIND ON YOU IT
MAKES IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
THAT. IS THE TREND GOING
FORWARD.
ALL THE RAIN, WE HAVE HAD
PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT IS GOING ON IN BUFFALO
BAYOU.
I HAVE GRAPHICS TO SHOW YOU AS
BUFFALO BAYOU IS ON THE
RECEIVING END AND WHAT IS GOING
ON WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADDICKS
AND BARKER RESERVOIR.
WILL IT BE DROPPED IN AT SOME
POINT.
HERE IS SAN PHILIPE DRIVE.
NOTICE AS OF YESTERDAYMORNING
AT 2:00 IT WAS HIGH UP.
AND THE BAYOU ROSE OUT OF THE
TOP OF BANK.
AS WE GET OUT OF SAN PHILIPE,
BUFFALO BAYOU CONTINUES TOWARD
DOWNTOWN.
ONCE IT DOES OR OUTSIDE, THERE
IS A STREAM AT DAIRY-ASHFORD.
I WILL HAVE THE ONE DOWNTOWN
LATER ON.
THIS IS CLOSER TO WHERE THE
DAMS ARE.
DAIRY-ASHFORD, THAT REALLY GOES
UP.
THAT CORAL LAYS -- CORRELATES
WHEN THEY OPENED THIS, THE
ADDICKS AND BARKER WHERE THEY
OPENED THOSE.
YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN GO UP.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE
DEALING WITH. WE HAVE SEEN
PICTURES THAT HAVE INDICATED
THERE RIELLE ARE CHALLENGES
WITH THAT BAYOU BEING UP.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JEFF
LINDER FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY
FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND TALK
ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS
WITH WATER GOING DOWN STREAM.
THE PINS ARE INDICATIVE OF WHAT
HAS BEEN GOING ON THE LAST FEW
DAYS.
GETTING SLAMMED IN PEARLAND,
THERE WERE SOME AREAS UNDER THE
GUN A LONG TIME YESTERDAY.
THE SAME THING IS TRUE IN WEST
COLUMBIA.
THIS IS THE BRAZOS.
ABOUT 7:30, LOOK HOW HIGH.
IT IS ONLY GOING UP FROM THERE.
COMING FROM UP STREAM IN SUGAR
LAND AND RICHMOND WHERE FOLKS
ARE CONCERNED.
HERE IS A SHOT AT BAYTOWN WHERE
WE SAW 146 HAVING CHALLENGES
ALONG 146 FROM BAYTOWN ALONG
THE WESTERN SIDOF THE BAY, SO
THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM.
HERE IS ANOTHER SHOT.
1980.
THE WATER COMING UP IS A REAL
PROBLEM AND DANGEROUS AS WELL.
>> YES, A LOT OF YOU FROM
BAYTOWN HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR
UPDATES.
ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE IF YOU LOOK
IN THE VISITOR POSTYOU WILL
SEE THE INFORMATION TO THE
BAYOU.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE
FACEBOOK PAGE.
INCREDIBLE.
GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.
>> BEHAVE TO GET THAT IN THERE.
ANOTHER SHOT SUNDAY MORNING.
THREE FEET OVER THE BAYOU.
THAT IS VERY INDICATIVE OF
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON THAT WHOLE
TIME.
LOOK AT THIS SHOT.
I WANTED TO GET TTHIS.
BAYTOWN, YES.
MANY OF US HAVE GONE ACROSS.
IF YOU TAKE THIS TO BAYTOWN
EASTAT SAN JACINTO RIVER
BRIDGE YOU GET A CANS TO SEE
HOW THAT WATER IS LAPPING UP
AGAINST THE EDGE.
THAT IS AN OPTICAL ILLUSION IN
SOME WAYS.
ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT IS
OVERTOPPING BUT HIGH WATER.
THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WE
TALK ABOUT THE LAKE HOUSTON IS
RELEASING WATER INTO THE SAN
JACINTO.
ALL TRAVELING DOWN.
WE HAD INFORMATION THIS IS
GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THROUGHOUT
BAYTOWN THROUGHOUT THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS AS THAT RELEASE
CONTINUES.
>> THE SAN JACINTO IS AT FLOOD
STAGE AND WILL STAY THAT WAY.
WE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
TRINITY RIVER.
TRINITY AT LIBERTY IS FORECAST
TO CREST JUST BELOW RECORD BUT
IT IS VERY CLOSE.
IF YOU CONTINUE DOWN TO MOSS
BLUFF ON THE TRINITY, YOU ARE
FORECAST TO CREST ABOVE RECORD
LEVELS.
FOLKS ARE ASKING ABOUT
EVACUATIONS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM
LIBERTY COUNTY.
KHAMBREL, HAVE YOU?
>> I HAVE NOT.
I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THERE
WASN'T.
40 INCHES.
THERE IS A LOT OF LAND AS
OPPOSED TO PEOPLE.
LOT FEWER PEOPLE.
THAT WHOLE AREA WITH 40 INCHES,
THERE'S GOT TO BE.
WE WILL CHECK.
>> LIBERTY COUNTY IF YOU LIVE
ALONG THE TRINITY, MAKE SURE
YOU ARE LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL
OFFICIALS.
WE ARE EXPECTING MORE THAN FOUR.
POSSIBLY UP TO EIGHT DURING THE
DAY.
IT IS HEAVY RAIN NOW.
IT IS GOING TO STAY INSTEAD FOR
SEVERAL HOURS.
LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS.
THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU
IS IF YOU EVACUATED IN THE PAST
BECAUSE OF THE TRINITY RIVER
YOU MOST LIKELY WILL BE ASKED
TO LEAVE AGAIN.
TO GO OFF YOUR PAST EXPERIENCES
NOW BUT AGAIN JUST LISTEN TO
YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS.
WE ARE EXPECTING TRINITY AT
LIBERTY TO CREST JUST BELOW
RECORD LEVELS.
AT MOSS BLUFF IT WILL BE
CRESTING ABOVE RECORD LEVELS.
YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE WE ARE
SEEING LARGE CHANGES WITH
HARVEY.
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST.
IT IS OFFSHORE.
AGAIN, WE ARE NOT EXPECTING
DRAMATIC RESTRENGTHING BUT IT
IS TAPPING INTO THE GULF OF
MEXICO.
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.
IF YOU LIVE WEST OF INTERSTATE
45, I HAVE GREAT NEWS.
THE RAIN IS WRAPPING UP.
IF YOU LIVE EAST WE HAVE MORE
HEAVY RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR
YOU TODAY.
WE COULD SEE ANYWHERE BETWEEN
FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES.
JUST WATCHING THE RADAR I LIKE
THE TRENDING I'M SEEING.
IT IS NOT A GUARANTEE BUT WE
CONTINUE SEE CLEARING.
KEEP IN MIND WE WILL SEE
MOISTURE ON THE BACKSIDE SO
HARRIS COUNTY I THINK WE WILL
SEE RAIN AS WE GO THROUGHOUT
THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
>> MUCH BETTER FORECAST IN
TERMS OF THE MAP NOW.
THE FLASFLOOD WARNINGS ARE
OFF TO THE EAST.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A FLOOD
WARNING IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF
THE AREA AS RESULT OF WHAT'S
BEEN GOING ON.
AN AERIAL FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL
OF US STILL IS IN PLACE BECAUSE
WE HAVE THE DRAINING THAT
HAPPENS.
NOW WE ARE DEALING ONCE THE
FLASH FLOOD PART IS OUT.
NOW WE HAVE THE RIVERS AND
STREAMS AND CREEKS AND BAYOUS.
OF COURSE THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING WE WILL BRING YOU UP TO
DATE.
SOME ARE STILRISING.
THE CYPRESS CREEK NEAR THE
INVERNESS SUBDIVISION, WE WERE
LOOKING EARLIER.
THERE WERE REAL CONCERNS FROM
THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL
DISTRICT CONCERNING GOING OVER.
IN FACT, WHEN WE ASKED JEFF
THIS MORNING WHAT WERE HIS TOP
FIVE ISSUES HE WAS MOST
CONCERNED ABOUT ONE WAS THIS.
THIS IS THIS AREA AROUND THE
INVERNESS FOREST SUBDIVISION.
CYPRESS CREEK AREA BEHIND THAT.
THE LEVEE IS IN A POSITION
WHERE HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT IT
OVERTOPPING.
THAT WILL BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR
THIS WHOLE AREA.
THAT IS WHY WE HAD THIS WHOLE
AREA EVACUATED OVER THE LAST 24
HOURS.
>> THERE WAS A LITTLE
MISINFORMATION EARLY.
WE WERE TALKING 2:00, 3:00 THAT
THE DAM HAD ACTUALLY BREACHED.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A BREACH.
THE CONCERN IS WE ARE TOPPING.
SO AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK TO JEFF
LINDER FROM HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD
CONTROL HE SAID FROM WHAT HE
HAD HEARD EVERYBODY WAS HEEDING
THE WARNINGS, THEY HAD GOTTEN
EVERYBODY OUT OF THE INVERNESS
FOREST SUBDIVISION.
THOUGH WE ARE SEEING
IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE RADAR,
WHICH IS WONDERFUL NEWS TO PASS
ALONG, WE STILL HAVE A VERY
LONG ROAD THE GO BEFORE WE SEE
IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE FLOODING.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON RADAR IS
A DISCUSSION ABOUT FLASH
FLOODING, WHICH HAS BEEN A
CONCERN.
AS WE WRAP UP THAT WILL BE AN
AWESOME THING.
THE RIVER FLOODING AND AREAS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY FLOODED,
CLEAR CREEK IS 10 TO 13 FEET
OUT OF BANK.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO I'M HAPPY TO PASS ALONG
GOOD NEWS.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, WE STILL
HAVE A VERY LONG ROAD TO TRAVEL.
>> YOU HAVE TO MONITOR AND MAKE
YOUR EXPECTATIONS FIT TO WHAT
REALITY IS TOO.
THE PARTICULAR FLOOD WARNING
HAS DROPPED.
THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
THE DAMAGE FROM THOSE FLASH
FLOODS HAS BEEN DONE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES.
FOLKS IN EVACUATION CENTERS.
SOME WHO HAVE RAISED THEIR
HOMES IN MYERLAND TO GET AWAY
BUFFALO BAYOU DID THIS.
IT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET
THAT HIGH AGAIN.
THOSE WHO WERE AGGRESSIVE
RAISING THEIR HOMES SIX FEET,
TEN FEET, THEN THIS FLOOD HAS
HIT THEM AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS
EVEN MORE DEVASTATING.
STILL A LONG WAY TO GO.
THE POSSIBLE RIVER FLOODING,
THE BRAZOS AND ROSHARON, THAT
FLOODS A LOT BECAUSE IT IS LOW
LYING AND FLOODED EARLIER.
CONCERNED ABOUT THE BRAZOS AT
RICHMOND WHERE IT COULD GO UP
TO 59 FEET.
IF IT DOES THAT THERE COULD BE
SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
>> YES.
A LOT OF STUFF TO KEEP TABS ON.
WE ARE EXPECTING FLOODING IN
THE BERNARD AND COLORADO RIVER.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN GIVE YOU AN
UPDATE.
>> I BET YOU K.
>> I HAVE TO FIND IT.
HERE WE GO.
THE LAST -- YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS
IS FROM 7:15 LAST NIGHT.
WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND
GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT UPDATE ON
THAT.
KHAMBREL, DO YOU MIND PULLING
IT UP ON HERE?
KHAMBREL WILL PULL IT OVER HERE
SO WE CAN GIVE IT TO YOU AT
LEAST VERBALLY.
SO THIS IS THE SAN BERNARD.
IT IS PULLING, WE ARE SEEING
THE SAME.
>> THE CHALLENGE HAS BEEN THEY
ARE ALL RISING VERY QUICKLY.
WHEN THEY DO THAT, IT BECOMES A
REAL
.
>>> TODAY WE START FOCUSING ON
THE RIVER FLOODING.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS ARE GONE TO THE
EAST OF INTERSTATE 45 BUT IT'S
NOT A GUARANTEE IN A THAT WILL
LAST ALL DAY.
SOME MODELS ARE SHOWING THE
RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH HARVEY
SLOWLY CLEARING OUR AREA OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CONTINUE TO SEE
THAT TREND.
I DO THINK TODAY IS GOING TO BE
THE LAST DAY THAT WE'RE DEALING
WITH VERY HEAVY ACTIVE RAIN IN
OUR AREA.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
AND I THINK WE'RE TALKING LESS
THAN 24 HOURS.
IF YOU LIVE TO THE WEST OF
INTERSTATE 45, YOU PRETTY
MUCHAND IT UP.
WE'LL -- MUCH WRAPPED IT UP.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWERS,
BUT I THINK WE'LL START TO SEE
SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
>> AND THAT IS VERY ENCOURAGING
AS WELL.
WHICH ONE -- THE ONE OVER THERE.
COLORADO.
THAT'S RIGHT.
IT IS AT 41.9.
>> THIS IS THE COLORADO RIVER AT
WHARTON.
>> AND IT'S SUPPOSED -- THE
RECORD IS 51.
AND WE'RE EXPECTED TO GO UP
ANOTHER EIGHT FEET THERE.
SO COLORADO IS GOING TO BE
REALLY GROWING A BIT MORE.
THIS IS FROM 5:00.
SO THIS IS VERY RECENT.
THE LATEST RUNS -- BY THE WAY,
RECORD -- MAJOR FLOOD STAGE IS
43.
SO IT'S JUST BELOW THAT.
WE'RE ALMOST 42.
MAJOR FLOOD WARNING IS 43.
AND IT'S EXPECTED BY TOMORROW AT
5:00 GOING UP TO 48.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE WELL ABOVE
MAJOR FLOOD STAGE AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM
TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THIS RIVER CONTINUING
TO GO.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTING
SOME OF THE LOW-LYING AREAS IN
THAT REGION BECAUSE OF THE WAY
IT'S GROWING SO FAST.
>> WHEN WE REACH 43 AND 44 FEET,
THESE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE
TYPICALLY SEE HAPPENING.
WE SEE LOW-LAND FLOODING BEGIN
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING
TO SEE IN WHARTON AROUND THE
COLORADO RIVER THROUGHOUT THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
>> THERE ARE ALL OF THOSE RIVERS
THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME SORT OF
ISSUES GOING THERE.
THE COLORADO THERE, ALSO THE SAN
BERNARD IS TREMENDOUS RIGHT NOW.
IT IS AT 42 FEET.
BUT THAT IS WELL ABOVE THE MAJOR
FLOOD STAGE, WHICH IS 32 FEET.
SO IT'S ALREADY 10 FEET ABOVE
THE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE.
AND IT'S EXPECTED TOE G.E. UP TO
45 -- TO GO UP TO 45 FEET AND
THE RECORD IS 42.
SO THE SAN BERNARD NEAR BOWLING
IS TO BE -- IS GOING TO BE
DEVASTATING.
WE TALK ABOUT THE FLOOD AS
OPPOSED TO THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH.
THAT'S WHAT WE'R DEAL -- FLOOD
FLASH FLOOD.
SOME OF THOSE AREA THE BRAZOS
IS IN THE FORT BEND, BECAUSE OF
THE LEVEES, AS MUCHING A
ANYTHINGS ELSE -- MUCH AS
ANYTHING ELSE.
IT'S BUILT TO KEEP THAT BACK BUT
THIS HAS BEEN BUILT TO A LEVEL
IT HAS NOT BEEN BEFORE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
GOING FORWARD.
CERTAINLY GET UPDATES ON WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH OUR ACTIVE RADAR
AND GIVE YOU MORE UPDATES.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS