00:00Flash flooding returns to Texas late this week in the early next week.
00:05We're going to see rounds of rain and thunderstorms and some severe weather.
00:10In that dark green area, that's the highest potential of seeing multiple inches of rain with an AccuWeather local storm
00:18acts of over a foot.
00:21Ironically, this is an area that does need the rain.
00:25Take a look at the drought monitor. You can see the dry ground from Texas and into the southern Plains
00:30states.
00:31However, what is occurring does happen a lot.
00:34What am I talking about? We go from droughts to floods.
00:38We typically see that in three main areas, California, Florida and Texas.
00:45Often, extreme dry spells transition to heavy rainfall.
00:49What happens is the dry ground becomes hydrophobic, meaning the rain that falls doesn't absorb through the ground, but runs
00:58off.
00:59And that makes the flash flooding even worse.
01:02It's called short-term pain for long-term gain.
01:06Flash flooding typically impacts smaller areas over a short period, while droughts are more widespread, lasting longer and causing greater
01:15economic damage.
01:17All droughts end in floods, especially in Texas.
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