What Houston should know about rain Hurricane Polo will bring to Texas this week – Houston Chronicle

What Houston should know about rain Hurricane Polo will bring to Texas this week  Houston Chronicle

Hurricane Polo, one of the strongest storms to emerge out of the eastern Pacific Ocean this year, is moving across the Gulf of California toward northwestern Mexico, while moisture from its remnants is helping set up several days of rain and a flash flood risk in Texas. In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Fay has regained tropical storm strength for a third time, while Tropical Storm Hanna is holding steady. Neither storm poses a threat to land. Fay is expected to weaken later Tuesday. The more immediate concern is the flood threat developing across Texas, where watches are already in effect in parts of the state. Heavy rainfall risk builds across Texas Moisture from Polo’s remnants, a slow-moving front and an upper-level disturbance will bring several days of rain to parts of Texas.

WEATHER AWARE: Stay informed of this week's flood threat using the Houston Chronicle's interactive flood map. The greatest flood concerns are across Central and North Texas. A flood watch for a broad swath of Texas, including San Antonio, Austin and the Dallas-Fort Worth area will be in effect from Wednesday afternoon through at least Thursday and, farther south, into Friday. Multiple rounds of storms could bring 2 to 5 inches of rain, with locally higher totals exceeding 6 inches in the Interstate 35 corridor. Farther west,