A dangerous, life-threatening flash flooding event is unfolding Thursday as torrential storms pound the already-soaked South.
Mary Gilbert, Brandon Miller and Taylor Ward, CNN MeteorologistsTower cameras show Houston's skyline during a Tornado Watch and severe storms, when the sky turned so dark, it looked like nighttime.
Texas and Louisiana have been in the bull's-eye of seemingly unrelenting rounds of torrential, flooding downpours since the start of April. Rainfall in the waterlogged area over the last two weeks is over 600% of what's typical, according to the WPC. A large cluster of thunderstorms moving into the region Thursday afternoon brought with it a flash flood threat from the heavy downpours in addition to the severe storm dangers in the strongest cells. A couple of tornadoes could spawn, scattered damaging wind gusts are likely to reach 70 mph and there may be isolated hail up to 2 inches in diameter.
Rainfall rates up to 3 inches per hour are possible in the heaviest storms, which could lead to life-threatening flash flooding, according to the WPC. Damaging winds, hail and a couple of tornadoes are also possible.
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