Storms Not Taking A Break In East Texas
(Staff Photo By Jaime R. Carrero)
UNDER WATER: City Park at the corner of Gentry Parkway and Broadway Avenue was completely flooded after torrential rains came through Smith County on Wednesday.
Heavy rains pelted parts of East Texas Wednesday, causing power outages, minor flooding and frightening dogs early Wednesday morning.
The rain, which continued on and off throughout Wednesday, is expected to continue today.
Local weather observer Dr. Bob Peters said most of the rain fell between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., at around 1.5 inches per hour.
Tyler’s two-day storm total was 3.02 inches and 3.22 inches at Tyler Pounds Regional Airport.
Shreveport, however, got drenched. The city was pounded with 10.50 inches of water at 4.46 inches per hour, a record amount of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.
Tyler Fire Department firefighters helped removed several stalled vehicles from rising waters during the Wednesday commute, but most of the rain waters had subsided by noon. Smith County Volunteer Firefighters were also busy with downed trees and stranded motorists in the county.
Peters said the area can expect around 1 to 2 inches of rain Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning.
He explained there were no major flash floods in Tyler because the rainfall did not reach the flash flood guidance value.
“Ours is about 1 inch an hour and we didn’t have that,” he said. “We will not have serious water problems tonight or tomorrow morning.”
Peters added the storms coming through the area early Thursday are expected to move much faster than Wednesday morning’s.
Longview also suffered from some rising waters.
“They exceeded that guidance twice once last night and once again this morning so they had flooding,” Peters said.
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