More than 5 inches of rain fell, breaking the previous record by nearly an inch, and thunderstorms are still expected.
Stormy weather made for a wet Labor Day in Galveston on Monday, where enough rain has fallen so far to break an 83-year-old daily rainfall record in the coastal Texas city by nearly an inch.Last Friday, the National Weather Service's West Gulf River Forecast Center posted a rainfall map showing that parts of Texas were expecting up to 7 inches of rain this weekend. The heaviest rain was forecast for western Texas near the Louisiana border.
'Rain intensity has significantly diminished on Galveston Island, though ongoing street flooding will take a while to recede,' the office wrote.
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