Southeast Texas to Get Heavy Rain; People Told to Be Patient

Heavy rains were expected to fall in Southeast Texas through midday Sunday as the remnants of Hurricane Patricia combined with a powerful storm system that has flooded roads in the state and caused a freight train to derail.

J.B. Neckar, right, and his brother Johnny Neckar, left, paddle their mother Gelene Neckar, center, from her flooded home near Downsville, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Heavy rains have forced parts of the Brazos River out of its banks and endangering homes located in the small community just outside of Waco, Texas, according to the Waco Tribune Herald. (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune Herald, via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

DALLAS— Heavy rains were expected to fall in Southeast Texas through midday Sunday as the remnants of Hurricane Patricia combined with a powerful storm system that has flooded roads in the state and caused a freight train to derail.

Houston Mayor Annise Parker said people should be “prepared to be patient.”

“There will be localized flooding in Houston, primarily street flooding,” she said Saturday.

Brian Kyle, lead meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Houston, said forecasters expected Saturday’s rains in Southeast Texas to intensify overnight. He said most of the heavy rainfall would occur overnight to noon on Sunday, with amounts ranging from a couple of inches to up to 1 foot offshore.

Floyd Taylor, with the City of Austin Watershed Protection department, cleans debris Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman via AP