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

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From one of your links. Thank you for all the links and updates.

Taylor Langston, KCBD

"just shared this amazing photo taken from the top of Park Tower. Really gives you a sense of the scope of this flooding."

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My thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been greatly affected by this terrible flooding. I hope all the missing are found.

I know what they are going through. We went through our own nightmare back in July, 1994 with the 500 year flood here in Georgia. So many of the businesses, roads, bridges, vehicles, and homes were destroyed or had to be torn down due to the water being above the roof top for three weeks. Ours was caused by hurricane Alberto which hovered over our area for days and days dumping rain constantly without moving on. Rivers, lakes, and creeks overflowed. Dams cracked. Sewage was in the flood waters plus oil/gasoline and other toxic chemicals. A lot of farm animals and pets lost their lives. Thousands of fire ants, wasp, hornets, venomous snakes, strange insects, and even alligators were coming out everywhere.

We had 200 caskets rise out of their graves and were floating in the Flint River. Afterwards some of the deceased in the coffins were never identified. The city of Albany was completely cut into two cities. The east side of Albany couldn't cross into the main area of Albany and vice versa. The bridge that connected the city was under water. We had bridges, and roads washed out, but the saddest thing is there were multiple people from different surrounding towns who lost their lives mostly due to being washed away in their vehicles or when the road gave way.

We were without power for 5 days but our home was not flooded although we were closed in on both sides and couldn't get out because the water was over the bridges in both directions. We did lose one of our businesses that was in the main flood area in Albany. We live in a surrounding county adjacent to Albany.

The reason I am telling of what our area went through is to let all those in the affected area know that you will overcome this but it will leave the towns and the people forever changed. Even the landscape will change. Over 10 years after the 500 year flood happened here you could still see the scars it left behind from the flooding. But slowly people began to rebuild their homes and businesses rebuilt. None of us here had ever seen anything like it. A lot of the beautiful homes that were destroyed weren't zoned in a flood zone before it happened so a lot of homeowners didn't have flood insurance to help them rebuild. I hope that is not the case in the area struck in Texas.

My heart is with each of you, and may you have the strength to endure the long journey ahead of you as you rebuild and morn the loss of life that has been lost. It will get better in time but unfortunately things like this take quite a bit of time to repair and its not something one gets over quickly.

May God be with you all.
 
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Fort Bend County on alert for potential Brazos River flooding
May 28 2015 02:28:42 PM CDT
http://www.click2houston.com/news/w...sidents-on-brazos-river-flood-levels/33269794

RICHMOND, Texas - Richmond, Lake Jackson and Simonton city officials are warning residents about the Brazos River rising above flood levels.

In Richmond, there are no mandatory evacuations at this time, but they are asking all homeowners who live in areas east of the Brazos River to start taking precautions.

Some residents in Simonton are also thinking about evacuating.
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According to the National Weather Service, the Brazos River in Fort Bend County is expected to crest in the late evening early morning of Saturday. The current NWS projections for the Brazos River put the crest at 50 feet almost 6 feet below the top of the levee protecting Greatwood.

The river is expected to rise an additional seven feet from its current level as of Wednesday afternoon.
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oceanblueeyes said:
My thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been greatly affected by this terrible flooding. I hope all the missing are found.

I know what they are going through. We went through our own nightmare back in July, 1994 with the 500 year flood here in Georgia. So many of the businesses, roads, bridges, vehicles, and homes were destroyed or had to be torn down due to the water being above the roof top for three weeks. Ours was caused by hurricane Alberto which hovered over our area for days and days dumping rain constantly without moving on. Rivers, lakes, and creeks overflowed. Dams cracked. Sewage was in the flood waters plus oil/gasoline and other toxic chemicals. A lot of farm animals and pets lost their lives. Thousands of fire ants, wasp, hornets, venomous snakes, strange insects, and even alligators were coming out everywhere.

We had 200 caskets rise out of their graves and were floating in the Flint River. Afterwards some of the deceased in the coffins were never identified. The city of Albany was completely cut into two cities. The east side of Albany couldn't cross into the main area of Albany and vice versa. The bridge that connected the city was under water. We had bridges, and roads washed out, but the saddest thing is there were multiple people from different surrounding towns who lost their lives mostly due to being washed away in their vehicles or when the road gave way.

We were without power for 5 days but our home was not flooded although we were closed in on both sides and couldn't get out because the water was over the bridges in both directions. We did lose one of our businesses that was in the main flood area in Albany. We live in a surrounding county adjacent to Albany.

The reason I am telling of what our area went through is to let all those in the affected area know that you will overcome this but it will leave the towns and the people forever changed. Even the landscape will change. Over 10 years after the 500 year flood happened here you could still see the scars it left behind from the flooding. But slowly people began to rebuild their homes and businesses rebuilt. None of us here had ever seen anything like it. A lot of the beautiful homes that were destroyed weren't zoned in a flood zone before it happened so a lot of homeowners didn't have flood insurance to help them rebuild. I hope that is not the case in the area struck in Texas.

My heart is with each of you, and may you have the strength to endure the long journey ahead of you as you rebuild and morn the loss of life that has been lost. It will get better in time but unfortunately things like this take quite a bit of time to repair and its not something one gets over quickly.

May God be with you all.
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and resilience so eloquently, oceanblueeyes. I pray there's no more loss of life that people reach safety and supplies reach them as needed, promptly. Is there a chance there will be relief of some kind for those without flood insurance to rebuild?
 
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http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/05/28/mans-body-found-in-houston-ship-channel/28131937/

"HOUSTON -- Police have recovered a man's body from the Houston Ship Channel Thursday evening. Officials believe it may be the eighth fatality tied to Tuesday's severe flooding."

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"The body is a white male and has not been identified. The U.S. Coast Guard said early indications are description matches the body of an 87-year-old-man who was swept away by flood waters earlier this week.

The Medical Examiner's Office was scene late Thursday night to identify the body and then notify the family."


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U.S. Coast Guard: Body recovered at Port of Houston believed to be that of missing 87-year-old
http://www.click2houston.com/news/c...swept-away-by-current-in-brays-bayou/33271710
 
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http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=8837ddf1187cc5c8&hl=en&gl=US&source=web
Flash Flood Warning for Austin - San Antonio
Active for next 4 hours ·
National Weather Service
This alert has been updated.
Posted 30 minutes ago

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a Flash Flood Warning for: Eastern Llano County in south central Texas. Comal County in south central Texas. Hays County in south central Texas. Burnet County in south central Texas. Northwestern Travis County in south central Texas. Central Kendall County in south central Texas. Blanco County in south central Texas. Northwestern Williamson County in south central Texas. Eastern Gillespie County in south central Texas.

Until 4:15 am CDT.
At 11:45 pm CDT, Doppler radar indicated a thunderstorm producing Heavy Rain across the northern and eastern Hill Country. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen, and saturated soils along with standing water in normally dry creek beds will result in flash flooding with as little as 1 inch of rain.
Some locations that will experience flooding include: Boerne, Kingsland, Marble Falls, Burnet, Wimberley, Dripping Springs, Blanco, Bertram, Round Mountain, Buchanan Dam, Canyon Lake Dam, Leander, Gainesville, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Fair Oaks Ranch, Canyon Lake, Granite Shoals, Bulverde and Bee Cave.
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https://www.facebook.com/KXANnews/p....383407.46541548036/10152960215808037/?type=1
 
  • #132
Pouring rain again outside right now. Had to get up to let the nervous dog out. And twitter tells me it's now official in two languages:


DFW Scanner ‏@DFWscanner 26m26 minutes ago

Its official: this is the wettest May on record, according to the @NWSFortWorth. #txwx #dfwwx #texasflood


Albert Martínez ‏@amartineztx 24m24 minutes ago

¡Récord! con 13.67" a las 12:28AM en #DFW mayo ya es el más húmedo de la historia #tiempodfw #dfwwx @UnivisionDallas
 
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Lone★WeatherCenter ‏@LoneStarWeathr 9m9 minutes ago

#BREAKING: Over 30 roads closed in Johnson County, TX, from #flooding! AVOID TRAVELING IN JOHNSON COUNTY!! #DFWWX... http://fb.me/7kVoJTMS3


Josh Johns ‏@JoshJohnsWx 9m9 minutes ago Texas, USA

112 am...and @CBS11JeffJam is still covering the flooding. Says its bad in Johnson co. #TXwx #DFWwx #dedication
 
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I'm out here in California, but I know we have many posters from Texas here on WS and want to sends my thoughts and prayers to all.
 
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montana_16 said:
I'm out here in California, but I know we have many posters from Texas here on WS and want to sends my thoughts and prayers to all.
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Thanks. (It's STILL pouring and thundering out....)

Don't you know we wish we could send our water to you!
 
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DFW Scanner ‏@DFWscanner 16m16 minutes ago

Dallas Truck 11 reports Mockingbird Lane "is completely under water" near Cedar Springs Road. Multiple cars in high water. #txwx #dfwwx
 
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Texas Storm Chasers ‏@TxStormChasers 9m9 minutes ago

223AM: Extremely dangerous flooding in Dallas with numerous water rescues in progress. Many roads are flooded. Stay put folks! #txwx #dfwwx
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DFW Scanner ‏@DFWscanner 9m9 minutes ago

Dallas Fire Rescue personnel are attempting to respond to calls, but keep finding stalled cars in high water. Major flooding. #txwx #dfwwx
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Dallas scanners are very busy and things aren't sounding good in the Buckner/Garland area. People talking about waiting for help with cars being stuck or submerged, not wanting to "watch these people get swept away, too"...
 
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Up listening to the Dallas and Garland scanners until the wee hours of the morning. This one was too close for comfort. Our rain gauge this morning showed we got 3.5" of rain last night. The immediate communities just to our south, east, and north were hit with 3-6" of rain and bad flash floods on at least two dozen highways all night long, and there were so many high water rescues going on (the car submerged, subject on roof or swept-away-into-creek variety), that the dispatcher couldn't tend to his continual list of 20 or more waiting calls. (And yes, our home-from-college daughter was still out visiting a girlfriend with option of spending the night--and it was too late to call her, so I was obsessively manning the scanner....)

Poor LE--I couldn't believe it, but some people in cars just didn't seem to understand what was happening in the dark and confusion until too late. One woman in a car sailed past the parked police car on the highway that was there to block traffic, and was swept right into the creek. I listened through that rescue. More than one emergency vehicle got trapped in high water just trying to keep others out of it.

These are not just random roads--these were on so many major, major highways, ones with concrete lane barriers and no option of u-turn...Loop 12, Pres George Bush, I-20- and I-30... I'm watching on TV right now a helicopter view--there are miles and miles of cars 4-6 lanes wide with people just walking around or standing around waiting for the water to recede from an exit or underpass. Not going anywhere soon! A Hwy I was on just a few days ago flooded and closed. Exit I routinely used off a thoroughfare in our previous neighborhood was flooded with multiple cars trapped. But the dispatcher last night couldn't even deal with all the stranded or blocked vehicles at flooded overpasses; the repeated priority all night long was the water rescues--people floating in cars or stranded in flooding apartments needing evacuation to higher ground. So eerie to hear the scanner talking about all these familiar streets and intersections underwater! I've never heard or seen this in 30+ years of living down here. And more rain coming today...
 
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