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Posted on January 9, 2012 at 6:39 AM
Updated today at 10:42 AM
HOUSTON ? The Houston area was returning to normal Tuesday after?a cluster of severe storms, which moved swiftly through the area yesterday,?created dangerous conditions on the roads and dumped up to six?inches of rain.?The winds also kicked up, including at least?two confirmed tornadoes.
Roads, which were impassable Monday, reopened in time for the Tuesday morning work commute, including the South Post Oak exit ramp at the Westpark Tollway and several streets in southeast Houston.? Water receded on the South?Loop at Crestmont, on Mykawa and around Peck Elementary.
Monday's storms brought a lot of mayhem to the Houston area.? KHOU 11 News Meteorologist said while the devastation was not like Tropical Storm Allison, it was a reminder of how the weather is unpredictable.
A twister damaged several homes in a Mission Bend subdivision in Fort Bend County. Baset Jalili and her family had to run for cover when the tornado hit?their house near Gaines and Bissonnet.?
"You can hear it, it just starts getting louder?the wind hitting the house," said?Jalili. "The front door was actually locked. It just flew open. I took my mom and sister, we just took cover in the closet until it calmed down a little bit."
They weren't hurt, but their house, garage and roof were damaged. Other houses in the area also have damage.?
The same tornado caused damage near Highway 6 in southwest Harris County. An O?Reilly?s gas station between Beechnut and Bellaire is cleaning up storm damage tonight. Nearby, the tornado flipped four trailers at a business. Workers were inside some of those trailers, but no one was seriously?hurt.
?A tornado also touched down at Mall of the Mainland in Texas City around 1 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. The mall was evacuated while they assessed the damage. There were no reports of injuries.
Hundreds of drivers were stranded?by high water throughout the Greater Houston Area and in surrounding counties.?
Houston fire crews were called out to rescue some frantic drivers as the water rose around their stalled cars. An?HFD spokesman said?they couldn?t get to some streets because the water was too high?even for their trucks.
Highway 288 reopened around 3:30 p.m. Monday. Water had receded in most other areas, but Allen Parkway was still flooded during afternoon rush hour.
?I?ve been watching the rain gauge tick up and up and up,? said KHOU 11 News Meteorologist David Paul. ?288, on the south side, had almost 5 inches of rainfall in about an hour and that?s overwhelmed the primary?drainage there.?
It was a similar story all over the area?including the Galleria,?Montrose and Greenway Plaza?as flash flooding caught people off guard. Click here for the lastest high water reports from Transtar.
?If you don?t have to go out, don?t do it, because this is going to be an absolute mess,? said? Paul.??It is dangerous out there.??
Rainfall totals reached up to 6 inches by 10:30 a.m. in Conroe, according to Paul. Braes Bayou gauges also showed 5 to 6 inches of rain in southwest Houston.
Most areas in Harris County and other surrounding counties?had at least three inches of rain by 11:30 a.m.
CenterPoint Energy said more than 20,000 customers were without power.?HISD reported intermittent outages at Love, Cullen and Looscan schools.
No more rain is expected until the weekend. ?A cold front ushers in a big change so you'll need your coats once again.? Highs are only expected to hit the 50s on Tuesday and Wednesday, with lows in the 40s.
Source: http://www.khou.com/news/local/Houston-forecast-Stormy-Monday-ahead--136930448.html
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