Central Texas Storms 27 June 2007

The following Blog has been compiled by monitoring news reports.  

Background
The Associated Press reported that "Entering 2007, Texas was coming off back-to-back drought years. The state’s agriculture sector suffered through $4.1 billion in crop and livestock losses in 2006, its worst year on record. The drought also contributed to deadly wildfires that ravaged more than 2 million acres, the most destructive in state history. As recently as March, meteorologists were predicting dry conditions in April, May and June."

Instead it has been a June of record rainfall.

27 June 2007
18 inches (45cm) of rain fell in central Texas with more expected.  The heaviest rain was in the Marble Falls area, some 40 miles northwest of Austin in the Texas hill country.  Three bridges in the Marble Falls area were washed out and the municipal water plant was damaged, leaving about two-thirds of the city without water.  Mayor Raymond Whitman said there were 32 high-water rescues in the Marble Falls area.

Rain fell in Oklahoma City for the 15th consecutive day, breaking a 70-year-old record. Flooding closed roads in central and northeastern Oklahoma.

The Texas National Guard sent in about 150 troops and 50 vehicles to help.

Other reports:

• Four Frito-Lay trucks had washed away, spilling chips along the creek.
• A train on a siding has been lifted off the tracks by floodwaters.
• It is the wettest year on record in Austin, where more than 30 inches of rain has fallen since January.
• When the water subsides there will be snake and red fire ant warnings.
• Electronic highway signs read "TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN" warning motorists of flooded roads.

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