Irving neighbors help one another after fallen trees block roads, land on homes

There were numerous reports of flash flooding and high water areas across North Texas on Thursday afternoon, as heavy rains continued falling across the area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dallas Fire-Rescue crews were responding to numerous high water incidents, and there were also reports of flash flooding and high water in Collin County as well.

Collin, Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Wise counties were under a flash flood warning until at least 4:30 p.m.

While only one thunderstorm in the area was considered severe — and moving east through Kaufman County to the east of Dallas — the rest of the storms were dumping heavy rain across North Texas.

The rains Thursday followed what’s been a series of thunderstorms and rain across the region over the last week.

Several reports of high water were being responded to in the North Dallas area, though the heavy rains were widespread across the area.

As of 1:30 p.m., several highways and ramps were closed due to high water, including Interstate 35E and Market Center and U.S. 175 and Loop 12. Our crew from WFAA saw high water along White Rock Creek near Interstate 635.

It’s the kind of wake-up call no one wants. Trees were cracking, breaking, slamming onto, and sometimes into roofs.

“My room’s right there in the corner. We could hear a big thud, and I was just like, ‘Get in the center of the house,’” said Andrea Duran.

Andrea’s dad climbed up on the roof in the middle of the storm, trying to put a tarp over the hole a tree punched.

“We got very lucky here,” she said.

Could that luck run out? Right after the rain stopped, the wind came. The leaves were catching it, and you could hear cracking branches.

One home had a tremendous limb hanging on by a thread over the roof. As the day wore on, the trees fell one way or another as homeowners got out their chainsaws.

Ron Knott’s home could barely be seen because of all the large tree branches in his front yard, but he left it and spent his time chopping and clearing the road so cars could get in and out and helping his neighbors clean their yards.

Ron Knott, an Irving resident, speaks with NBC 5’s Wayne Carter about cleaning up the damages to his property and his neighbors’ properties after a rough storm ripped through North Texas early Monday morning.
“No one’s doing anything, so why not help? It’s my neighborhood, try to do what you do to take care of your neighbors,” said Knott.

Texas Sky Ranger flew over creeks, lakes and areas with high water on Tuesday afternoon after days of rain raised water levels.

A River Flood Warning is in effect for nine North Texas counties including Denton, Collin, Hunt, Dallas, Rockwall, Navarro, Henderson, Anderson and Wood. To learn more about each warning, visit our Weather Alerts page here.

The upcoming week will be unsettled with daily storm chances. Some storms may be severe, but heavy rain could become a larger threat as much of North Texas could receive three to five inches of rain between this evening and Sunday. unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb unb

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