Storms dropping down from Oklahoma brought heavy rain, strong winds and flooding to North Texas.
The line of sub-severe storms brought torrential rainfall and wind gusts up to 50 mph to Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall and Tarrant counties.
The pattern we have been stuck in for the past two weeks is what's called a "northwest flow."
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This is where the upper-level winds (near the jet stream) come from the northwest. This means that when storms develop over the Western High Plains (Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles and western Kansas) they get caught up in the jet stream and are pushed down into our region.
While this pattern has been more active than usual, it's a pattern that's typical for this time of year.
Without a doubt, this has been a very active spring storm season. The almost 10 inches of rain we have received since the start of May has been well above normal, but not enough for a record.
From Jan. 1st through June 4th, the precipitation we've received ranks in the Top 10 for the entire year. Below you can see 2024 ranks in 6th place. For some perspective, typically we average just over 37 inches of precipitation for the entire year.
