ABC13 Weather Alert Days through Wednesday due to flooding downpours

Houston has faced heavy downpours over the last few days, with some street flooding across the city, sparking concerns ahead of Wednesday's FIFA World Cup game.

On Tuesday afternoon, city Mayor John Whitmire held a press conference to share details of how they're preparing for possible tropical downpours.

Some of the preparations included lowering Lake Houston, pre-staging some barricades at flood-prone locations, and law enforcement, as well as public works, were staged across the area.

"We're in touch with NRG officials, certainly the FIFA people. Fan fest. Fan fest has been so responsible, you know, any lighting within eight miles, people are avoiding the outdoors," Whitmire said.

The mayor added that city officials are also in touch with FIFA leaders.

"Certainly, we're in constant touch with first responders in terms of safety and all possibilities. But FIFA controls their games, we know they control the price, admittance, but we run the city," Whitmire said.

On Tuesday, officials provided a list of impassable roads in Montgomery County due to high water.

According to a FaceBook post shared by Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner Ritch Wheeler, the following roads are impassable.

• Lake Woodlands Drive at Six Pines Drive
• Lake Woodlands Drive at Lakeside Drive
• Gosling Road at Shadowbend Drive

• Gosling Road at Shadowbend Drive
• Grogan's Mill Road at Hughes Landing
• Six Pines Drive at Market Street

• Six Pines Drive at Market Street
• Lake Front Circle and Six Pines Drive
• Lake Front Circle at Pinecroft

• Lake Front Circle at Pinecroft
• Woodlands Parkway at Grogan's Mill Road (northbound and southbound Grogan's Mill)
• Westbound Woodlands Parkway exit ramp at Grogan's Mill (Right-turn lane)

• Lake Woodlands Drive at Lakeside Drive
• Grogans' Mill Road at Lake Front Circle
• Grogan's Mill Road at Riva Row

• Woodlands Parkway at Grogan's Mill Road (northbound and southbound Grogan's Mill Road)
• Westbound Woodlands Parkway exit ramp at Grogan's Mill
• Pinecroft at Medical Plaza

• Pinecroft at Medical Plaza
• Rayford at Richards
• I-45 frontage road (various locations northbound and southbound)

• Research Forest Drive at Lake Sideside/Research Park
• Research Forest Drive and New Trails Drive
• Research Forest at Research Park

• Lake Woodlands Drive at Six Pines Drive
• Lake Woodlands at Lakeside Drive
• Gosling Road at Shadowbend Drive

• Gosling Road at Flintridge Drive
• Grogan's Mill Road at Hughes Landing
• Six Pines Drive at Market Street

• Lake Front Circle at Pinecroft and Six Pines Drive
• New Trails at Technology Forest
• Woodlands Parkway at Grogan's Mill Road

ABC13 covered various parts across the Houston area on Monday that saw some heavy flooding due to storms. From stalled cars to people helping others get their vehicles out of the high waters.

But one group turned it into a core memory as they rode around their four-wheelers in the floodwaters at North Freeway and W. Mount Houston.

Beware of high water. These friends took out their 4-wheelers ."I made I call. He made a call. He made a call, bring the toys out." With more storms on the way, be careful. You may discover much worse than a snapping turtle.

ABC13 reporter Tony Atkins spoke to one of the men, who said the rain was an "inconvenience, but we're having fun now," he said.

The group also mentioned catching a snapping turtle.

"We were supposed to work today," Quan Irvin said. "I saw the water. I made a call. He made a call. He made a call. Bring the toys out."

ABC13 captured video of a flooded underpass along Navigation in East Downtown on Tuesday morning.

High water and road closure signs diverted vehicles away from the underpass since Monday's storms as water pooled beneath it.