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We’re still in the middle of the summer vacation season, and many families are still planning trips to other parts of the state. People making such plans should remember that Mother Nature can be a capricious old dame.
Just days after forecasters announced that they expect this summer’s storm season to be calmer than normal, a major system prompted Gov. Greg Abbott to issue a weather emergency regarding possible flash flooding for most of the state.
The area of concern includes the Rio Grande Valley, as well as major cities including Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. The system passed had over Louisiana, where 6 inches of rain fell in four hours in the Shreveport area, causing flash flooding there and in Bossier City.
As it moved into our state, meteorologists issued flood watches Monday across central and southwest Texas, from San Angelo to Austin and down to Del Rio and other parts of the Rio Grande. The chance of rain is high in the Valley throughout the rest of the week. The Weather Prediction Center, an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says the threat is the result of a stalled front over the state clashing with moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, creating clusters of storms that could produce as much as 6 inches of rain per hour — even as much as 10 inches per hour in some isolated areas.
The system could bring some areas a year’s worth of rainfall this week alone.
That might be good news for farmers and others who have endured chronic dry conditions and hope to see flows and reservoir holdings in the Rio Grande replenished from their current low levels.
The alerts should serve as a reminder that people making plans to travel, whether on an extended trip to North Texas entertainment parks or a concert in San Antonio or Houston, should check weather and road conditions before they hit the road.
Fortunately, many people enjoy making use of phone and computer apps that can provide a wealth of information including directions to the destination to traffic conditions. Many, however, don’t access those programs until they’re in the car and on their way. They might not know about flooded conditions along their route until they’re already on the road.
Checking those conditions before starting their trip could help people decide if they need to change their route or leave home later.
It’s worth remembering that flooding doesn’t only cause the immediate threat of high water. It also carries debris along its path, causing obstructions that not only can be hidden under the water, but continue to block roadways after the water recedes.
No one wants to see bad weather ruin a trip that had been planned, and possibly partially funded beforehand. However, it’s safer to adjust or even delay those plans — or even forgo them if necessary — rather than take unnecessary risks. After all, trips can be rescheduled. Tragedies can’t.
People planning to travel this week should monitor weather conditions and forecasts, and look for alerts that could affect their plans at their destinations, as well as key points along the way.
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