By Katie Starr, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist
June 20,2015; 9:26PM,EDT
As once-Tropical Storm Bill made landfall in eastern
Texas, copious amounts of rainfall accompanied it, causing an already
saturated south-central United States to flood.
The storm had the largest effect on Texas and Oklahoma into Tuesday
and Wednesday as flood waters rose, power lines were downed and roads
became impassable. On Wednesday night, massive flooding occurred in
Davis, Oklahoma. A rockslide occurred in the same area on Thursday,
closing portions of Interstate 35. The National Weather Service recorded
a whopping 12.53 inches of rain in Healdton, Oklahoma.
As Bill lashed the Plains, the Southeast continued to simmer in
near-record heat. Record highs were set in several locations, including
Columbia, South Carolina, where the temperature hit 101 F Wednesday,
breaking the previous daily record from 1944. Midweek AccuWeather
RealFeel® Temperatures soared to 115 F in Dothan, Alabama, 109 F in
Gainesville, Florida, and 107 F in Charlotte, North Carolina.
After India sweltered in deadly heat at the beginning of June, they
have now entered into Monsoon season. While the rainfall caused flooding
in some areas, it also brought much-needed relief to suppress the heat
and quench dryness. Upwards of 10 inches of rain fell in just five days
in several cities across the country.
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