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Monday, November 11, 2024

Floods, Winter Weather Expected in Oklahoma and Texas

Flood warnings and watches remain in effect in much of central Oklahoma and north-central Texas amid ongoing storms, according to the National Weather Service. Several rivers were overrunning their banks in parts of the region Friday morning as rain and thunderstorms were forecast to continue into the weekend, the agency said. In eastern Colorado and New Mexico and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, blizzard warnings were in effect for the weekend. As much as 10 inches of snow are forecast for parts of the panhandles as long as temperatures stay low enough. Prolonged rain rather than snow will promote melting of existing snowfall, limiting new accumulations to only a few inches or less, with lesser impacts, the agency said. Any locations that are able to stay as snow longer before precipitation ends could see 5 to 10 inches of new accumulations and increased impacts.