What's the Rain Look Like Today in Hamshire Fannett School District
Julie Meadows walks through her flooded yard at her home on West Clubb Road in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. This is the third time Meadows' home has flooded, and she believes a drainage ditch at the back of her property, which is overgrown and has been neglected for years, is largely to blame. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Lisa Brown recalls how her first flooding incident in Harvey ultimately led to her marriage as she stands outside her now thrice-flooded home in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Flooding is seen in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Home owners along FM 365 in Fannett leave their cars parked on higher roadside ground Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Flooding is seen in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Flooding is seen in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Julie Meadows talks about persistent flooding issues as she stands near the drainage ditch running behind her property on West Clubb Road in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. This is the third time Meadows' home has flooded, and she believes the ditch, which is overgrown and has been neglected for years, is largely to blame. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Flooding is seen in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Flooding is seen in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
A dog plays in flood waters from a swollen Taylor's Bayou on LaBelle Road Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Jason Johnson and a neighborhood dog play in spillover flooding from Taylor's Bayou on LaBelle Road as he and his grandfather Thomas Robin assess the conditions in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Julie Meadows' property in Fannett remains flooded Tuesday as the water slowly recedes. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Children's toys that drifted away in floodwaters are caught in the fencing of a high canal along West Clubb Road in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Julie Meadows walks through the flooded yard of her home on West Clubb Road in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. This is the third time Meadows' home has flooded, and she believes a drainage ditch at the back of her property, which is overgrown and has been neglected for years, is largely to blame. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Fannett received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous beyond their banks, and several yards and homes in the area surrounding Interstate 10 sustained flooding, as well. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Ducks swim in the flooded front yard of a home on West Clubb Road in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Flooding is seen in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Julie Meadows walks through the flooded yard of her home on West Clubb Road in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. This is the third time Meadows' home has flooded, and she believes a drainage ditch at the back of her property, which is overgrown and has been neglected for years, is largely to blame. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
A drainage ditch feeding from that which runs behind West Clubb Road in Fannett is largely clear from flooding while properties all around it experienced flooding both in and outside their homes. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Flooding is seen in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Julie Meadows walks through her bedroom toward her closet at her home on West Clubb Road in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes, including Meadows'. This is the third time Meadows' home has flooded, and she believes a drainage ditch at the back of her property, which is overgrown and has been neglected for years, is largely to blame. Meadows was able to get her furniture up on blocks with the help of a neighbor and is hoping she can clean and dehumidify the home to prevent having to tear out floors again. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
A man carries a suitcase from his vehicle parked on higher ground back through the flooded property surrounding his home alonng FM 365 in Fannett Tuesday. The ara received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Julie Meadows walks through her home on West Clubb Road in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. This is the third time Meadows' home has flooded, and she believes a drainage ditch at the back of her property, which is overgrown and has been neglected for years, is largely to blame. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Fannett received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes north and south of Interstate 10. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Flooding is seen in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
A man carries a suitcase from his vehicle parked on higher ground back through the flooded property surrounnding his home alonng FM 365 in Fannett Tuesday. The ara received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
David O'Pry carries out clothes from his sister's home next door to his camper in Fannett Tuesday. Lisa Brown is planning to stay at a home she and her husband are renovating in Silsbee after their house on FM 365 flooded, with additional heavy rainfall on the way this week. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
The drainage system into which the ditch behind Julie Meadows' home in Fannett should feed is well below flood stage, with little water movement evident Tuesday. Meadows' home and several properties on West Clubb Road flooded after the area received over a foot of rainfall Monday. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
David O'Pry takes a break from removing clothing from his sister's flooded home next to his trailer in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Lisa Brown got at least 2 inches of flooding inside her home along FM 365 in Fannett. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes surrounding Interstate 10, which was closed due to high water by late Monday. This is the third time Brown's home has flooded, pushinng her further toward the decision to move. Brown has lived there over 20 years. It's the only home her grown son, who lives in a trailer next door, has ever known, she said, so "there's a lot of sentimental value here. It's hard to let go." She and her husband will spend the remainder of the week at a second home under renovations in Silsbee and wait to decide about repairs after the system passes. She hopes that the predicted additional rainfall doesn't worsen their damage. "I guess we're going to sandbag and hope for the best," she said. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
David O'Pry makes his way through the flooded yard surrounding his camper on FM 365 in Fannett Tuesday. He worries that additional rainfall might impact his home taking on water. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Jason Johnson and a neighborhood dog play in spillover flooding from Taylor's Bayou along LaBelle Road near Pine Tree Lodge as he and his grandfather Thomas Robin assess the conditions in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Jason Johnson walks through spillover flooding from Taylor's Bayou along LaBelle Road near Pine Tree Lodge as he and his grandfather Thomas Robin assess the conditions in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
David O'Pry takes a break from moving articles out of his sister's flooded home in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Julie Meadows talks about the flooding she got in her home on West Clubb Road in Fannett Tuesday. The area received over a foot of rainfall Monday, flooding area bayous and several yards and homes. This is the third time Meadows' home has flooded, and she believes a drainage ditch at the back of her property, which is overgrown and has been neglected for years, is largely to blame. Photo made Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise
Kim Brent/The EnterpriseHamshire-Fannett seemed to bear the brunt Monday's downpour, which resulted in severe flooding — just the first in a series of storms expected to continue largely through the week.
The region saw anywhere from 16 to 18 inches of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service Lake Charles meteorologist Roger Erickson, and left many residents like Julie Meadows with 6 inches of water inside her home.
Meadows' home sits just northwest of Interstate 10, and even after some of the water receded, it still surrounded her home late Tuesday morning.
It isn't lost on Meadows, who has lived in Fannett her entire life, that it rains a lot and can sometimes flood. But she said the last three flooding events — Tropical Storms Harvey and Imelda and Monday — are the worst she's experienced.
"I had to be rescued during Imelda and lost my car," Meadows said. "I had more flooding during Imelda than during Harvey."
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Meadows and her neighbor saved all of her furniture Monday by stacking it on risers just before the water entered her home.
A drainage ditch sits just behind Meadows' property, and it runs behind most of the properties on the street until reaching I-10. But on Monday, some 16 inches of rain in 12 hours overwhelmed the "505 ditch" that services Meadows' neighborhood, along with other ditches and detention basins in the region, said Drainage District 6 Engineer Doug Canat.
He said there already was too much rain for the detention basins in neighborhoods like Green Acres, which are designed for 13 inches of rainfall in 24 hours, let alone for the small 505 ditch in Meadows' neighborhood.
"It was a much bigger storm than the system can handle," Canant said. "(Ditch 505) cannot handle that type of rain."
Canant added there are plans in place, pending FEMA approval, for another detention basin. But in the meantime, district workers took advantage of Tuesday's break in the rain to clear debris from ditches and culverts and empty all 30 detention basins.
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But the problem was not confined to Meadows' neighborhood.
Lisa Brown and her brother, who live southeast of I-10 off Texas 365, on Tuesday afternoon could be seen wading through still-shin-high water to move belongings from her home into her car.
Like Meadows, Brown said Harvey, Imelda and Monday were the worst flooding events she remembers seeing in the more than two decades she's lived in the area.
But Brown isn't taking any chances riding out the rest of this week's rain in her home. Instead, she will be staying in Hardin County as widespread showers and thunderstorms return over.
Jefferson County is forecast to receive anywhere from 8 to 10 more inches of rain, with the potential for locally-higher amounts as high as 20 inches. Those predictions, combined with the 5 to 6 inches Beaumont already received and the 6 to 12 inches that fell in Port Arthur on Monday, led to a flash flood watch issued Tuesday and set to last until 7 p.m. on Thursday.
"It's important to keep in mind while we are looking at this that there are definitely going to be some locally-higher amounts," NWS meteorologist Donald Jones said in a Tuesday morning briefing. "Our rainfall forecasts do not account for those extremely-high rainfall values. Nobody could've predicted 16 inches in one day in an individual location."
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The heavy rain, inundation of Hamshire and Fannett and forward-looking forecast led Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick on Tuesday afternoon to issue a disaster declaration after receiving a weather briefing.
During a Tuesday morning meeting of the county commissioners, he said he already was expecting to issue the declaration. At that time, he also told the commissioners court that he expected the county's emergency operations center to be activated by Wednesday morning. Shortly after, county officials began asking residents to self-report damages to homes and businesses.
But Tuesday's break in the rain also gave them an opportunity to give out sandbags and remind residents to be smart should the floodwaters come.
"Turn around, don't drown. I was watching the weather channel earlier this morning, and 2 feet of water is guaranteed to displace every passenger vehicle and start to carry it away," Branick said. "Don't try to drive through those low-water areas. Find a way around or stay home. We'll try to keep the public informed of what we've learned."
With still some level of uncertainty over the next few days, several Jefferson County school districts announced on Tuesday that they would pivot to virtual learning. Hamshire-Fannett, Beaumont and Port Arthur ISDs will be learning virtually on Wednesday.
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What's the Rain Look Like Today in Hamshire Fannett School District
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