Eagle Pass engulfed by overnight flooding; residents seeking shelter
EAGLE PASS, Texas -- Residents in Maverick County were evacuated from their homes and rescued from rooftops in the middle of the night as flood waters crept back up hours after low-lying areas were already swamped by heavy rains.
On Saturday morning, families waited anxiously as the Department of Public Safety, Border Patrol agents and local authorities continued rescuing residents from their homes and rooftops.
The Maverick County Sheriff's Office said no deaths have been reported, although some livestock drowned in the flood.
The mandatory evacuation was called in around 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
Maverick County and surrounding border counties have been dealing with flooding since Friday morning. The rain subsided on Friday afternoon but picked back up into the evening, dumping 10.71 inches on Eagle Pass since 10 p.m. Friday night, according to the National Weather Service.
More at http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/211683921.html .
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I watched a different report from a Corpus Christi television station and the bulk of the showers were roughly along the I-35 line between Laredo and San Antonio. Areas towards the west of I-35 already had 6-7 inches of rain as of 6 p.m. last night.
While it is disturbing that all that rain fell at one time, the reservoirs along the Rio Grande and Nueces rivers have reached very low levels. Hopefully, the rain in those watersheds might avert some water shortages later this summer. 
It's the fault of all those sinners in Odessa (at least that's what the people in Midland say)!
is why go to church if you're NOT a sinner?
So go out Friday and Saturday night to give a good reason to be in a pew on Sunday!
you can tell the real desert dwellers by the way we measure rain in 100ths
we just got 42/100 this afternoon and I can't believe I am announcing it in the TEXAS group! 
You are even encouraged to bash our governor, our senators, our AG, a sizable number of our congressional representatives and a quite a few other politicians--just don't bash our state. At times it can get as hot as hell or as dry as ashes, but there are plenty of things that we love here also.
I'm glad that you had some rain in your area and please give MFM a hello for us too.
but I remember back in 1979 when TS Claudette flooded the little town of Alvin with a record 42-45" in 24 hours! I remember how that happened, too, other than Claudette making it onto the coast and stalling for days.
We had three straight days of medium to heavy rain. On the fourth day, it was a literal downpour for a full day. Normally, a few hours of downpour will flood Houston. This lasted the entire day. I think that part started in the late morning hours and didn't let up until almost the next day. We lost our last surviving post oak overnight because it was a major leaner, and the ground saturated enough for it's roots to lose their hold. Luckily, it only crushed the fence and even missed the a/c unit 