The National Weather Service Has issued a Flood Watch in effect through 7 a.m. Tuesday morning for Hopkins, Delta, Rains, Hunt and a number of counties in Northeast and North Texas.
Multiple rounds of showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday. Rainfall amounts in the Flood Watch area will average between 3 and 5 inches with isolated 7 inch amounts possible.
A flood watch means that conditions are favorable for heavey rain which may lead to flooding of low lying areas and locations along creeks, streams, and rivers.
