Gulf Coast Gauges

Harris Gully at South McGregor Way water level

Harris County Flood Warning System gauge 400 · Harris Gully · Brays Bayou watershed

20.66 ft

water surface elevation, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:27 AM CDT · 8 minutes ago

Below top of bank
18.4 ft
Top of bank
39.1 ft
Lowest since Sep 11
20.61 ft
Highest since Sep 11
22.53 ft
Usual range
20.62 to 20.75 ft
Latest vs usual
Within usual range

Of the 260 readings stored for this gauge, 43.5% were lower than the reading above. The closest this gauge has come to its top of bank in that period is 16.6 ft.

No National Weather Service alert covering Harris County was active when this page was generated (Oct 20, 2026 at 11:35 AM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

20.6 20.9 21.1 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20

Hourly averages of readings as published. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since Sep 11. This gauge reports about every 240 minutes, and only when its value changes, so gaps in the line are normal.

Most recent hourly readings
TimeLevelBelow top of bank
Oct 20, 11:00 AM CDT20.66 ft18.4 ft
Oct 20, 7:00 AM CDT20.64 ft18.5 ft
Oct 20, 3:00 AM CDT20.64 ft18.5 ft
Oct 19, 11:00 PM CDT20.65 ft18.5 ft
Oct 19, 7:00 PM CDT20.65 ft18.5 ft
Oct 19, 3:00 PM CDT20.65 ft18.5 ft
Oct 19, 11:00 AM CDT20.67 ft18.4 ft
Oct 19, 7:00 AM CDT20.64 ft18.5 ft
Oct 19, 3:00 AM CDT20.64 ft18.5 ft
Oct 18, 11:00 PM CDT20.64 ft18.5 ft

How to read this gauge

The number above is an elevation, not a water depth. It is the height of the water surface above mean sea level, so South McGregor Way reads around 21 ft even when the channel is low. What matters is the distance to the top of bank: the elevation at which water reaches the top of the channel at this location. For this gauge that is 39.1 ft.

The bottom of the channel here sits at 20.6 ft, so the channel is roughly 18.5 ft deep at this crossing. Harris County publishes the top-of-bank figure with each reading; it is their reference, not an estimate made here.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

20.6 21.6 22.5 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-20 · bars are daily low to high · blue below is daily rainfall, peak 1.52 in

Download the readings

harris-gully-at-south-mcgregor-way.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 260 rows, updated with this page. Columns: time in UTC, time in Central, water surface elevation, top of bank, and distance below top of bank, all in feet. The source and accuracy notes below apply to the file too.

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In past storms

StormPeakPeak timeRiseBelow bank at peak
October 1–2, 202622.53 ftOct 2, 2026 at 3:47 AM CDT1.8 ft16.6 ft

Storms are runs of National Weather Service flood alerts for Harris County; each storm page lists every gauge's peak.

All gauges in this watershed: Brays Bayou watershed water levels.