Remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine dumped more than 6 inches of rain in Denton, Dallas and Fort Worth, while some areas west received up to 10 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

Roads throughout Denton County filled quickly with flooding rains Wednesday, forcing numerous street and highway closures and, in some cases, evacuations. Some residents were stranded by flooded roads and bridges.

Rising water from 6.34 inches of rainfall in roughly 24 hours forced police to temporarily shut down Interstate 35E northbound and southbound late Wednesday morning in Corinth and Lewisville. Lewisville police later reopened all lanes on I-35E at FM407, but the southbound frontage road remained closed where an overflow pond from Lewisville Lake breached its boundaries.

Aubrey resident Glenda Cowling stopped by 202 E. North St. to find sewage backing up into her daughter’s house. The backup has happened with flooding rains in the past, but the city hasn’t been able to fix the problem, she said.

“And my son is on the City Council,” Cowling said, adding that she worked for a while to keep sewage from coming out of a bathtub. She gave up and called the fire department. 

Cowling said the house where she once lived now serves as home for her daughter Shanda Stinchcomb and granddaughter Jaylen, 3. Rising waters from an estimated 10 inches of rainfall in Aubrey flooded the yard to the front door, which may have caused the sewage backup, she said.

Carpet in the 3-year-old’s room was saturated, and toys were piled atop Jaylen’s bed. Rainwater and sewage flooded throughout the house.

The lawn, once covered with grass, is now mainly dirt, Cowling said, because of repeated flooding.

The fire department arrived after noon and sump pumps were brought in to help get rid of sewage.

Shortly after 2 p.m., city officials showed up to begin shoveling out a ditch.

Floodwaters rose over a bridge on Tom Cole Road west of Denton Airport, blocking the only route from Billie Glosser’s property, where she lives and runs an Arabian horse farm.

“I’m stranded,” Glosser said by phone Wednesday afternoon. “The bridge was not flooded at 6:30 this morning. At about 11:30, my daughter called me and told me she couldn’t get back in.”

Several workers at a nearby natural gas drilling site also were stranded east of the bridge, she said.

An alternative route from Glosser’s property, north on Tom Cole to Masch Branch Road, was permanently closed in June as part of an $8.7 million project to extend the airport runaway.

At the time, city officials said they would offer an alternative route out of the area during emergencies.

“They lied,” said Melissa Vardas, an employee of Glosser’s Love N’ War Arabians who couldn’t get to work because of the flooded bridge. “They said we were going to have a way out, and now we don’t have a way out or in.”

City spokesman John Cabrales said there is a gated construction road designed to provide emergency access from Tom Cole to Masch Branch but it washed out in the flooding.

Street crews were working to repair the road Wednesday afternoon, he said.

Lake Cities Fire Department crews evacuated some areas around Dalton and Shady Shores roads, which were underwater near Shady Shores Elementary School, officials said.

Many intersections and stretches of city streets were closed in the middle of the day but had reopened by the evening commute. Hickory Creek Road remained closed Wednesday night.

Water went over the banks of Hickory Creek, pushing around 6-foot round bales of hay like they were toys.

A number of roads across Denton County were closed due to high water. Many were still on the closed list at 5 p.m. with rising creek waters. Lake Dallas police reported people had to be rescued from three vehicles in high water.

A number of roads reopened after rains stopped, though officials were checking sites to see what roads would remain closed until floodwaters receded.

Denton-area resident Jana DeGrand retrieved her daughter from a nearby field after her vehicle spun out in rushing water on FM407. Floodwaters cut off their Britt Drive neighborhood for part of the day, she said.

Emergency officials were evaluating retention ponds and dams in the area to monitor for flood issues, said Jamie Moore of Denton County Emergency Services.

Denton Creek near Justin was expected to crest at 12 feet Wednesday afternoon, according to National Weather Service forecasters.

“Right now, everything seems to be stable and holding fine,” Moore said. “We’re in a situation where the ground is completely saturated and the water is running off. We’re having localized flooding [and we’re] going to continue to have [it].”

In Lewisville, homes along Timbercreek Drive flooded and were evacuated; residents returned later with sandbags to keep water at bay. The area has long been among the lower-lying areas in the city.

Also in Lewisville, county officials reported parked vehicles floating in floodwater.

In Flower Mound, a neighborhood off FM2499 also suffered flooding, with water reaching inside some homes.

Rainfall totals at Dallas Love Field showed 6.2 inches from the tropical storm. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport recorded about the same rainfall amount, at 6.24 inches.

Fort Worth Meacham International Airport received 7.2 inches.

Weather service meteorologists were calling for a 90 percent chance of rain across North Texas through Wednesday night, decreasing to a 30 percent chance early today.

Weather officials issued a tornado warning for eastern Denton County on Wednesday evening.

Denton school district spokeswoman Sharon Cox said school officials had encouraged parents to leave students in school — the safest place for them. However, parents can pick up children during inclement weather, she added.

In Krum, reports surfaced of water seeping into the Sonic Drive-In off the main thoroughfare.

Krum school district spokesman Chelbie Birdwell said a minor accident occurred when water pushed a vehicle off the road and into a ditch in front of the district’s administration building.

“That did slow parents down as far as getting to schools,” Birdwell said.

In Ponder, heavy rains caused at least three school buildings to leak, said Superintendent Bruce Yeager.

“We’ve had a few leaks in buildings with this much rain,” he said.

Staff writers Bj Lewis, Donna Fielder, Britney Tabor, David Minton, Lowell Brown, Candace Carlisle, Dawn Cobb and Tim Monzingo contributed to this report.

PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE can be reached at 940-566-6881. Her e-mail address is pheinkel-wolfe@dentonrc.com.