Spring Creek and Cypress Creek levels began to recede on Tuesday evening as rainfall slowed. At 10:37 a.m. Wednesday, the level at Cypress Creek at Stuebner Airline Road had receded to 109.34 feet, down from a high of over 113 feet on Monday. Spring Creek had reached a level of 101.37 feet at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, down from a high of over 111 feet, according to the National Weather Service. Aug. 27 11:26 p.m. The Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management posted a notice on its website ReadyHarris.org Sunday night urging residents in some parts of the Inverness Forest subdivision near Cypress Creek to voluntarily evacuate as a precautionary measure. Cypress Creek is forecast to top its levee on Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The emergency notice urges residents to evacuate or seek higher ground in Inverness Forest north of Whitestone Lane, including east and west of Greenbrook Drive as well as all of Kenchester Drive. For more information, residents should contact the Harris County Flood Control District at 713-684-4000.MANDATORY EVACUATION order still in place for the Inverness Forest area on select area marked on map! It's not the entire subdivision. pic.twitter.com/PJ5mpyyKbn
— HCFCD (@hcfcd) August 30, 2017
Record flooding is predicted by area meteorologists.VOLUNTARY EVACUATION FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS. CYPRESS CREEK forecast to TOP LEVEE by TOMORROW MORNING! RESIDENTS URGED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND pic.twitter.com/fEMhFx8tQm
— NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) August 28, 2017
Catastrophic flooding ongoing along middle and lower Cypress Creek #houwx #hounews pic.twitter.com/OfzgcSqJsR
— Jeff Lindner (@JeffLindner1) August 27, 2017
The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's office evacuated communications personnel from its Cypresswood Drive office on Sunday due to flooding at the station.If we get 6-12" of rain tonight (and that is possible) we could have record flooding on Cypress Creek. #houwx pic.twitter.com/C8NsshGn2T
— ABC13 Tim Heller (@HellerWeather) August 27, 2017