TX - Central Texas Flash Floods leave missing and deceased victims, May 2015

[KateB]

For those keeping up with the McComb family story:

http://www.kristv.com/story/29152458/mccomb-arrives-in-wimberley-to-search-for-relatives

Laura McComb's sister, Julie was on Fox 7 Austin last night. Video here: http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/29...ls-release-photos-and-names-of-missing-people

 

[Forager]

Hi, not sure if this has been posted already, just getting in, sorry if its a duplicate:

Woman who drove into flooded ditch still missing in Rosenberg
[I've snipped the photo originally attached - Forager]

"ROSENBERG, Texas -- The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office is searching for a woman whose vehicle was found submerged in a ditch Tuesday afternoon in the Rosenberg area.

The car belongs to Alice Tovar, 73. Her daughter said she never showed up for work Tuesday at the Chevron on Gerken and Highway 36.

The 2000 silver Ford Crown Victoria was found at 3343 Gerken Road near Band Road in the Rosenberg area."

FindHG asked me to plot the location at which the car was found:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z_XRj_yu3Dto.kxJe9PQHuGp4

The map is not intended to map the "Central Texas Flash Floods" topic in general. Send requests for corrections or additions to me, WS member "Forager" VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE. (I don't expect to be monitoring this thread).

The map is set so that anyone with the map link can view and edit it.

 

[FindHG]

FindHG asked me to plot the location at which the car was found:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z_XRj_yu3Dto.kxJe9PQHuGp4

The map is not intended to map the "Central Texas Flash Floods" topic in general. Send requests for corrections or additions to me, WS member "Forager" VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE. (I don't expect to be monitoring this thread).

The map is set so that anyone with the map link can view and edit it.

Thank you so much, Forager. I've added some screen shots of the google tilt view of the area from google tilt view of the area. There's a creek across, down the street from where her car was found and another northeast of it.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.4915824,-95.8356285,139m/data=!3m1!1e3







http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMap.aspx?location=USTX1170

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

So sad.

News Radio KLBJ ‏@NewsRadioKLBJ 16m16 minutes ago

Boy's body recovered in Blanco River banks. Search for others continues. #TexasFlood #Wimberley #SanMarcos #BlancoRiver

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

Dayton Larry Thomas also identified, found deceased. This article also mentions the body of a young boy being found, though not identified yet:

http://kxan.com/2015/05/27/man-killed-in-hays-county-floods-identified/

 

[margarita25]

Qmfr:

Hi, not sure if this has been posted already, just getting in, sorry if its a duplicate:

Woman who drove into flooded ditch still missing in Rosenberg
http://www.khou.com/story/news/2015...ed-ditch-still-missing-in-rosenberg/28011623/

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"ROSENBERG, Texas -- The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office is searching for a woman whose vehicle was found submerged in a ditch Tuesday afternoon in the Rosenberg area.

The car belongs to Alice Tovar, 73. Her daughter said she never showed up for work Tuesday at the Chevron on Gerken and Highway 36.

The 2000 silver Ford Crown Victoria was found at 3343 Gerken Road near Band Road in the Rosenberg area."

"The body of the missing Rosenberg woman who was swept away by floodwaters Tuesday has been found.

A family member found 73-year-old Alice Tovar along a creek side fence late Wednesday afternoon."

http://www.khou.com/story/news/loca...ed-ditch-still-missing-in-rosenberg/28011623/

 

[margarita25]

FindHG asked me to plot the location at which the car was found:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z_XRj_yu3Dto.kxJe9PQHuGp4

The map is not intended to map the "Central Texas Flash Floods" topic in general. Send requests for corrections or additions to me, WS member "Forager" VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE. (I don't expect to be monitoring this thread).

The map is set so that anyone with the map link can view and edit it.

Thanks you guys. Your time and efforts/willingness to try to help are really appreciated!

 

[Forager]

FindHG asked me to plot the location at which the car was found:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z_XRj_yu3Dto.kxJe9PQHuGp4

The map is not intended to map the "Central Texas Flash Floods" topic in general. Send requests for corrections or additions to me, WS member "Forager" VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE. (I don't expect to be monitoring this thread).

The map is set so that anyone with the map link can view and edit it.

Thanks you guys. Your time and efforts/willingness to try to help are really appreciated!

Very welcome! I've now added a marker on the map to show where she was found, a little over a third of a mile from where her car was found.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z_XRj_yu3Dto.kxJe9PQHuGp4

Here's a link to a screen shot:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GBgD0PymuXvlXWgQDDrOHSjL5-X65HmqT07RkUoXTrU=w296-h207-p-no

 

[FindHG]

Thanks you guys. Your time and efforts/willingness to try to help are really appreciated!

You're very welcome. Wouldn't have known to do it if it weren't for your lead. In the report you linked, her grieving family members were so gracious about their own plight and loss then remembering the loss of others. Appreciate you posting it, magz

 

[SCHMAE]

I can not ever remember anything even remotely like this and so widespread. There have always been flash floods where one small area or town or creek floods now and then but this ongoing and seems like the whole state. Prior to this rain beginning a few weeks ago, I remember hearing that Midland and Lubbock areas were getting 9 inches of rain one night and more rain after that so I'm sure there is a lot of damage up there they are recovering from still. Good ole El Paso, high and dry, but the rest of the state is screwed and even very northern Mexico near the border has has flooding and tornadoes. So commong you hear " Pray for Rain'' in Texas because we are so dry and in drought. I know throughout the coming year this rain will benefit many , but for right now this is a nightmare.

 

[SCHMAE]

Slowly but surely they are finding the missing. My heart goes out to the families.

http://www.kvue.com/story/news/loca...stroyed-1000-damaged-in-hays-county/27886949/

 

[SCHMAE]

Wow, as far north as Texarkana !!!!!!!!! Unbelievable !

https://www.facebook.com/TxDOT



ETA from the same TXDOT fb page ... Amarillo got hit last night again , as well.

''The Amarillo District of TxDOT has shut down US 83 from Canadian to about 6 miles north due to fallen trees covering the roadway. Several suspected tornadoes in the area have caused some damage to structures and tree lines.''

 

[margarita25]

http://www.khou.com/story/news/loca...in-floodwater-trying-to-get-to-work/28055001/

"HOUSTON - Nihad Konsul, 65, died in Houston's floods that wreaked havoc all over the area. Her body was discovered on Tuesday morning after her truck was submerged in flood water underneath the Westpark Tollway, in Southwest Houston."


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""I'm going to miss her very much," said Issa Konsul, the victim's husband.

Issa and Nihad were supposed to celebrate their 38th year of marriage in June."

 

[SCHMAE]

http://www.khou.com/story/news/loca...in-floodwater-trying-to-get-to-work/28055001/

"HOUSTON - Nihad Konsul, 65, died in Houston's floods that wreaked havoc all over the area. Her body was discovered on Tuesday morning after her truck was submerged in flood water underneath the Westpark Tollway, in Southwest Houston."


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""I'm going to miss her very much," said Issa Konsul, the victim's husband.

Issa and Nihad were supposed to celebrate their 38th year of marriage in June."

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What a precious picture. RIP Nihad.

 

[SCHMAE]

https://www.facebook.com/KCBDNewsChannel11

Lubbock flooded.

 

[FindHG]

I can not ever remember anything even remotely like this and so widespread. There have always been flash floods where one small area or town or creek floods now and then but this ongoing and seems like the whole state. Prior to this rain beginning a few weeks ago, I remember hearing that Midland and Lubbock areas were getting 9 inches of rain one night and more rain after that so I'm sure there is a lot of damage up there they are recovering from still. Good ole El Paso, high and dry, but the rest of the state is screwed and even very northern Mexico near the border has has flooding and tornadoes. So commong you hear " Pray for Rain'' in Texas because we are so dry and in drought. I know throughout the coming year this rain will benefit many , but for right now this is a nightmare.

SCHMAE

i thot you were with skibaboo across the sea. It seems kind of like Katrina in spread out in slices to me. Hope you and yours are okay. There's no history of anything like this before?

 

[SCHMAE]

SCHMAE

i thot you were with skibaboo across the sea. It seems kind of like Katrina in spread out in slices to me. Hope you and yours are okay. There's no history of anything like this before?

No, I'm in DFW . Never met ski I don't recall. I can remember outer Houston area flooding badly but it was from a hurricane.

 

[SCHMAE]

http://www.khou.com/story/weather/2...wood-area-home--san-jac-waters-rise/28060487/

 

[SCHMAE]

Is Galveston flooded? A girl is missing and I don't know the area so I don't know what this means.


''The girl was last seen swimming off 57th Street and Seawall Boulevard just after 3:50 p.m. ''' Do they mean a beach at that location or was she swimming in a street because the waters are so high ? TIA

http://www.khou.com/story/news/loca...ld-girl-missing-off-galveston-beach/28091545/

ETA It IS in the water, so unrelated to floods, sorry about that.

https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=ef2fa8c56750e5a2d756b3c3fdf7b75c&oe=55F7DD67

 

[SCHMAE]

http://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stori...305388301.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DFWBrand