The footage recorded above depicted the significant flooding that took place in Lucas, Texas on May 27, 2026.  Several structures were flooded.  Many grasslands were drenched with runoff.  We assisted a few cars that were stranded in floodwaters.

 

We were the only ones that provided visual evidence of the flooding event across the entire Internet.

 

The sadder part than the actual flooding itself is that not one - we repeat - not one channel, or outlet, shared any type of visual showcasing flooding across Lucas, Texas despite a tech-abundant, social-media driven world that we are living in today. 

 

You can go ahead and Google, "Lucas, Texas Flooding."  If that doesn't populate any search results, try, "Lucas, Texas."  Either way, you won't find any footage of the flooding that took place.  You won't even find snippets of the flooding through social media provided by everyday folks who aren't even storm chasers.

 

This is not a surprise.  Unfortunately, as long as there are no destructive tornadoes or giant hail to shoot footage of, storm chasers and everyday folks shrug off these type of major weather events as insignificant.  Unless a wedge tornado were to come barreling down towards Lucas, nobody would bother making a documentary about the town.

 

This is the irony of storm chasing.  As long as you record footage of an EF-4+ tornado destroying a town, or a major hurricane bringing life-threatening storm surge, all the other weather events are considered worthless to pay any energy towards; much less chase.

 

Even if it's to the detriment of the citizens impacted.

 

What sets North Tex Wx apart from every other weather outlet is that we understand that weather is unpredictable.  Because we understand that weather is unpredictable, we drive head-on towards cities and towns that may potentially receive big impacts purely based on instinct.  We monitor multiple live radars vigorously, and essentially play the lottery on which locations we should target for storm chasing purposes based on rational radar reading in real-time.  The outcome from this are storm visuals that motivate emergency management to focus on impacted areas that may have been otherwise discarded.

 

When one has that mindset in place, obtaining visual evidence of severe weather is more productive across the board, and reduces the noise from streamers scrambling in chaos during severe weather coverage.

 

We strive to provide that same example for meteorologists and storm chasers, and encourage them to learn that concrete weather data by itself isn't the entire story.