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Montgomery County Office Of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Harvey Update Hurricane Harvey remains a category 2 hurricane, the National Weather Service still forecasts it to become a category 3 by landfall. Tonight’s landfall is expected to be near the Corpus Christi/Rockport area. Once on land it is projected to stall and drift slowly northeast along the Texas coast over the weekend through Tuesday.
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Montgomery County will start seeing rainfall beginning today and winds could increase as the day progresses. Rainfall predictions between Friday and Wednesday are between 15 and 25 inches for our area and to the south. Over the weekend through Tuesday we can expect localized flooding and road closures.
Montgomery County Office Of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Message to the Public: During the onset of a hurricane Montgomery County will not call for mandatory evacuations, instead residents will be asked to shelter in place. Although we will still be in considerable danger due to wind and rain, our distance from the coast takes us out of the immediate danger of any storm surge. Having Montgomery County residents shelter in place allows evacuees from those coastal areas to pass through and avoids road congestion. Additionally, evacuees are asked to not stop in Montgomery County due to the fact that we will still be greatly affected by the storm and we do not have the infrastructure and resources in place to support evacuees. Instead they are asked to proceed to shelter sites, such as Huntsville, Dallas, and San Antonio.
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Montgomery County will start seeing rainfall beginning today and winds could increase as the day progresses. Rainfall predictions between Friday and Wednesday are between 15 and 25 inches for our area and to the south. Over the weekend through Tuesday we can expect localized flooding and road closures.
Montgomery County Office Of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Message to the Public: During the onset of a hurricane Montgomery County will not call for mandatory evacuations, instead residents will be asked to shelter in place. Although we will still be in considerable danger due to wind and rain, our distance from the coast takes us out of the immediate danger of any storm surge. Having Montgomery County residents shelter in place allows evacuees from those coastal areas to pass through and avoids road congestion. Additionally, evacuees are asked to not stop in Montgomery County due to the fact that we will still be greatly affected by the storm and we do not have the infrastructure and resources in place to support evacuees. Instead they are asked to proceed to shelter sites, such as Huntsville, Dallas, and San Antonio.
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