South Texas recorded nearly 600% more precipitation than in early May.

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New thunderstorms and showers hit Houston early Saturday morning and are expected to last until midday, the National Weather Service announced. There was a high risk of excessive rain in southern Louisiana and Mississippi until Saturday night.

According to the Meteorological Prediction Center of the National Meteorological Service, floods can be flooded in areas where the soil is already wet. There was a moderate risk of excessive flooding in southeastern Texas and parts of Louisiana on Saturday, the center said.
The upper Texas and western Louisiana Gulf coast received "huge rains" last week, "between 300 and 600 percent of normal rainfall over this period," said the center.

The region has seen storms move in the same place for hours, called training, said CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam.

The Houstonians will receive up to 3 inches of rain on Saturday and areas affected by storms could receive heavier rains of up to 5 inches.

Over the weekend, heavy rains will move east towards Alabama and the southern Appalachians, Van Dam said. As the storm moves east, groups of storms could generate more sudden flood threats, the center said.

Floods and damage similar to tornadoes

Texas was not the only place to experience bad weather.

In Pearl County, Mississippi, a train from the Norfolk South Line derailed Saturday morning when the tracks were washed away by flooding, said Danny Manley, emergency management officer for Pearl River County.

No one was injured or killed and the derailment caused the closure of no main road. The compartments of the train were mostly empty.

Residents of southeastern Texas described similar tornado damage in storms that hit the area from Thursday to Friday morning, CNTR's KTRK reported.
"I'm old and I've never seen such success before," Donna Aquino told the affiliate on Friday.

Other residents found themselves stuck after the rapid flooding of roads on Friday night, some having chosen to spend the night at gas stations, unable to return home.

"I would argue with everyone.If you know that there is a lot of water, go ahead, stop," said a driver at KTRK.

Some drivers who left their cars on the flooded streets came back and found their wheels missing.

The Harris County Flood Control District warned that the low-lying roads could be affected by the waters from the now-reaching San Jacinto River at 59 US.

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