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NASA Severe flooding hits central Texas, Oklahoma A stagnant upper-air pattern that spread numerous storms and heavy rains from central Texas up into Oklahoma has resulted in record flooding for parts of the Lone Star State. cnn Texas and Oklahoma: 3 dead after record rains unleash dangerous flooding cnn2013 Texas flooding minor so far, but more rain expected after Sunday's downpours By David Simpson and Dave Alsup, 7:55 AM ET, Mon October 14, - "Officials in central and southern Texas are worried about how much more rain will flow into streams and rivers after huge downpours on Sunday. More than five inches of rain fell Sunday in Austin, and the National Weather Service reported 12 inches of rain in some spots. dallasnews Worse global warming effects ahead for Texas, federal report says By RANDY LEE LOFTIS Published: 06 May 2014 11:16 - "However, dry spells that currently might last a few days are expected to become longer. And more heat adds to evaporation, removing water supplies and making irrigation less effective. “Climate change is no longer a future issue,” said Katharine Hayhoe, director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University and one of the assessment’s authors. “We are experiencing its impacts today.” Annual rainfall totals in Texas aren’t expected to change much. And further pattern shifts toward short, heavy slugs of rain over a few days, a trend since the 1940s, are not projected to be as prevalent in Texas as they are elsewhere. However, dry spells that currently might last a few days are expected to become longer. And more heat adds to evaporation, removing water supplies and making irrigation less effective. Photo of drought in Texas

npr More Drought, Heat and Water Wars: What Climate Change Already Means for Texas MAY 6, 2014 | 2:50 PM BY TERRENCE HENRY - "The report focuses on current and future climate change impacts to the U.S. For Texas and the Great Plains region, climate change caused by carbon emissions will exacerbate the issues the region has long faced: droughts, heat waves, storms and flooding. Agriculture will suffer, water wars will increase, and it’s going to get even hotter." nytimes Assessing Climate Change in a Drought-Stricken State By KATE GALBRAITHAUG. 26, 2011 - “We can’t say with certainty whether this particular drought is in and of itself a product of climate change,” said David Brown, a regional official with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. However, Dr. Brown added, these kinds of droughts will have effects that are “even more extreme” in the future, given a warming and drying regional climate. usa2day Climate change's heat intensifies drought in the USA Wendy Koch, USA TODAY 9:22 p.m. EDT July 9, 2013 - "While drought has several causes, climate scientists say global warming is a long-term contributor that could be exacerbating current conditions, especially in the already-arid Southwest. They say it will likely do more damage in the future. Why? Higher temperatures cause more water to evaporate, and unless there's enough rain to offset it, the ground dries up." washpo Texas prayed for drought-busting rain four years ago. It finally came. By Angela Fritz May 22 2015 - "The silver lining to this torrential rain cloud, of course, is that as of Thursday, the U.S. Drought Monitor says that no portion of Texas — or Oklahoma, for that matter — is in an extreme drought anymore. Victor Murphy, the climate program manager at the National Weather Service Southern Region, said that the Texas drought is “all but over.” The darker the color the greater the drought.