MONTGOMERY COUNTY – Parts of Montgomery County are under voluntary evacuations Wednesday night with the threat of heavy showers moving into the area.
Montgomery County Emergency Management officials have suggested residents in River Plantation near Stewart Creek evacuate the area due to the threat of flooding in the area.
Officials said the West Fork of the San Jacinto River is currently at 116.05 feet and the river is expected to crest at 116.3 feet tonight.
Officials have also suggested a voluntary evacuation for Superior Road along Lake Creek in Magnolia.
Officials are monitoring West Fork of the San Jacinto River near Porter, which they're calling an area of concern, but no voluntary evacuations have been suggested as of 5:30 Wednesday evening.
Officials expect the river to crest Thursday morning, which will bring it into a major flood stage, they said.
"Persons with interests along theses areas should keep alert, be prepared for possible evacuation with very short notice, and take all precautions to protect their lives and property," officials said. "Flood waters can be extremely dangerous and deadly. Flooded rivers and creeks move very quickly and can sweep a vehicle off the road with less than (a foot) of water."
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The Montgomery County Emergency Management Office will be staffed around the clock overnight.
KHOU 11 Chief Meteorologist David Paul said the flooding threat for areas south of Conroe and as far Humble is because the rain falling into the Lake Conroe watershed must be let out into the spillway into the West Fork of the San Jacinto River.
That means roads in the Rivercrest, Northshore, Forest Cove and Belleau Woods neighborhoods could be cut off because of rising water.
Paul said the rivers should crest before sunrise Thursday.
"If you've got to get in and out, do it now," Paul said late Wednesday afternoon.
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