Weather Alert Watch
Minor Flood Advisory

Flood Advisory for Cooke, TX; Grayson, TX; Montague, TX

What: Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. Impacts: Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. Where: Cooke County in north central Texas... Grayson County in north central Texas... Montague County in north...

TXCooke, TX; Grayson, TX; Montague, TX

Official alert brief

WHAT

Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

WHERE

Cooke County in north central Texas... Grayson County in north central Texas... Montague County in north central Texas...

WHEN

Until 700 AM CDT.

IMPACTS

Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

At 514 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated very heavy rain due to thunderstorms moving across the area. Radar estimates rainfall rates as high as 4 inches per hour are occurring with these storms. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen in the past hour. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Sherman, Gainesville, Bowie, Whitesboro, Nocona, Denison, Pilot Point, Van Alstyne, Howe, Pottsboro, Collinsville, Whitewright, Muenster, Gunter, Bells, Tom Bean, St. Jo and Lindsay.

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.