Flash Floods Hit North Texas, Alabama

Zain Haidar
Published: April 13,2015



 
Heavy rain has descended on the South and the Gulf Coast, bringing localized flash flooding to both north and west Texas and stranding a handful of drivers on impassable roads.
"Impulses of upper-level energy combined with plenty of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will keep the South unsettled through the end of the week. As a result, the threat of localized flooding will continue in parts of the region where rain or thunderstorms persist in any one location for too long," weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce said.

Flooding at an intersection in Fort Worth, Texas.
(Twitter/Fort Worth Police)

(FORECAST: Heavy Rain, Flash Flood Threat for the Gulf Coast, South This Week)

Texas

ABC 8 reports that Fort Worth roads started flooding Monday morning and rescue crews were dispatched to save drivers in submerged vehicles across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
At the University of North Texas in Denton, eyewitnesses say they saw dumpsters picked up by floodwaters and carried across an intersection.
In Saginaw, a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, flash floods submerged local roads, as captured on Twitter:

Ramon Garcia @txsharker

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@TXThunderTruck @NBCDFWWeather @RickMitchellWX flooding in Saginaw by the rodeo arenas

12:10 PM - 13 Apr 2015

Oncor reports that over 2,000 customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex lost power by mid-morning.
A United Airways flight made a hard landing in rainy weather at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, before sliding into muddy grass off the runway.

Drew Karedes        ✔ @DrewKaredesKHOU

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United 1545 passengers arriving from Las Vegas tell me aircraft skidded into grass & then tilted toward side #khou11

8:53 AM - 13 Apr 2015

The National Weather Service says that portions of Highway 385 in west Texas were closed around noon because of flooding, and in Midland, Texas, at least one vehicle was stranded by the rain.

Alabama

Mobile, Alabama, saw its fair share of flooding Monday morning, and, as AL.com reports, heavy rain led the sewer system to overflow across the city.
On top of the rain, lightning struck a major water main in Mobile last night, cutting off water service to local businesses and flooding roads in South Mobile County.

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Bellingrath Rd flooding in South Mobile County. #mobwx #alwx

12:30 PM - 13 Apr 2015

Florida 

In Macclenny, Florida, a woman and her daughter were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after lightning struck near the pair, First Coast News says.
That same lightning strike caused a structure to catch fire, but no word is out on other impacts.
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