One dead in San Antonio as rounds of heavy rain raise dangerous flooding concerns across Texas, Gulf Coast

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – San Antonio constabulary accidental a antheral died aboriginal Friday aft being recovered successful precocious h2o adjacent an intersection by San Pedro Creek. 

The unidentified antheral was pronounced dormant astatine the country aft being pulled ashore, according to the San Antonio Police Department. An probe into the incidental is ongoing. 

FLORIDA BRACES FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS, POTENTIAL TORNADO THREAT

This comes arsenic much rainfall is connected the mode successful Texas, spreading on the Gulf Coast and extending flooding concerns into the weekend.

Already soaked areas successful cardinal and confederate Texas and on the Gulf Coast volition proceed to spot heavy rain done the weekend, continuing Flood Watches crossed impacted areas.

(Robert Ray / FOX Weather)

Expected rainfall totals betwixt 2 to 4 inches are expected, with localized amounts approaching 6 inches done Friday evening. The menace country includes Houston and Austin, and extends westbound toward Midland, wherever runoff could pb to unsafe flooding. 

On Friday, a level 2/4 flash flood hazard is successful spot from eastbound Texas done Mississippi and on the Gulf Coast.

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Dangerous flash flooding tin make arsenic converging winds gully moisture from the Gulf and rainfall sum increases, with wide flash flooding threatening the I-10 corridor from San Antonio to Houston and surrounding suburbs.

The menace is expected to grow eastward into Louisiana by Friday day and proceed into aboriginal Saturday.

In these areas, terrible storms are possible, with damaging winds and ample hail serving arsenic the main threat. 

People basal on the roadside adjacent submerged vehicles successful the flooded work roadworthy of IH-2 during a dense downpour connected Thursday, June 21, 2018, successful McAllen, Texas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News) (Photo by Smiley N. Pool/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

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By Saturday, terrible storms volition go apt crossed northbound Florida and confederate Georgia.

While Texas has seen rounds of rainfall implicit the past week, different parched areas successful the Southeast seeing immoderate of the astir terrible drought conditions successful the state volition spot immoderate much-needed rainfall.

At present, 100% of Arkansas is successful drought, with much than 90% of the authorities classified arsenic terrible to exceptional drought.

Year to date, Little Rock has a rainfall shortage of astir 8 inches—one of its driest starts connected record—while akin shortfalls are affecting Memphis, which is 9 inches beneath average, and Nashville, which is 7 inches beneath average.

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Through the weekend, a wide 2–3 inches of rainfall is expected from Texas to South Carolina. 

Within this zone, a ample swath of 3–5 inches is forecast from cardinal Texas done Mississippi, with isolated totals exceeding 5 inches.