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Forecaster warns of flooding during Memorial Day weekend

Bryan Brown closes the gate on cattle he and others from +C Cattle Co. corralled Thursday, May 21, 2015 at Langdon Farm Northwest of Texarkana in Bowie County. The cattle are being moved in preparation of rising flood waters from the Red River. Gary Langdon owner said he doesn't believe the predicted flooding will be as bad as the 1990 flood he and other area ranchers went through but he was moving the cattle more as a precaution. Local emergency management and other county officials are working with the U.S. Corp of Engineers to monitor river levels. (Evan Lewis/The Texarkana Gazette via AP) Bryan Brown closes the gate on cattle he and others from +C Cattle Co. corralled Thursday, May 21, 2015 at Langdon Farm Northwest of Texarkana in Bowie County. The cattle are being moved in preparation of rising flood waters from the Red River. Gary Langdon owner said he doesn't believe the predicted flooding will be as bad as the 1990 flood he and other area ranchers went through but he was moving the cattle more as a precaution. Local emergency management and other county officials are working with the U.S. Corp of Engineers to monitor river levels. (Evan Lewis/The Texarkana Gazette via AP)

By Associated Press May 22, 2015 1 min read

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – The National Weather Service says there’s a slight chance for severe weather along the Texas-New Mexico border and rainfall over the Memorial Day weekend will likely cause flash flooding across the southern Plains.

Meteorologist John Hart of the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, says the risk Friday is mostly confined to southwest Texas and eastern New Mexico, where hail, thunderstorms and even a tornado could be possible overnight.

Hart warned of flash flooding over the holiday weekend in North Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, which are still soaked from recent storms.

A forecaster in Norman says about 0.6 inches of rain in May will break Oklahoma City’s record for the wettest month ever recorded.

Forecaster Matt Stalley in Texas says people camping or on the waterways should take extra care.