An evacuation order is still in place for Inverness Forest (streets north of Kingsbridge Road, including east and west Greenbrook Drive and Kenchester Drive). However, according to the Harris County Flood Control District, the evacuation order for the Northwood Pines subdivision has been lifted.
Evacuation order for Northwood Pines Subdivision has been lifted. #hounews
— HCFCD (@hcfcd) August 30, 2017
Roads closed due to flooding
The Precinct 4 Constable's office posted closures along the following roads on its Facebook page Wednesday evening.
- Cypresswood Drive
- Hwy. 249
- FM 1960
- Hardy Toll Road
- I-45
- Aldine Westfield Road
- Northpointe Blvd.
Grocery stores offer limited hours
Here is a noncomprehensive list of some area grocery stores and their planned operational hours Thursday.
Kroger
- 6060 FM 2920, Spring—open until 9 p.m.
- 8745 Spring Cypress Road, Spring—open until 9 p.m.
- 18518 Kuykendahl Road, Spring
H-E-B
- 7310 Louetta Road, Spring—open until 6 p.m.
- 20311 Champion Forest Drive, Spring—open until 6 p.m.
- 10919 Louetta Road, Spring—open until 6 p.m.
- 2121 FM 2920, Spring—open until 6 p.m.
Randall’s
- 5219 FM 1960 W., Houston
Food Town
- 16844 Stuebner Airline Road, Spring—open until 5 p.m.
Local food and clothing centers
Most local area shelters have closed as evacuees have moved to larger facilities such as NRG stadium. Klein ISD has opened the following schools as community feeding centers:
- Klein Intermediate, 4710 W. Mt. Houston Road, Houston
- Wunderlich Intermediate, 11800 Misty Valley Drive, Houston
- McDougle Elementary, 10410 Kansack Lane, Houston
- Mittelstadt Elementary, 7525 Kleingreen Lane, Spring
Spring Baptist Church at 633 E. Louetta Road, Spring, is providing food and clothing for evacuees from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Klein ISD is requesting donations of canned and nonperishable goods at Krimmel Intermediate School, 7070 FM 2920, Spring, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday.
Updated Aug. 30 12:05 p.m.
The persistent rains stopped as Tropical Storm Harvey moved east on Tuesday afternoon, giving Spring and Klein residents an opportunity to survey the damage from Hurricane Harvey this week. Flooding along Cypress Creek and Spring Creek led to mandatory evacuations in the following subdivisions, according to the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management's website ReadyHarris.org:
- Inverness Forest (streets north of Kingsbridge Road, including east and west Greenbrook Drive and Kenchester Drive)
- Northwood Pines
Roads closed due to flooding
The Precinct 4 Constable's office posted closures along the following roads on its Facebook page Wednesday morning.
- Cypresswood Drive
- Hwy. 249
- FM 1960
- Hardy Toll Road
- I-45
- Northpointe Blvd.
Grocery stores offer limited hours
Here is a noncomprehensive list of some area grocery stores and their planned operational hours Wednesday.
Kroger
- 6060 FM 2920, Spring—open until 9 p.m.
- 8745 Spring Cypress Road, Spring—open until 5 p.m.
- 18518 Kuykendahl Road, Spring—open until 8:30 p.m.
H-E-B
- 7310 Louetta Road, Spring—open until 3 p.m.
- 20311 Champion Forest Drive, Spring—open until 3 p.m.
- 10919 Louetta Road, Spring—open until 3 p.m.
- 2121 FM 2920, Spring—open until 6 p.m.
Randall’s
- 5219 FM 1960 W., Houston
Food Town
- 16844 Stuebner Airline Road, Spring—open until 4 p.m.
Unofficial shelters welcome evacuees
Area churches and high schools have opened temporary shelters for flood evacuees. Here are some of the locations offering shelter in Spring and Klein as of Wednesday morning:
- Klein Oak High School, 22603 Northcrest Drive, Spring closes at 1 p.m. on Wednesday. All evacuees were moved to the Klein ISD Multipurpose Center.
- Trinity Lutheran Church, 5201 Spring Cypress Road, Spring
- Church of Christ, 13902 Cutten Road, Houston
- Westfield High School, 16713 Ella Blvd., Houston
- Al Salaam, 16700 Old Louetta Road, Houston
- First Baptist Church, 401 Oxford St., Tomball is full and no longer accepting evacuees.
- Spring High School is full and no longer accepting evacuees
- Klein ISD Multipurpose Center is full and no longer accepting evacuees
Spring ISD reports that 279 evacuees were housed at Spring High School and 150 at Westfield High School on Monday night. On Tuesday afternoon, 458 evacuees were housed at SHS and 100 at WHS.
"We were able to provide meals and a safe, comfortable place for them to spend the night," SISD Communications Director Karen Garrison said. "We are so grateful to our community for stepping up on short notice and donating food and essentials to both shelters."
SISD still in need of bottled water, unopened nonperishable food, clean sleeping bags, new pillows, clean towels, unopened toiletries, disposable baby diapers, baby formula, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, clean socks and phone chargers, Garrison said.
Garrison said principals of schools in the hardest hit areas are reaching out to families directly to learn that their needs are.
"We are also starting to look at ways that we can help students and families maintain normalcy after the storm is over—ways that we can help students, who have been displaced by the storm, get back into their school with the classes and teachers they know," she said.
Klein ISD has created a webpage to keep the community updated about donation needs and the status of its shelters at kisd.us/kleinspirit.
