Texas flash flooding a 'worst-case scenario,' says former NOAA official

A retired National Severe Storms Laboratory employee in a Monday interview described the flooding in central Texas as a “worst-case scenario.”

“This really was a worst-case scenario where you had 6 to 9 inches of rain fall in just a few hours, right on top of that south fork of the river,” Alan Gerard, a meteorologist with 35 years of experience, said on “CNN This Morning.”

“And the unfortunate reality is all the soil and hills in that area just funnel all of that rainfall right into the river...