Someone on Facebook asked, “How did the May 3 and 4 storms in Kingwood compare to surrounding areas?” Here’s the answer – from Jeff Lindner, Harris County Flood Control’s chief meteorologist. Storm Report for Lake Houston Area Kingwood, Harris: Straight line winds of 65-70mph produced a swath of damage across a portion of Kingwood including damage […]
Keep your eye on the sky for more severe-weather threats this week. Harris County Flood Control Meteorologist Jeff Linder warns that the coming week could bring us 5-7 inches of rain, and higher totals in places. He says the upper level trough setting up over the southwestern US will send us one storm after another. […]
Storms during the last two days were traumatic for virtually everyone in the Kingwood area. Tragically, one person lost her life when her car hit a downed tree. Others lost vehicles, trees, and sleep. Torrential rains for a brief period – at the rate of 4-5 inches in an hour – flooded streets and vehicles. […]
During Harvey, most of the damage in Kingwood happened from river flooding. Yesterday, it happened from street flooding. What are the respective causes? Differences? Fixes? River Flooding Overview River flooding happens when heavy rainfall exceeds the conveyance capacity of a river. In other words, the river comes up and out of its banks. This happened […]
A strong line of thunderstorms with high winds, torrential rains and possible tornadoes swept through the Lake Houston area this afternoon. It left widespread power outages, snarled traffic, flooded streets, and swollen creeks and ditches. People still suffering PTSD from Harvey were re-traumatized by the sound of news helicopters and water creeping up their front […]
Jeff Lindner, Director of Hydrologic Operations and Division Meterologist for Harris County Flood Control, just issued this warning” “Multiple rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and some severe weather likely today into tonight.” “Large cluster of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall extends from near Sealy to College Station and is moving eastward and will overspread much […]
I visited Placement Area 1 this morning . Muck was shooting out of the “diffuser pipe” at 470 cubic yards per hour. That’s enough to fill up 47 dump trucks every hour! A truly impressive sight. So I grabbed my Nikon D5 and started clicking. Only after downloading the images did I realize that I […]
River restoration may never be completely possible in an urban environment between two major dams. Especially with 20 square miles of sand mines immediately upstream. However, as we seek to reduce sedimentation via various strategies, it’s useful to have a high-level goal in mind, so we can evaluate the usefulness of those strategies in getting […]
Last week, SWCA, Romerica’s environmental consultant, requested more time to respond to concerns about the proposed high-rise development in Kingwood. On April 30, the Corps withdrew Romerica’s permit application. The Corps suggested that Romerica resubmit a new application once they worked out issues with the first submittal. Eight Pages of Concerns All along, Kingwood residents […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District announced today that it has withdrawn Romerica’s permit application. Romerica had applied to deposit fill in the floodplain of the San Jacinto River for their proposed high-rise development in Kingwood. Romerica Could Not Meet Deadline In a letter dated April 24, SWCA, Romerica’s environmental consultant, requested a […]