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Flood, Hurricane and Storm Surge Links
Use the links below to search NOAA, NWS, government, and other sites for information on weather forecasts, flood and hurricane information for the local area.
- Houston Forecast Houston Forecast - National Weather Service (NWS)
- Local News and Weather - Houston Chronicle
- Interactive Rainfall Map - Harris County Flood Warning System
- NWS: Forecast Maps - NWS short and medium range forecasts by city, state, or zip code
- NWS: River Observations
- West Gulf River Forecast Center - NWS
- NWS Forecast Office Houston/Galveston, TX
- Power Outage Map - Centerpoint Energy
- Wind Map - delayed view of Earth's wind movement and temperature at various heights
- Harris County Flood Control District- HCFCD
- Flood Education Mapping Tool - Harris County FEMT: search floodplains by address or zip
- American Red Cross Hurricane App
- Storm Surge Illustration (Twitter) - Weather Channel's twitter animation for hurricane Florence
- NOAA Hurricane Preparedness - NOAA's National Hurricane Center (NHC)
- Texas Division of Emergency Management
- Harris County Homeland Security and Emergency Management
- City of Houston Office of Emergency Management
- Galveston County Office of Emergency Management
- League City: Flood Safety/Recovery
- METRO - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
- City of Houston
- Houston TranStar - Real-Time Traffic Map
- Z -Time or Coordinated Universal Time - NWS explanation of z-time
In Houston, TX, during Daylight Savings Time, Z time is -5 hours:- 00Z = 7 p.m.
- 12Z = 7 a.m.