Flooding in Houston, Texas | Parts of Southeast Texas are at high risk

HOUSTON — The Storm Prediction Center has issued a high risk of excessive precipitation and flooding for areas northeast of Houston.

The last time a high risk of excessive precipitation was issued for parts of Southeast Texas was in 2021, when Hurricane Nicholas threatened the coast. This threat constitutes the highest threat risk that the Storm Prediction Center can issue on the excessive rain threat scale (4 out of 4).

For Thursday evening, high risk includes areas northeast of Houston and parts of the San Jacinto and Trinity rivers.

Cities and areas included in the high-risk zone are Huntsville, Livingston, Cleveland, Big Thicket Lake Estates and Corrigan. This area is expected to receive two to four inches of rain through Friday evening.

With land already saturated from recent rains, it won’t take much to trigger flooding concerns along rivers and streams.