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After an extended dry spell, rain is expected to fall across the Houston area this weekend, bringing with it the chance for some localized flooding.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday, according to Bradley Brokamp, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Houston-Galveston office . He said Friday morning that heavier rainfall is in the forecast for Saturday, with most of the region expected to receive 2-4 inches of rain, while some areas could get 4-6 inches.

The soil figures to absorb more water than usual because of the recent dry weather, Brokamp said, but urban parts of Houston will "probably see some ponding in roadways on some spots."

"It's Houston," Brokamp said. "It's a big slab of concrete that doesn't really

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