Torrential rain triggers Flash Flood Emergency in Texas Hill Country, Dallas sets rainfall record
A few scattered showers lingered Friday morning across parts of Texas after parts of the Texas Hill Country saw extensive flooding occur in a very short amount of time, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Emergency. Dallas also saw historic rains when Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (DFW) reported 3.95 inches of rain on Thursday. This now marks the wettest November day on record.
A powerful storm system dumped record amounts of rain across parts of Texas Hill Country and North Texas Thursday, prompting the National Weather Service office in San Angelo to issue a Flash Flood Emergency early Thursday afternoon for Concho, McCulloch and Menard Counties due to life-threatening flooding stemming from extreme rainfall in the area.
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Video and photos from the Menard County Judge and residents showed washed-out roads, and rivers and creeks that had overflowed their banks.
Officials said emergency crews had to respond to cars that hydroplaned off the road. Street flooding was also seen in the city of Menard itself.
All told, Menard recorded 9.25 inches of rain from the event and the San Saba River crested at 13.25 feet Thursday afternoon.
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More than 9 inches of rain fell in Menard, Texas on Thursday, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Emergency as roads were washed out and creeks to overflowed their banks.
Meanwhile, heavy rain also reached North Texas where Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) recorded 3.95 inches of rain, becoming the city’s wettest November day on record.
Flash Flood Warnings were issued over the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Thursday morning, while Kerr County and other parts of Texas Hill Country dealt with 3 inches of rain that fell in the span of a few hours overnight.
High water slowed traffic on Interstate 30 in Rockwall, Texas during the Thursday morning rush.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott activated state emergency resources on Wednesday morning before storms developed over the region.
Thunderstorms rolled through Weatherford, Texas Thursday morning. Flash Flood Warnings were issued for several North Texas counties Thursday morning.
The same storm system also brought rain and severe weather to the southern Plains, including Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri.
Severe storms brought golf ball-sized hail to areas outside Tulsa, Oklahoma overnight Thursday.
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Golf ball-sized hail in Cleveland, Oklahoma retrieved during severe storms overnight Thursday.
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The storm system moved into the Ohio Valley on Friday bringing a low-level flood threat, as well as some severe thunderstorms to the Tennessee Valley on Friday afternoon.
After a brief lull in the rain Friday, rain chances will return to Texas Hill Country Saturday, according to the NWS.
This graphic shows the flash flood threat.
(FOX Weather)
Through Saturday, a broad shield of 1 to 2 inches of rain is expected from Louisville, Kentucky to Kansas City south into Texas, with heavier local rain amounts up to 2 and 3 inches in southwestern Missouri and Central Texas.
Flooding alerts are active in parts of Junction, Rocksprings & Menard, Texas, as heavy rain created trouble for travelers on the road Thursday.
