As much as 10 inches of rain fell on parts of Southeast Texas Thursday, flooding roadways and hemming up motorists driving through standing water.
Photos and video posted to social media showed a flooded car sales lot and vehicles driving through high water in Beaumont, Texas.
Beaumont Fire Rescue advised motorists to avoid service roads and underpasses covered with high water.
A stretch of the I-10 corridor between Beaumont and Orange, near the Louisiana border, received between 3 and 10 inches of rain.
"An area of energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere overrode a moisture plume that is feeding into the Midwest," weather.com meteorologist Jonathan Belles said. "Where these two features intersected, showers and storms kicked off along the I-10 corridor this afternoon. Without much steering in the lower levels of the atmosphere, these thunderstorms were essentially orphaned and just bobbed around until they could rain themselves out."
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible over the next few days until that moisture plume can move eastward.
BREAKING NEWS | Significant flooding across parts of Beaumont, Orange Co. #flashflood #txwx #setx #Beaumont12newsnow.com/article/weathe…
Cars braving the high flood waters to cross the Eastex Feeder Road onto Gladys. Vehicles are stopped at red light here because smaller vehicles are not wanting to cross. Stick with @12NewsNow tonight at 5 and 6. @PatrickVaughn4 will have the latest! #FlashFlood
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