Emergency alert – Texas Children's News

March 21, 2022

Monday, March 21, 2022: 12:30 p.m.

Potential heavy rainfall event could impact evening and morning commutes

Texas Children’s leadership and the Organizational Resilience team are closely monitoring a potential heavy rainfall event that could impact Austin, Beaumont, College Station and Houston starting this afternoon and through tomorrow morning. The team is also monitoring any potential impacts on schools, roads and utilities.

Along with the heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding, there is a chance for strong winds (30-35 mph gusts), lightning, possible hail and localized tornadoes. Widespread rainfall totals of 2-4” are expected with locally higher amounts.

For resources to monitor travel and road conditions, visit Houston Transtar and Drive Texas. For localized updates, see below:

Austin: Storms are expected to move through from 1-9 p.m. today with the largest line of storms this evening.
Beaumont: Storms will approach the area Tuesday morning, with the heaviest rainfall expected around 9 a.m. moving out well before noon.
College Station: The heaviest storms are expected to move into the area around midnight and move through by 3 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Houston: Strong to severe storms are expected starting at 9 p.m. this evening through 9 a.m. Tuesday morning with 1-3” of rain expected with higher amounts locally.

For those commuting on Tuesday morning, please follow the local news and weather for traffic and safety alerts, use caution when navigating roadways and plan for additional travel time to allow for detours around flooded areas and travel through heavy rains.

As this will occur during our morning shift change, clinical staff will conduct one-to-one hand offs. Please prepare your back-up child care plans in the case of school delays or closures. Team members at our community practices are asked to consult with their leadership about any impacts to local operations.