A Flood Advisory is in effect for parts of North Texas, and authorities said high water has impacted several areas of Fort Worth Monday morning.
The National Weather Service issued the Flood Advisory for Tarrant, Denton, Cooke and Wise counties until 11:30 a.m. but another advisory was not been issued for the area. [[299558601,C]]
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Fort Worth police said Northwest 21st Street was closed near Chestnut Street due to flooding. High water has also affected Hulen Street near Interstate 30 and Jacksboro Highway near Ephriham Avenue.
As the rain came down the problems rose for neighbors along Fort Worth's Pershing Avenue. Floodwaters lasted just 15 minutes, but cleanup will take days.
Flooded cars wait for insurance adjusters. Wrecked roads wait for repairs as homeowners sit helpless.
"We wake up in the middle of night wondering if we need to move cars out of the driveway, if they're going to flood,” said neighbor Tyler Davis. "You lose sleep at night. It's a big hassle for everyone around.”
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Since last June, residents living in the 4900 block of Pershing have experience significant problems at least three different times. Homeowner Teri Kramer has lived on the street for 11 years, and never had any issues until last June. Since then, she has spent $10,000 repairing her basement and replacing appliances and landscaping destroyed by repeat rising waters.
"It's just unbelievable,” said Kramer. "We shouldn't have to live like this.”
At nearby W&O cleaners off Camp Bowie Boulevard and Neville Street, six inches of water covered the entire building. On a day when employees should have been cleaning clothes, they were left cleaning the store.
It's a repeat problem that leaves the owner with few solutions.
"All you do with this is take a shop-vacuum and suck the water out,” said Chat Pierce. "Oh, and hope the sun comes out.”
Neighbors said they've voiced their concerns to the city and the city is listening, but little is being done to efficiently end the problem.
Resident worry nearby development projects over the last few years have changed the way water drains and is responsible for major flooding issues on their block.
Big issues were also reported once again in Fort Worth's Arlington Heights neighborhood.
In Dallas, water was rushing through Turtle Creek as the rain came down.
In Allen, NBC 5 crews found high water along U.S. 75., cars created big walls of water as they sped along the frontage roads.
Water rose to the middle of the tires on some cars and trucks on NBC 5 viewer John Myers' street in Plano, but as quickly as the water came, it receded after the rain moved out.
In Denton, flash floods carried a dumpster into a parked car in front of the University of North Texas Speech and Hearing Clinic.
City crews were called out to emergency drain some spots while other streets had to be temporarily closed. Roads near the Denton County Health Department nearly became impassable.
Again, as fast as the rain came, the water receded from the streets by the afternoon, leaving only ditches filled with water.
