Still reeling from May’s record rainfall, Texas and Oklahoma are preparing for the worst as Tropical Storm Bill is set to make landfall south of Houston today, bringing heavy rains and the risk of even more flooding to the area:
Heaviest rain today/tomorrow will be east of I-35. Flooding likely. #TurnAroundDontDrown #keyewx pic.twitter.com/CqhFtKwQ61
— Jordan Steele (@TVsJordanSteele) June 16, 2015
#TropicalStormBill could bring 'life threatening' flooding to TX today. @JavaheriCNN has your forecast now on #HLN: http://t.co/cKiLMNMja3
— Morning Express with Robin Meade (@MorningExp) June 16, 2015
The track is expected to head up through central Texas, and then swing east toward St. Louis and beyond:
Hello #tropicalstormbill. We've been waiting for you. @myfoxhouston #Houston pic.twitter.com/viMtxIPFm2
— John Dawson (@JohnDawsonFox26) June 16, 2015
#TropicalStormBill is expected to move into Texoma Wednesday evening/Thursday morning dropping up to 4" of rain pic.twitter.com/vBY0BYtwnm
— Megan McClellan (@megank5mem) June 16, 2015
3 day QPF or rainfall from Bill … plenty more as system only gets to Illinois/Indiana by late Thursday pic.twitter.com/3nZ7yD53EN
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) June 16, 2015
#TropicalStormBill forecast to bring locally heavy rains in excess of 10 inches. #flooding pic.twitter.com/2wOwAb5P5F
— CNN Weather Center (@CNNweather) June 16, 2015
Schools are closed today in anticipation of the storm:
List of schools closings in the #Houston area #TropicalStormBill #KPRC2 http://t.co/rnXlOi0Un9 pic.twitter.com/z7VltYys4e
— ?????? ????? (@ScyllaLopez) June 16, 2015
And flash flood warnings are in effect along Bill’s expected track:
#TropicalStormBill forms, Tropical Storm Warnings and Flash Flood Watches in effect for large areas of TX. #flooding pic.twitter.com/EJ3x2N2tjW
— Force Thirteen (@ForceThirteen) June 16, 2015
Stay safe, Texas.
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