>> thank you matt we will check in with you again. now let's go to one of our meteorologists at the extreme weather center. weather is still bad and the rain will be coming for the next couple of days. >> test. this is a slow-moving system especially on the eastern side this is where is nasty since last night. continuing through today. everything in this red highlighted box is the tornado watch. we had the heat in the gulf of mexico it is picking up a lot of energy rolling across land and we are getting at times tornadoes but at least heavy rainfall. this put this in motion. there are still bands in each one of these still packing a punch dropping very heavy rain for the houston area. it has just been wave after wave. as soon as one goes out another one was in. that will be continuing through the overnight hours. these are the current rainfall numbers. this is what we have seen so far. radar estimated that white area that you were looking at numbers anywhere from 18 to 24 inches or so. there is a legend in the top