Heavy rain led to flash flooding across portions of North Central Texas on the 23rd and 24th, with residual flooding lasting through at least the 25th. Rainfall totals in flood damaged areas ranged from 5 to 21+ inches within a 36 hour period.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Heavy rain led to flash flooding across portions of North Central Texas on the 23rd and 24th, with residual flooding lasting through at least the 25th. Rainfall totals in flood damaged areas ranged from 5 to 21+ inches within a 36 hour period. The highest rainfall totals were in Navarro County which suffered significant damage across the entire county. Flood waters derailed a train north of Corsicana and many county and farm-to-market roads were washed away. The flooding in Navarro County persisted for weeks in areas where the water had a very difficult time draining. Rainfall totals near 20 inches also fell in southern Hill County were many roads were covered with water.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 23, 5:56 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 656 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015 .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z TAFS...COMPLEX SCENARIO INVOLVING THE TIMING OF THE ONSET OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION IS THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN. EARLY THIS MORNING...RAIN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BECOME ISOLATED IN NATURE IN THE IMMEDIATE DFW AREA. WENT AHEAD WITH VCSH IN ALL OF THE DFW AREA TAFS TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. OF GREATER IMMEDIATE CONCERN...IFR CEILINGS ARE IN PLACE OVER KFTW AND KAFW...SEEMINGLY ASSOCIATED WITH A RETREATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY OR COLD POOL FROM YESTERDAY'S THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS OBSERVED JUST SOUTH OF THESE AIRPORTS...ANTICIPATE THAT THE IFR CEILINGS WILL BE SHORT LIVED... SO ONLY HAVE THEM TEMPOED IN THROUGH 13Z. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY THIS MORNING AND AMEND IF IT LOOKS LIKE CIGS WILL NOT IMPROVE AS QUICKLY AS EXPECTED. REMAINDER OF TODAY...MOST MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT RAIN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MOVE BACK TOWARDS THE DFW AREA AFTER NOON. EVERY MODEL OFFERS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SOLUTION...SO SIMPLY WENT WITH A GENERIC VCTS IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. AFTER THE FIRST 6 HOURS OF THE TAFS...THE FORECAST IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON SHORT TERM FORECASTING AND THE RESULTANT AMENDMENTS. VERY STRONG LIFT IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION STARTING THIS EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WE MAY NOT SEE AN APPRECIABLE BREAK IN THE CONVECTION/PRECIPITATION UNTIL A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE DFW AREA AROUND NOON TOMORROW. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY NOT WEAKEN IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT 3-4 HOURS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WE MAY SEE AN END TO THE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION. CAVANAUGH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 441 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015/ .....QUICK OVERVIEW...PRECIPITATION EVENT..... FLASH FLOOD WATCH... NOW INCLUDES ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 7AM SUNDAY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL AREAS... WIDESPREAD TODAY ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA WITH HEAVIEST LIKELY JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE METROPLEX. HEAVIEST RAIN SHIFTS BACK TO THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES. ON SATURDAY...HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES AS WELL DEFINED SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS... ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. ISOLATED 8 TO 10 INCH AMOUNTS. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT... LOW THROUGH SUNDAY. WIND SHEAR REMAINS STRONG SO AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING THREAT... HIGH. WILL INCREASE THROUGH SATURDAY AS MORE RAIN FALLS ON WET GROUNDS. URBAN AREAS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AS RAINS CONTINUE. RIVER FLOODING THREAT... MODERATE. RIVERS ARE NOW STARTING TO RESPOND UPWARD WITH CONTINUED RAIN. SHOULD SEE MORE RUNOFF MAKING IT INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH TONIGHT. .....DISCUSSION..... MAIN CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE THE LOCATION OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A DEPARTING TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH ANOTHER TROUGH APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST. TO THE SOUTH...MAJOR HURRICANE PATRICIA NOW HAS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 200 MPH AND WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATER THIS EVENING IN SOUTHWEST MEXICO. A HURRICANE THIS STRONG HAS A WELL DEFINED MATURE ANTICYCLONE ABOVE THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH EFFICIENTLY EVACUATES AIR OUT OF THE TOP OF THE HURRICANE. THIS IS EVIDENT IN THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AS CLOCKWISE ROTATING BANDS WHICH ALREADY EXTENDS INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THIS FEATURE WILL BECOME IMPORTANT LATER TONIGHT TO HELP ENHANCE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS. THOUGHTS FOR TODAY...ONGOING SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE SHOWED SIGNS OF WEAKENING IN INTENSITY OVER THE LAST HOUR AND THE WELL DEFINED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONVECTION IS NOW RETREATING TO THE NORTHWEST. WINDS IN THE METROPLEX HAVE NOW BECOME SOUTHEAST AND TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED A FEW DEGREES. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE BOUNDARY ITSELF MAY NOT BE AS IMPORTANT IN FOCUSING NEW CONVECTION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. INSTEAD...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE NOSE OF A 35KT LLJ ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ARE SPREADING NORTH-NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED TO THE WEST OF THE METROPLEX IN AN AREA OF MODERATE WARM ADVECTION AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. ITS TOUGH TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE TODAY...BUT MOST OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD SEE ON AND OFF SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION MIGHT BE THE FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES WHERE CONVECTION MAY BE MORE SCATTERED. HIGHEST QPF AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE CWA...WHERE STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION WILL BE PERSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BY TONIGHT...THE LARGE UPPER TROUGH TO THE WEST WILL MOVE INTO WEST TEXAS AND LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION...THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE PATRICIA WILL BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL MEXICO BUT THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH TEXAS. THIS WILL HELP TO GREATLY INCREASE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BE MOVING INTO THE AREA AND SHOULD PROVIDE A GOOD FOCUS FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP. THIS WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE SOMEWHERE ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL COUNTIES FROM GOLDTHWAITE TO FORT WORTH TO BONHAM. THIS AREA COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS THE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST...A WELL DEFINED SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THIS SURFACE LOW WILL DEEPEN DURING THE DAY AND THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY SHIFT SOUTH TOWARD THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER. THIS MEANS THAT WE SHOULD SEE A SOUTHWARD MOVING THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN OUR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES IS LIKELY TO OCCUR LATE IN THE DAY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WHOLE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT WE WILL HANG ON TO SOME POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE APPROACHES THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND THERE MAY BE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO GET SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES DURING THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. DUNN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 78 68 73 60 71 / 100 100 100 60 30 WACO, TX 79 68 75 61 71 / 100 90 100 70 40 PARIS, TX 76 65 73 60 71 / 100 90 80 60 60 DENTON, TX 77 65 71 58 69 / 90 100 90 50 20 MCKINNEY, TX 77 66 72 59 70 / 100 100 90 60 30 DALLAS, TX 78 68 73 61 71 / 100 100 100 70 30 TERRELL, TX 77 67 74 61 70 / 100 100 100 70 50 CORSICANA, TX 79 68 76 63 71 / 90 90 100 80 50 TEMPLE, TX 80 67 74 61 71 / 90 90 100 80 40 MINERAL WELLS, TX 77 64 71 57 70 / 80 100 80 40 20 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 454 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-241000- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 454 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE TO DALLAS TO PARIS. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. AFTER SUNSET...THE CORE OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND REFOCUS A BIT FARTHER NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR A COMANCHE TO FORT WORTH TO COMMERCE LINE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE OF A WIDESPREAD THREAT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 ON SATURDAY. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CAVANAUGH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
827 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN IREDELL 31.98N 97.87W
10/23/2015 M4.85 INCH BOSQUE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 630 AM; IREDELLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
841 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0826 AM HEAVY RAIN HEATH 32.83N 96.45W
10/23/2015 M4.17 INCH ROCKWALL TX PUBLIC
10 HOURS ENDING AT 826 AMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
846 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ARLINGTON 32.73N 97.12W
10/23/2015 M3.31 INCH TARRANT TX CO-OP OBSERVER
RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE REPORT IN SOUTH ARLINGTON 24
HOUR TOTAL THROUGH 7 AM.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1042 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015
TXZ118-119-231630-
DALLAS TX-TARRANT TX-
1042 AM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
TARRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...
AT 1041 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FOREST HILL OR SOUTHEAST FORT WORTH...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO...OR IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALLAS...FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...GRAND PRAIRIE...MESQUITE...
MANSFIELD...DESOTO...CEDAR HILL...DUNCANVILLE...BURLESON...
LANCASTER...BALCH SPRINGS...SEAGOVILLE...CROWLEY...FOREST HILL...
GLENN HEIGHTS...KENNEDALE...EVERMAN...HUTCHINS AND COCKRELL HILL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 51.
INTERSTATE 35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 412 AND 427.
INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 435 AND 485.
INTERSTATE 820 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 35.
INTERSTATE 45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 267 AND 284.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
VERY HEAVY TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE
OF STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3255 9693 3257 9736 3275 9736 3279 9652
3255 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 270DEG 45KT 3266 9727
05/The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:05 UTC.
27 flash flood, 14 flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The southbound lanes of East Loop 820 near Rosedale Street were closed due to high water.
At least 16 roads and intersections had to be closed due to high water in the city of Dallas. According to the local newspaper, some of the roads included Lemmon Ave, Mockingbird Lane between Forest Park Road and Maple Ave, the intersection of Tantor and Luna roads, Merriman Parkway and West Lawther Dr near White Rock Creek, and West Ledbetter Rd. Several high water rescues were needed in the city of Dallas; most of them for stranded cars. Flooding was reported on the first floor of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.
Several streets and roads were closed in Commerce due to flooding.
Significant flash flooding occurred in Navarro County after over a day of heavy rain produced 15-23 inches of rain in the county. The flood waters remained for over a week in many places after the heavy rain event ended. The first reports of flash flooding were received around 1219 PM CDT as several high water rescues were ongoing in Corsicana and one was reported in Powell. Soon after that, flood waters started covering several roads across the county as the heavy rain continued. By 330 PM CDT, it was reported that most FM roads in the county were impassable due to flooding and several streets in Corsicana were closed. Homes and businesses across the county were flooded during this event. Over 100 roads sustained damage or were washed out. Portions of Interstate 45 were closed on the night of the 23rd and again on the 24th. Swift water rescues were needed along portions of Interstate 45. Flood waters resulted in a 64-car train derailment along Business 45 north of Corsicana.
The ASOS measured nearly 10 inches of rain in 15 and a half hours. By 700 AM CDT on the 24th, a COOP observer had measured over 20 inches of rainfall.
A lightning strike started a house fire near Judge Dupree Drive and Gentle River Drive in southeast Oak Cliff. The house sustained significant damage.
The emergency manager reported several county roads near creeks, streams, and low water crossings were flooded but widespread significant flooding was not occurring. Some roads were damaged. However, there were some spots that experienced flash flooding at times and these have been appropriately documented as such under 'Flash Flood' entries.
Northbound Interstate 35 near West was shut down due to high water on the interstate. A few high water rescues were needed in the area as drivers attempted to find alternate routes around the closed highway and got stuck in high water on side roads.
Highway 19 at FM 71 was barricaded due to flood waters.
Major street flooding was reported in Hubbard after several inches of rain fell in a short amount of time. Highway 171 between Hubbard and Coolidge was closed due to water over the road. The rain, often heavy at times, continued for over 24 hours and approximately 15-20 inches or more of rain fell in the area.
Northbound and southbound directions of Interstate 35 between mile markers 314 to 316 were closed due to high water on the interstate.
Several roads were closed in southern Hill County.
Highway 171 between Hubbard and Coolidge was closed due to water over the road. The rain, often heavy at times, continued for over 24 hours and approximately 20 inches or more of rain fell in the Coolidge area and far northern portions of Limestone County.
A foot of water was reported on roads in Streetman and high water was affecting Highway 75 through the town.
Highway 19 at FM 71 remained barricaded due to flood waters.
Parts of the Midlothian ISD Multi-Purpose stadium and the parking lot were flooding.
Flash flooding resulted in over 25 high water rescue calls in Fort Worth. Multiple vehicles were stranded at Hulen Street and Interstate 30, and roads were also closed in North Richland Hills.
The intersection of State Highway 6 and FM 219 was flooded in Clifton. By this time, over 7 inches of rain had fallen since the rain began the morning of the 23rd.
Waco police closed several roads overnight due to flooding. Some high water rescues were needed. Conditions had improved by daybreak.
Multiple high water rescues in Killeen.
The eastbound lanes of Highway 175 were closed near Athens due to flooding. 8-15 inches of rain had already fallen across the county and as the rain continued during the day, county roads started to flood and several were closed due to high water.
Numerous low water crossings were flooded across the county. By 10 am, several county roads were being closed due to high water.
Cowhouse Creek slowly rose after several inches of steady rain fell over the county. The creek waters overflowed Highway 281 south of Hamilton and the road had to be closed.
High water rescues were ongoing near Elm Mott. In addition, at least 10 families along Lincoln City Road were cut off when flood waters overtook the road in the 1400 to 1800 block.
Several roads were covered with water in Temple. Water rescues were ongoing; specifically in Lyons Park.
Numerous county roads were covered in water after several hours of rainfall. Several roads had to be closed due to the high water. Small portions of CR 540 and CR 210 were washed away by flood waters. On CR 210, a driver crashed into what a sinkhole. He was not injured, but the truck was a total loss. The County Commissioner said the road was closed for about two weeks.
Nolan Creek in Belton overflowed flooding nearby areas. Voluntary evacuations were requested at a neighborhood near Spring Street and Interstate 35 due to the rising waters.
Creeks, streams, rivers, and low lying areas were flooded after 5-12 inches of rain fell across the county.
Several roads remained flooded after approximately 5-15 inches of rain fell across the county. Many creeks and streams remained swollen, flooding the areas around them. The left lane of Interstate 35 southbound near Eddy remained closed. In Elm Mott, at least 10 families along Lincoln City Road were cut off for nearly two weeks until flood waters drained. As the lake level continued to rise on the 25th, some county roads near Lake Waco had to be closed due to waters spilling over the roads. The Brazos River at Waco rose over 25 feet, flooding residents along Honey Lane in Downsville southeast of Waco. The water took nearly a week to recede enough to allow residents to return to their homes.
About 10-12 roads remained closed due to flooding in the Temple, Belton, Nolanville, and Harker Heights areas.
Flood waters were reported over a bridge on Highway 287 near Cayuga. High water was also reported on FM 59 north of Cayuga.
Several county roads across the northern portions of the county were covered in water after several hours of rainfall.
Slowly rising waters caused by several inches of steady rain covered a couple of county roads in the southern portions of the county. Highway 110 north of Van was closed for a little time due to water over the road.
The southbound lanes of Highway 287 were closed north of Palestine due to rising flood waters after several inches of rain fell in the area.
Significant flooding continued across Hill County after 7-20 inches of rain fell across the county. Most of the main roads remained open but county roads experienced flooding after many creeks and streams overflowed their banks. The highest rainfall totals and also the greatest flooding impacts were in the southeastern portions of the county around Hubbard and Malone.
Many county roads remained flooded across Bosque County after 8-12 inches of rain fell across the county.
Several streets, roads, and low water crossings remained closed and creeks and streams remained flooded after 5-10 inches of rain fell across the county over a 36 hour period.
Several county roads remained closed due to high waters from flooding after 10-15 inches of rain fell across parts of the county. The heaviest rains fell across the northern half of the county. Many creeks and streams also remained out of their banks flooding surrounding locations. Some roads were still being closed on the morning of the 25th as runoff continued to inundate low-lying areas, creeks, and streams.
Several county roads remained closed after approximately 5-15 inches of rain fell across the county. The heaviest rains fell over the northern half of the county. Some additional roads had to be closed well after the rain had ended as runoff resulted in rising waters in some areas. Many creeks and streams also remained out of their banks flooding surrounding locations.
Several county roads remained closed due to high waters from flooding after 5-13 inches of rain fell across the northern portions of the county. Many creeks and streams also remained out of their banks flooding surrounding locations. Some the flooding was attributed to drainage and runoff from swollen creeks, streams, and rivers located north of the county.
Significant flooding continued across Navarro County for days after over 15-23 inches of rain fell over 2 days. Several county and farm to market roads remained flooded during this time. Even after the Flood Warning expired, some secondary roads remained closed as the water had a difficult time draining in some areas.
Flooding of mainly county roads, creeks, and streams continued across Henderson County after 8-18 inches of rain. The heaviest rainfall totals were in the western portions of the county.
A levee failure on Chambers Creek near Rice where it flows under FM 1126 inundated surrounding farm area.
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