{"id":105361,"date":"2024-04-29T12:03:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T12:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-in-parts-of-texas-louisiana-as-rain-soaks-region\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T12:03:28","slug":"severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-in-parts-of-texas-louisiana-as-rain-soaks-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-in-parts-of-texas-louisiana-as-rain-soaks-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe thunderstorm watch in effect in parts of Texas, Louisiana, as rain soaks region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-04-29\/ABC_42924_WxMap.jpg\" alt><figcaption>ABC News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; A line of strong thunderstorms is pushing through Louisiana and southeastern Texas on Monday, making for a stormy morning from Houston, Texas, to Jackson, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for the area until 9 a.m. CT on Monday. Flash flood warnings are also in effect along the line of storms. About 1 to 3 inches of rain has already fallen, with an additional 1 to 3 inches possible before the rain stops.<\/p>\n<p>The storms in the region on Monday follow a weekend of severe weather, including strong deadly tornadoes in the heartland.<\/p>\n<p>More than 130 tornadoes have been reported since Thursday in what amounts to a multi-day severe tornado outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The strongest tornadoes to have been surveyed so far have been in Sulphur and Marietta, Oklahoma, both of which were initially recorded as &#8220;at least&#8221; EF3 twisters, with winds up to 165 mph, the National Weather Service said. Those ratings may increase depending on further investigation, NWS said.<\/p>\n<p>Another tornado with winds stronger than 135 mph was reported in Holdenville, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>Elba and Douglas County, Nebraska, were also both struck by tornadoes over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Winds estimated to be up to about 145 mph demolished a well built metal structure and damaged a farm home in Elba. Another tornado with \u201cat least EF3 damage\u201d tore through Douglas County, according to the National Weather Service, with further detail expected to be released Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of southeastern Kansas are under a Flood Warning where up to 9&#8243; of rain fell overnight. Roads are reportedly impassible, including two U.S. Highways.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News (NEW YORK) &#8212; A line of strong thunderstorms is pushing through Louisiana and southeastern Texas on Monday, making for a stormy morning from Houston, Texas, to Jackson, Mississippi. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for the area until 9 a.m. CT on Monday. Flash flood warnings are<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-in-parts-of-texas-louisiana-as-rain-soaks-region\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}