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Flash flooding in North Texas leaves some drivers stranded
DALLAS – Whereas most North Texans have been asleep, many locations obtained very heavy rain – in some circumstances greater than 8 inches in just a few hours. Downtown Dallas and East Dallas have been hit particularly arduous.
Flooding introduced visitors to a standstill on Malcolm X Boulevard close to Interstate 30, east of Downtown. A number of automobiles and vans ended up caught within the water. Drivers needed to get out and look ahead to assistance on the aspect of the street.
The water has since receded some however remains to be harmful elsewhere.
Drivers stranded on flooded streets in Downtown Dallas
The streets of Downtown Dallas have been plagued by paper and particles early Monday morning. It seems, that was from flooding in a single day.
Close to Baylor College Medical Middle, the water got here as much as the home windows of some automobiles. Even one ambulance gave the impression to be caught within the water. There have been no experiences of accidents.
Flooding made driving almost unimaginable for many individuals in Fort Value late Sunday night time, particularly close to College and Camp Bowie roads on the southwest aspect.
One girl stated throughout heavy rain the water rapidly got here as much as her automobile home windows.
“It locked, the automobile shut down. It set itself on park. We tried to get it out. We tried to push it out,” Daniela Gonzalez stated. “All of the water got here speeding in, so we needed to sort of swim out the automobile, grabbed our belongings. All our footwear are gone.”
Flash Flood Warning issued for Dallas County
Flash Flood Warning issued for Dallas County
FOX 4 Meteorologist Evan Andrews talks about how a lot rain has already fallen and the way far more you’ll be able to count on all through the day.
FOX 4 Meteorologist Evan Andrews stated issues have been fairly scary between 2 and 4 a.m. Issues have gotten a little bit bit higher since then however there’s nonetheless rain within the forecast.
In line with the Nationwide Climate Service, a Flash Flood Warning remains to be in impact for Dallas County by way of 8 a.m. A warning for Ellis County is predicted to run out round 7:15 a.m.
There’s additionally nonetheless heavy rain falling east of Dallas close to Kaufman and Rockwall counties. And the again fringe of the system may nonetheless drop a number of inches of rain throughout North Texas all through the morning.
The heavy rain will shift south within the afternoon, after which will probably be patchier.
The excessive temperature could not even attain 80 levels for the day.
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DFW Airport, Love Discipline cancelations
Greater than 100 flights are canceled at DFW Airport as of 6 a.m. Monday. That’s about 6% of the day’s flights. One other 400 or 21% are delayed.
At Love Discipline, about three dozen flights have been canceled. That’s about 11%. A couple of extra are delayed.