While Imelda has lost wind intensity as it continues to move inland, dangers are just beginning for the Houston area and other places in eastern Texas that can receive up to 18 inches of rain.
The rapidly developing system strengthened into Tropical Depression Eleven on Tuesday at Noon CDT and one hour later was dubbed Tropical Storm Imelda. However the storm ]downgraded to a tropical depression on Tuesday night.
The development of Imelda occurred just a few hours after Tropical Depression Ten formed over the central Atlantic.
Torrential rainfall will be unleashed as Imelda continues to move inland. Isolated tornadoes and waterspouts may be spawned.
Enough rain is forecast to fall to cause significant street, highway and low-lying area flooding from southern Louisiana to the middle of the Texas coast. This includes the cities of Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Beaumont, Houston, Galveston, Matagorda, Victoria and Corpus Christi, Texas, this week.
A general 6-12 inches of rain is likely to fall in this swath with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 18 inches into Friday.
Turkey Creek in Humble Camp, Texas received more than 6 inches of rain on Tuesday within the span of 24 hours due to Imelda.
On Tuesday night, gauges on Chigger Creek at Windsong and Cowart's Creek at Cloverfield near Friendswood were nearing their banks and flooding was expected to begin shortly, according to the National Weather Service in Houston.
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