Houston weather: Dodging storms for Labor Day weekend

HOUSTON - Sunday was certainly stormy for some parts of the Houston area, and now Labor Day looks wet too.

Houston weather: August 31 overnight forecast

The FOX 26 Weekend Team provides the latest local, regional, and national news events of the day.

Dodging storms for the holiday weekend

The good news is that rain should come through in waves, so there may be extended periods of time with quiet weather. Just keep an eye on your FOX26 weather app for rain that could move in quickly.

The entire viewing area does have a threat of street flooding with any slow-moving storms on Monday. This could bring isolated street flooding. 

Almost all the FOX 26 viewing area is at a 1/4 risk on Labor Day. Some locations could pick up a quick 2-4" in a short amount of time. There is no widespread severe risk at this time. When you see a flooded roadway, turn around don’t drown.

Flooded areas/rescues

There were plenty of high-water rescues and stranded cars, a lot of them here in South Houston. 

Off of St Emanuel and Polk during a high-water rescue, where a tow truck driver had to dive under way with the tow cable to get this car out of the water.

A second incident was on Wayside and 45 South, where a car and a truck found themselves under the highway, luckily the drivers made it out safely.

Just down the highway at 45 South and Woodridge, multiple cars were stuck in high water. 

Strangers were helping drivers use the dry portion of the underpass to avoid the water while others were standing at the corner signaling drives to turn around.

Houston Fire Rescue rescued and pulled some drivers out of high water. 

Lower humidity on the way

Rain chances will decrease beginning on Tuesday. With lower rain chances comes lower humidity. 

You can expect pleasant early morning temperatures midweek with some locations waking up to the upper-60s. Enjoy while it lasts.

Still quiet in the tropics

A tropical wave is moving off the west coast of Africa and the National Hurricane Center is giving this area only a 30% chance of becoming a depression or tropical storm over the next 7 days. 

Don’t let your guard down as the peak of the hurricane season is less than 2 weeks away.