More than a century ago, when it was an El Niño year, San Antonio was one of the Texas cities that got slammed by severe weather. Heavy rain during the final days of November 1913 set the stage for more flooding in the first week of December 1913, which resulted in 180 drownings. The city saw 20 to 25 inches of rain in 15 days.

The extent of Thursday’s flooding has been so shocking to people across the city that some people are comparing it to the historic and catastrophic 1998 floods in San Antonio.

SAN ANTONIO - A Flash Flood Watch has now been issued in anticipation of heavy storms tonight with flooding downpours possible.CLICK HERE to track the storms wi

Parts of Jefferson, Jasper, Hardin and Orange counties are under a flash flood warning. The warning was issued at 12:23 p.m. Friday and is expected to last until 3:30 p.m., the Southeast Texas Alerting Network said.