VIDEO: Texan Drives Car Through Overflowing Creek
Texas has been getting torrential rain and over the past few days and flooding is happening through most of East Texas. We are seeing many videos pop up on our social feeds of people attempting to cross covered roadways. Turn around, don't drown!
According to click2houston.com, yesterday alone, Huntsville received over 12 inches of rain and Lewisville received almost 11 inches of rain. Here is a video from College Station posted to TikTok by accuweather. She was able to get out of her car and get to safety.
@accuweather "What Are You Doing?!" A motorist drove through a flooded parking lot and directly into a creek hidden by the water in College Station, Texas. This is why it is important to remember, 'TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN.' #flood #flooding #weather #texas #driving #fyp ♬ original sound - AccuWeather
This brings back memories of the massive flood in 1998. It seems just like yesterday! The one image that has stayed with me is the cow standing on the rooftops in Cuero that made National Media. If you remember back, 30-plus inches of rain fell upriver in San Marcos and New Braunfels, which caused the Guadalupe River to crest at a historic high that has not been seen since.
The Guadalupe crested in Victoria at 33.85 feet at 2 p.m. that Tuesday afternoon, October 20, 1998. The flood stage is 21 feet. While those numbers were high, Cuero had it much worse. The Guadalupe River in Cuero crested at 49.8 feet in Cuero, flood stage is 20 feet.
A LOOK BACK TO THE FLOOD 98
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