Flooding in Texas

[margaritaville]

Stay safe everyone.

[yorkiefan_]

I can't imagine how bad it must be in Houston. I used to live on the southside and any kind of reasonable rain would flood the area. It has been a scary few days in Texas. Saturday I got a tornado warning in my area with 5 minutes advance notice, luckily nothing hit us but it's not a comforting feeling sitting in the middle hallway of the house holding Cookie tight while hearing 1960s air raid sirens going off and air coming in and out under the closed doors. Luckily the San Antonio area escaped bad flooding for the most part but my heart goes out to Houston, Austin, and everywhere along the Blanco River.

[crystalsmom]

Originally Posted by TxVicki

I am so sick of this rain. I wish it would just stop. I know my area DFW has had some flooding. My back yard can't stand to have any more rain. As it is now I have a rain made lake in my yard. LOL they said we have at least 7 more day's of rain in the forecast. ARGGGGGGG

Stay safe Vicki and all of you anywhere near this horrid rain. You are in my prayers. What ever you do, just put off anything that may endanger you, don't take any chances. 7 more days, how dreadful.

[bjh]

It looks like another round of storms might be heading for the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and other parts of Texas. I sure hope everyone stays safe. We have not had any rain here since yesterday morning so I am thankful for that.

[Maximo]

I am thinking of all of you in Texas, praying you stay safe. We are watching the coverage on the Weather Channel. The pictures and video are heartbreaking.

[TxVicki]

Originally Posted by bjh

It looks like another round of storms might be heading for the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and other parts of Texas. I sure hope everyone stays safe. We have not had any rain here since yesterday morning so I am thankful for that.

ARGGGG I just saw that on the new's. Heck last night it just sat over us here in the Fort Worth area for about 3hrs and wasn't moving. Damn I just want it to go away.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Here it comes again. Red, green & yellow blobs headed this way on weather maps. Time for Tibbe to start growling and bark-wooing at the thunder until I. He thinks he can scare it off I'm pretty sure. Seems like lately the bad storms always hit during evening TV programming extending right into bedtime, so whatever movie or show is on broadcast TV is either pre-empted with our over-eager weathermen all over the screen making dire statements or wind and thunder keeping us up half the night. I know it's probably just my antsy state of mind at the time but I swear they seem to enjoy talking up the danger they say we're all in just to keep us glued to the screen.

Everybody in the flood/storm zones, please stay safe tonight. We're praying for you all and ourselves.

[yorkiefan_]

Wow, that is a nasty storm about to slam into DFW. Heavy rain all way from Big Bend up past Wichita Falls and into Oklahoma. Stay safe everyone in North Texas.

[TxVicki]

Originally Posted by yorkiefan_

Wow, that is a nasty storm about to slam into DFW. Heavy rain all way from Big Bend up past Wichita Falls and into Oklahoma. Stay safe everyone in North Texas.

Yep just looked at the Radar. Going to slammed in the next hour. Gotta get the doggies out to pee. LOL

[yorkiefan_]

Originally Posted by TxVicki

Yep just looked at the Radar. Going to slammed in the next hour. Gotta get the doggies out to pee. LOL

Well crap, looks like that huge line is hitting San Antonio too in 3-5 hours or so. I hope it breaks up before Houston though, they sure don't need it right now. Austin too, but they're 100% getting hammered by this line.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Woke me up 30 mins. or so ago thundering, lightening, raining cats and dogs and there looks to be training all the way down to the Mexico border. It's been a real storm, loud and heavy. DallasPD using the word numerous to describe number of high water incidents they are dealing with. Power outages are being reported.

[yorkietalkjilly]

We've got an area of intense rain just hanging over us East - Northeast of Dallas - it's not moving along with rest of storms, just keeps reforming and hanging in place. The rain is heavy and constant still. Amazing amount of water coming down. Even the fire rescue personnel are reporting getting stuck in high water. Johnson County having a bad time of it. Cars stranded in high water everywhere. Streets being closed. DFW Scanner reports too many vehicles stuck in water to report just now. Guy on radio just said all streets in Plano,Tx. had water levels over his hood!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Just checked my weather radar and the red peninsula of storm stuck over our area is finally letting up and beginning to move norht-northeast but still here - just lighter. Never seen a storm just sit over this area so long.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Just heard a Dallas Fire Engine report they couldn't make their call, "We're being blocked by high water everywhere we go" so Dispatch said they'd give their call to another Engine. They are repeatedly calling for some Engine 6. It finally answered, can see the car they were being called about but said busy just up the road from it with a rescue in process. Yet another truck at NW Highway & Garland Rd. reported they can't make their call, that they have multiple cars stuck in their area and they need Dallas PD there, too.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Dispatch keeps asking various Engines in the area if they can see a red car and no one can. Wonder what that is?

Twitter showing multiple shots of 4-5 foot deep water in various underpasses in Dallas right now, some with cars stranded in them.

Just reported to Engines "we have a train still coming that they are notifying to try to shut it down".

Engine stalled out at Sylvia & Gus Thomasson. This is just one I've heard stuck in water itself. Mutliple wrecks reported, one just pulled victims out of the wreckage.

Peavy & Encicada or something like that is a person out of the car in the water they are stopping to retrieve on their way to another call. Yikes - pretty bad here.