{"id":273499,"date":"2026-04-30T21:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273499\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:12:10","slug":"texas-faces-flood-risk-through-friday-as-stormy-weather-drags-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273499\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas faces flood risk through Friday as stormy weather drags on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">A weather pattern that has resulted in dangerous storms in parts of Texas this week will continue through at least Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">NOAA\u2019s Weather Prediction Center has placed parts of south-central and eastern Texas in a Level 2 out of 4 risk zone for flooding as several systems work together to produce soggy weather.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Forecasters predict a large swath of up to 3 inches of rain across much of central and eastern Texas. Some isolated spots could see as much as 5 inches of rain.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/img_0053-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The rain forecast for the southern U.S. through May 2, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">The rain forecast for the southern U.S. through May 2, 2026.  (China say self-confessed spy seeking asylum is fraudster)<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Flood Watches have been issued throughout the heart of the state, covering cities such as Midland, Del Rio, San Antonio. Austin, Huntsville and Houston.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/texas-flood-map.jpg\" alt=\"Flood alerts have been issued in Texas.\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Flood alerts have been issued in Texas.  (China say self-confessed spy seeking asylum is fraudster)<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">While no one wants to see flooding, the rain is badly needed as 80% of Texas is in some form of drought. The worst drought is being reported in parts of southern Texas and in the Big Bend region.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/texas-flood-map.jpg\" alt=\"The Texas drought monitor as of April 30, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">The Texas drought monitor as of April 30, 2026.  (China say self-confessed spy seeking asylum is fraudster)<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story comes from NOAA and FOX Weather.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/weather\/severe-weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Severe Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A weather pattern that has resulted in dangerous storms in parts of Texas this week will continue through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4375,27,29,28,216,393,172],"class_list":["post-273499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-severe-weather","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}