{"id":455659,"date":"2026-10-03T23:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/455659\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T23:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:10:37","slug":"north-texas-remains-under-flood-watch-due-to-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/455659\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas remains under flood watch due to heavy rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01 - AMM_Rain.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Lightning flashes as a vehicle drives down a flooded street in Fort Worth on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.\" alt=\"Lightning flashes as a vehicle drives down a flooded street in Fort Worth on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Lightning flashes as a vehicle drives down a flooded street in Fort Worth on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                Amanda McCoy<\/p>\n<p>            FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM<\/p>\n<p>    Fort Worth<\/p>\n<p>North Texas will see a continued threat of flooding on Thursday, Oct. 1, as heavy rain falls across the region.<\/p>\n<p>A flood watch is still in effect for much of the Metroplex through 7 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/fwd\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Weather Service Fort Worth<\/a>. Tarrant, Dallas and Denton counties are also under a flash flood warning until 12:30 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Storms will continue moving east across North Texas through Thursday and overnight into Friday. The main threats with this activity will be flooding and strong winds.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n<p>Average rainfall totals through Friday will be between 2\u20134 inches for most areas, with isolated totals of 4\u20136 inches in some areas, according to the NWS.<\/p>\n<p>Rain chances will continue into the weekend with coverage diminishing every day, including 60% on Saturday, Oct. 3, and 20% on Sunday, Oct. 4. By late Sunday, rain chances will come to an end and give way to sunny skies at the top of next week.<\/p>\n<p>Daily highs over the next few days will be between the upper 70s and low 80s.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791069036_488_NWS.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"818\" title=\"NWS.png\" alt=\"Tarrant County is under a flash flood warning until 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, as a storm bringing heavy rain moves across the region, weather officials say.\"\/>                                                                                    Tarrant County is under a flash flood warning until 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, as a storm bringing heavy rain moves across the region, weather officials say.                                                                                                                                                                        National Weather Service                                                                                        Flash flooding safety<\/p>\n<p>Since there\u2019s a potential for flash flooding with these storms, the NWS has shared a few safety tips:<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to have weather warnings set up on your phone.When alerted to a flash flood, get to higher ground immediately.Never enter floodwaters in a vehicle or on foot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published October 1, 2026 at 9:54 AM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791069037_526_BraydenHeadshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Brayden Garcia\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Brayden Garcia is the entertainment reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he mainly writes about how the film and TV industry impacts North Texas, from Taylor Sheridan shows to the Fort Worth Film Commission and everything in between.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lightning flashes as a vehicle drives down a flooded street in Fort Worth on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-455659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455659","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=455659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}