Now that the heaviest rains are beginning to exist the Metroplex as they move east, I will send a brief update on tonight’s severe weather impacts. Only a few reports of high winds around the area, none of them reporting any damage so far. Several large hail reports in Parker, Tarrant, Denton and Cooke counties. One report of lightning striking a home in Trenton, 30 miles NE of Frisco, though damage is unknown at this time. Flooding impacts however are notable… several high water rescues have been reported in Fort Worth due to flooding rains stranding motorists or entering houses. Extreme north Collin county shows an estimated 6.24 inches of rainfall in the last 5 hours! The city of Celina, just 12 miles north of Frisco is embedded in a swath of the heaviest rains, reporting flood waters entering houses as well. There are also some road closures due to high waters south, and west of McKinney.
Attached is rainfall estimates since 6:22pm Sunday 10/25. You can see the area 2.5 miles north of Weston, or extreme north Collin and south Grayson counties showing up to 6.24 inches of rain. This is a result of several thunderstorms training across this area. Frisco by comparison is estimated around 1.17 inches, and only 19 miles south of the heaviest rainfall.
