Flash Flood Watch continues for much of southeast Texas until 9 p.m.

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It’s rained 17 out of the last 24 days so the ground is very saturated. Tuesday, we saw high was cause traffic issues all over town.

HOUSTON — Storms rolled through the Houston area on Monday, causing a big mess on the roads.

As of 4 p.m. – A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller and Washington counties until 9 p.m.  And while the rain will be tapering off today, we are expecting more in the morning, so we could see a repeat.

As the rain fell, we were keeping up with spots around town. You can see a list of them here.  You can also check bayou and stream levels.  To this point, they’ve stayed within their banks.

There’s a 70 percent change of more rain throughout the evening, dropping to 30 percent by 9 p.m. with temperatures staying in the 70s, according to the KHOU 11 Weather Team. Tomorrow morning, we’re looking at an 80 percent chance of rain, so we may be in for a repeat.

It’s rained 18 out of the last 24 days so the ground is very saturated and we’ve already seen high water on some roadways, including 288 and I-45 North.

> Watch the latest forecast from KHOU 11 Chief Meteorologist David Paul and Meteorologist Blake Mathews that appeared on KHOU 11 News at 4 p.m.

Images from Monday’s flooding 

As the ran fell, we saw plenty of photos and videos of high water, including this scene from Atascocita, where one person had to be rescued.

And Twitter user @PastorJaimeG captured these two videos of driving in high water.  First, video from northeast Houston…

And he also captured video of drivers in east Houston. 

And gong back to Atascocita, Barbara sent these photos showing the high water there.

Flash Flood Watch

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 9 p.m. for Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller and Washington counties.

A band of storms from the Freeport area are feeding up into Fort Bend and Harris counties and will continue to do so through early afternoon. Repeat rain through the day means rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches in many areas. Isolated areas may see up to 6 inches.

Houston forecast

Tuesday, the rain chances stay high at 80 percent. By Wednesday, rain chances drop down to about 30 percent, then high pressure moves in to keep the rain chances down and the temperatures start to rise leading into the Memorial Day weekend.

Right now, long-range models have us being spared any shower activity for Memorial Day itself.  Stay tuned! 

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