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The KHOU11 Weather team is closely monitoring heavy rainfall that is expected to continue Friday, Saturday and early Sunday.

HOUSTON — The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for southeast Texas lasting through 7 a.m. Sunday.

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The areas under the Flash Flood Watch includes the following counties/areas covering a portion of Southeast Texas: Austin, Bolivar Peninsula, Brazoria Islands, Chambers, Coastal Brazoria, Coastal Galveston, Coastal Harris, Coastal Matagorda, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston Island, Inland Brazoria, Inland Galveston, Inland Harris, Inland Matagorda, Matagorda Islands, Southern Liberty, Waller and Wharton.

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The forecast is constantly changing, however, so we will continue to update this timeline as we learn more.

According to the National Weather service, showers and storms will move in from the north early Friday morning. One to three inches of rain is expected, but there could be some training of heavier storms that can cause areas of between four and eight inches.  

Watch out for areas that are prone to flooding.

Houston weather radar

Timeline: When to expect the heaviest rain, storms in Houston

FRIDAY AM: Expect heavy rain now through 10 a.m. Thunder and rain started entering the downtown area just before 4 a.m. with stronger storms from Cypress, Houston’s west side down through Sugar Land, Rosenberg and into West Columbia. Expect slippery roadways and thunderstorms. A Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for the entire Houston area.

FRIDAY PM: Rain chances decrease a little as we head into the late afternoon and evening hours on Friday, but scattered showers are still possible overnight into Saturday.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: We’re looking at continuing widespread showers with a 60% rain chance. While it may not be as heavy as Friday morning’s rainfall, now is when we will want to keep an eye out for ponding on the roadways and isolated high water spots as the grounds will be very saturated by this point. It’s too soon to know for sure or know which areas will be the most impacted by flooding, if any.

NEXT WEEK: Light scattered showers continue Monday and Tuesday — we won’t have a really nice, sunny day again until Wednesday.

We are 6+ inches behind in our rainfall. So all this rain will be beneficial in tamping down the expanding drought conditions across Southeast Texas.