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DFW WEATHER BLOG: The heaviest rain has moved out. Now what?

The heavy downpours of rain moved out of the DFW area on Saturday morning, but light rainfall was expected to remain for the rest of the day.

The heavy downpours of rain that drenched North Texas for nearly 24 hours moved out of the area on Saturday morning – but don't expect sunshine anytime soon.

Light rainfall was expected to continue for most of North Texas on Saturday, with a 40 percent chance of rain on Sunday. A flash flood watch remained in effect until Sunday morning.

And the rain likely isn't going away. Over the next 10 days, rain chances don't fall below 20 percent.

While the rest of the weekend might not see the heavy rain we had overnight Friday, flooding will still be a concern, as the ground is already saturated. Parts of North Texas could see an additional third of an inch to an inch of rain through Sunday night.

Earlier Saturday, heavy rain led to dangerous flooding. By 10 a.m., the rainfall tallies from our recording stations since Friday were 6.11 inches in Dallas, 8.27 inches in Grand Prairie and 8.07 inches at DFW Airport. In Collin County, Anna had seen 8.29 inches of rain, while 7.16 inches had fallen in McKinney.

White Rock Creek sets record level

Some of the most visible flooding was happening in northeast Dallas along White Rock Creek, which crested at 91.47 feet at Greenville Avenue, an all-time high for the creek. The previous high was 90.59 feet on May 2, 1990, according to the National Weather Service.

WFAA photojournalist Mike Forbes captured this footage of the floodwaters at White Rock Creek, off Northwest Highway and Lawther Drive:

Floodwaters were also bad in Garland, where water could be seen gushing over a road by the Firewheel golf course. Check out this footage:

15, including 5 police officers, rescued in southeast Dallas

Five police officers who were trying to help a stranded motorist got trapped themselves as the Prairie Creek flooded in southeast Dallas. Firefighters rescued the officers and the stranded motorist, along with nine people in a nearby recovery home in the 8400 block of Fireside Drive.

Everman residents head to roofs to escape floodwaters

More than 40 homes in Everman were damaged by floodwaters overnight Friday. According to Everman’s Fire Chief, when first responders arrived, they could not drive through the water. People were on their roofs waiting to be rescued. The city is asking impacted residents to go to the city annex. Red Cross has been called to help.

"It didn't take long at all," resident Seretha Binion said of the floodwaters. "Next thing I knew, it was all through the whole house...I heard the gurgling going on where the air conditioner was. By the time I got up to check that, the whole house was flooded. It got up about two feet in the house, and it came in through the windows."

23-year-old man drowns near UTA campus

A 23-year-old man drowned in a creek near the UTA campus Friday night, officials said. His body was found near Doug Russell Park about 1:50 a.m.

Train derailment in Farmersville

11 cars were derailed after flood waters reportedly compromised a railway bridge. This was near CR 558 & CR 605. No injuries and no hazmat situation, according to police.

Six Flags Over Texas closed Saturday

The park tweeted that it was shut down due to a "storm related power outage."

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Mandy Woods shared this photo of what she described as a stalled out Midlothian Police vehicle. According to Woods, no one was hurt.

TIMELINE:

SATURDAY 6 A.M. to 3 P.M.: Widespread showers and storms will continue through the morning and early afternoon. Heaviest rain (for the most part) at this time will be north of Dallas and Tarrant County. The coverage will break up a little bit in the afternoon, but still remain on the high side. This means the risk of isolated flooding will begin to drop a little, but it won’t be completely over.

SATURDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT: You guessed it…more rain! The highest coverage and heaviest rain at this time begins to migrate into east Texas slowly but surely. Even though the Flash Flood Watch isn’t extended into Saturday evening at this time, I expect that will change.

Flooding tonight in Las Colinas @Fox4Weather @wfaa @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/R0gzU8sHRD

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