Storms set Oklahoma rain record, cause one death in Texas

A storm system dumped record amounts of rain in parts of Oklahoma and caused flooding in Texas, including in the Dallas area, where floodwaters swept a man from a bridge to his death near the University of Texas’ campus in nearby Arlington.

A record 14 inches of rain fell Friday at the Oklahoma Climatological Survey’s site in Fittstown, about 75 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, and more than 2 additional inches fell before noon Saturday, meteorologist Forrest Mitchell said. The previous record of less than 7 inches was set in July 1997.