ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith explains the weather pattern that led to the catastrophic flooding event in central Texas ...

Tuesday brings a chance for rain once in the morning as a weakening line of storms pushes into the region from the northwest.

As the rain stalled over Central Texas, the rate of rainfall reached four inches an hour at times. The rate of rainfall (how much rain falls in a given time period) and the fact that the rain never ...

“It’s like a low-level jet stream that can bring damaging winds, and that’s something we’re concerned about being a possibility,” said AccuWeather meteorologist Heather Zehr.

Then three warm, sunny, thunder-free days Tuesday, Wednesday and much of Thursday before the next threat of storms on the 4th of July. Probably not an all-day rain, but Friday puddle potential is high ...

Some models do have low-level jet winds topping out around 45 knots, which is sufficient for organized severe weather. However, that doesn't seem very likely for us. ...