Bill Dumps Flooding Rains Across North Texas, South-Central Oklahoma

By Mark Leberfinger, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer

June 17,2015; 11:12PM,EDT

 

 

Tropical Storm Bill dropped a much smaller amount of rain on Tuesday across a wide area of eastern Texas before dumping inundating rainfall in North Texas and south-central Oklahoma on Wednesday.
Bill, now a tropical depression, has slowed down after making landfall Tuesday morning, AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Frank Strait said.
"That helped keep rainfall totals from being so extreme over such a large area," Strait said. "But Bill is moving slower now and will slow down more, so that is leading to more rain in North Texas and especially Oklahoma."

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As much as 9 inches of rain had fallen on Wednesday in south-central Oklahoma, according to Mesonet. Up to 11 inches of rain fell in Texas.
A bull's-eye of rain was centered around Newport, Ardmore, Burneyville, Madill and Ringling, Oklahoma.

24-Hour Rainfall Totals from Tropical Storm Bill (As of 8:20 p.m. CDT Wednesday)

Location	Rainfall (inches)
Alice, Texas	8.58
Newport, Oklahoma	8.29
Montague, Texas	8.11
Alvord, Texas	6.62
Ardmore, Oklahoma	6.45
Bowie, Texas	5.96

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Flooding occurred as Bill moved ashore at Matagorda Island, Texas, early Tuesday.
Numerous roads were closed in eastern Texas as a result of the flooding. It also forced schools across the region to cancel summer classes for the day.

Bill also generated high winds that knocked down trees and power lines. As many as 13,000 eastern Texas customers were without lights on Tuesday.
CenterPoint Energy crews work to restore power after a power line fell on Highway 60 due to high winds from Tropical Storm Bill on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in Wharton, Texas. (AP Photo/Patric Schneider)
Port Lavaca Mayor Jack Whitlow surveys damage to a park pier as Tropical Storm Bill passes over, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in Port Lavaca, Texas. The storm came ashore shortly before noon along Matagorda Island with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)