Overview

• The National Weather Service predicts continuing thunderstorms and heavy downpours in the Houston area through Friday due to a slow-moving cold front.
• Flood advisories remain active in Harris and Galveston counties after 2 to 4 inches of rain fell across the region earlier this week.
• Forecasters warn of localized urban flooding, damaging wind gusts and reports of small hail through Thursday morning.
• Up to two inches of additional rainfall is possible over the next 24 hours, with pockets of Southeast Texas at risk of exceeding three inches.
• A partly sunny, mostly dry weekend is expected to offer relief just days before the Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1.