Authorities are warning motorists to stay away from rising waters.
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Search and rescue crews in Tarrant County, Texas fought with the high, running water. Two people were rescued, but the third person’s body was recovered Friday morning near Mansfield, about 18 miles southeast of Fort Worth, sheriff’s spokesman Tim Jones said.
As sheriff’s deputy Krystal Salazar attempted to assist the motorist, she was swept away by rushing floodwaters before being rescued.
“The deputy had to make a split decision”, Grisham said. “The water was moving too rapidly”. “It took the vehicle and her and the deputy and the occupant of the auto into the creek and downstream”. “At that point, we lost contact with all of them”.
Firefighters were waiting for waters to recede before continuing their search for the missing vehicle and woman, Grisham said.
Grisham said Salazar has worked on patrol for two-and-a-half years and has been “successful in every department she’s been in” in her five years with the county sheriff’s office. And there’s much, much more on the way: The National Weather Service says North Texans should see, on average, another four to six inches of rain between today and Sunday night, when we should begin to dry out.
A total 55.23 inches of rain has been recorded at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport this year, topping the annual rainfall record of 53.54 inches set in 1991.
Flooding caused police to shut down FM 2499 near the Grapevine Mills Mall Friday, reports The Dallas Morning News.
Temperatures should continue to fall throughout the day, which means it will be wet and cold for the 6:30 p.m. kickoff of the TCU-Baylor football game at Amon G. Carter Stadium. In addition to north-central Texas, areas of southeastern Oklahoma and western and northern Arkansas are at risk for flash flooding.
Dallas-Fort Worth broke Friday’s rain record in just hours.
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But it won’t be anything like that here, Stalley said, with low temperatures Saturday morning expected to be 38 degrees.
