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
• Climate Prediction Houston/Galveston -  NWS
  
  
• Power Outage Map - Centerpoint Energy
  
• Wind Map - delayed view of Earth's wind movement and temperature at various heights
• 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. 
• Harris County Flood Control District - HCFCD
• Flood Education Mapping Tool - HarrisCountyFEMT: search floodplains by address or zip
• American Red Cross Hurricane App
• Storm Surge Illustration - Weather Channel's twitter animation for hurricane Florence
• Flood Preparedness (pdf) - HCFCD
• 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 Real-Time Traffic Map