{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.3ca9ab029f8c2acf6e881ac9b92d9aa0296d4f33.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 23 at 5:46PM CDT until July 23 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-23","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.3ca9ab029f8c2acf6e881ac9b92d9aa0296d4f33.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Houston/Galveston TX"},"word_count":240,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 23 at 5:46PM CDT until July 23 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Fort Bend, TX; Harris, TX\n**Issued by:** NWS Houston/Galveston TX\n**Sent:** 2026-07-23T17:46:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-23T17:46:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-23T21:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nFFWHGX\n\nThe National Weather Service in League City has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nEast Central Fort Bend County in southeastern Texas...\nHarris County in southeastern Texas...\n\n* Until 900 PM CDT.\n\n* At 546 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated\nthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between\n3 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is\n2.5 to 4 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3\ninches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing\nor expected to begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban\nareas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as\nother poor drainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nNorthwestern Pearland, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Stafford,\nFresno, First Colony, Meadows Place, Fondren Gardens, Fort Bend\nHouston, Brays Oaks, Fifth Street, Westbury, Westwood, Meyerland\nArea, Central Southwest, Willowbend, northern Riverstone, Alief,\nSouth Main and Sunnyside.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nBe aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads."}