A string of storms hit the Houston area on Tuesday morning and continued into the afternoon; this weather is expected to continue into Wednesday afternoon.At the height of the storms around noon Tuesday, CenterPoint Energy recorded about 35,000 outages in the Houston area. And roughly another 2,000 in Katy and additional outages in other cities including Spring – where schools in their district relied on generators to maintain power through the storms.
In total, there were about 60,000 outages across the Greater-Houston area; however, according to the CenterPoint outage tracker, outages decreased, and power was restored to many customers later in the afternoon. Most areas affected on Tuesday saw several inches of rainfall. This will continue into Wednesday as lighter-affected areas are likely to see between 1-2 inches; while more-affected areas may expect to see up to 6 inches, according toThe National Weather Service issued a flood watch – upgrading to a warning for parts of central and Northeast Harris County – that went into effect at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and is set to remain in effect until 7 p.m. on Wednesday.