Severe tropical storm pattern triggers major Texas flood threat

Southeast Texas is staring down a stormy turn this week as a slow-moving system is expected to bring several days of thunderstorms, potentially heavy rain and a growing risk of localized flooding.

The wet pattern is expected to arrive in earnest Wednesday and continue through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston.

Forecasters say the biggest concern is not necessarily one round of severe storms, but repeated rounds of rain and thunderstorms that could dump heavy rainfall over the same areas. Exactly where the heaviest rain will fall remains uncertain, but the threat will need to be watched closely across Southeast Texas…

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