THREAT RESPONSE OEM continually monitors the external environment for potential threats and hazards to the Pearland community, providing advanced warning to city leadership and coordinating staff response when threatening events emerge. Daily monitoring of weather forecasts, news reporting, state situation reports, and developing trends in emergency management allows OEM to anticipate risks and evaluate likely operational impacts.
Winter Storm Enzo The most consequential threat in FY25
No isolated power outages throughout the region Energy providers maintained continuity of electrical power and averted cascading effects experienced during 2021 Winter Storm Uri.
20-degree temperatures Historic 4" snowfall in Pearland Travel by road hazardous at best Most businesses and community organizations suspended operations, including local schools.
Jan. 15
Jan. 22
Pearland activated response, establishing IMT to organize and oversee the city’s preparation and response
Conditions IMT demobilization at 6 p.m. City resumed normal operations. abated.
Jan. 20
Preparations complete. Responding staff take shelter at 6 p.m. Snow arrrived as forecast and for the first time in history, TXDoT deployed snowplows to the Houston Metropolitan Area for highway safety.
During the storm and afterward, EPW crews worked diligently to reopen the Pearland Parkway bridge at Clear Creek and the Magnolia overpass so schools could resume classes and buses could safely deliver students on Thursday, January 23.
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