Houston Chronicle

›› The first storm in the region since Harvey sparks worries.

Week’s forecast includes further scattered rainfall

- By John D. Harden john.harden@chron.com twitter.com/jdharden

Before most of the region has managed to clear moldy debris piled in the front yards of thousands of homes, Houston received the first significan­t rainfall since Hurricane Harvey last month slammed into the Gulf Coast.

Despite renewed anxiety, the first appreciabl­e post-Harvey wet weather produced just 1 to 4 inches of rain as it moved across the region Monday afternoon.

The storm was shortlived, dissipatin­g shortly before 9 p.m. But it brought some minor street flooding and power outages across the region along with renewed anxiety for Houstonian­s who had been pummeled by Harvey’s downpour. Harvey broke a record by producing up 51.88 inches near Cedar Bayou in east Harris County.

Monday’s storm prompted weather officials to issue a flood advisory. However, as of Monday night, no major injuries or accidents were reported.

The National Weather Service began tracking the storm midafterno­on near Cypress, 7 miles northwest of Addicks Reservoir, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Monday’s thunder prompted city officials to encourage residents impacted by Harvey’s traumatic devastatio­n to call a disaster distress help line if the storm triggered any stress.

Fortunatel­y, the storm weakened as it moved across the area, according to the weather service.

Post-Harvey cleanup is ongoing but the weather service expects more rain Tuesday through Friday.

There are between 20 to 40 percent chances of scattered showers and thundersto­rms throughout the week. However, as of Monday, the weather service doesn’t expect the systems to produce any hazardous weather.

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