Heavy rain and floods hit the north of Texas
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Radar imagery shows that locally heavy rain continues to fall near and inland from portions of the Texas coast as of midday Tuesday.
(NEWS: Roads Shut Down as Flooding Slams Texas)
More than a foot of rainfall accumulated near Falfurrias, Texas in a 30-hour period between Monday and Tuesday morning.
Premont, Texas, picked up 11+ inches of rain Monday night through Tuesday morning. However, the rain gauge at that location overflowed, so the precise amount of rain is unknown, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
Alice, Texas, which is about 45 miles west of Corpus Christi, had seen 9 inches of rain on Tuesday as of 10 a.m. CDT.
The flooding has caused road closures in the Alice area and other spots in south Texas.
Flooding has also occurred on the upper Texas coast from heavy rain late Monday and again on Tuesday morning. More than 7 inches of rain has fallen in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area.
Vehicles stalled in Port Arthur due to street flooding Tuesday morning. In nearby Bridge City, floodwaters had reportedly entered some homes, according to an NWS storm report."
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