Thousands of flash flood warnings have been issued across the country and the number of flash flood emergencies is near-record, too.

TEXAS - Flood Warnings are in effect for many Texas rivers following heavy rains over the last couple of weeks. Rio Grande at Laredo from Wednesday morning to late Thursday evening

On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning coordination meteorologist,