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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Storm warning canceled for Bell County
Update 7: The storm has moved into Milam County, and so the warning has been canceled for Bell County.
There remains an urban and small stream flood advisory for Bell County until 12:15 am.
Update 6: …A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR MILAM AND SOUTHEASTERN BELL COUNTIES…
AT 955 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF ROGERS…MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. NICKEL-SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LITTLE RIVER ACADEMY AT 953 PM. A CARPORT WAS DAMAGED IN SALADO EARLIER WITH THIS STORM.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… BUCKHOLTS AND THORNDALE BY 1005 PM CDT… CAMERON BY 1020 PM CDT… ROCKDALE BY 1025 PM CDT…
Update 5: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS… MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
AT 936 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLAND…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… ROGERS BY 950 PM THORNDALE BY 1010 PM CAMERON BY 1020 PM ROCKDALE BY 1030 PM
Update 4: …A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY…
AT 929 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF SALADO…MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… HOLLAND AND LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY BY 945 PM CDT…
Update 3: New storm warning replacing expired one:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
AT 911 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL… AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF SALADO…AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… SALADO BY 920 PM BELTON BY 925 PM HOLLAND BY 930 PM LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY BY 935 PM
Update 2: …THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAMPASAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL CORYELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED…
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY…
AT 902 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALADO…MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.
Update: …A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WESTERN BELL…SOUTHEASTERN LAMPASAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL CORYELL COUNTIES…
AT 834 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COPPERAS COVE…MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… HARKER HEIGHTS BY 850 PM CDT… NOLANVILLE BY 855 PM CDT… SALADO BY 905 PM CDT… BELTON BY 910 PM CDT… HOLLAND BY 915 PM CDT…
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
Original text: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS… SOUTHERN CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS… SOUTHEASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
UNTIL 915 PM CDT
AT 813 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF LAMPASAS…AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… COPPERAS COVE BY 825 PM FORT HOOD BY 835 PM KILLEEN BY 840 PM HARKER HEIGHTS BY 850 PM NOLANVILLE BY 855 PM SALADO AND BELTON BY 905 PM
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY…FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT WORTH.
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Severe thunderstorm warning, Bosque/Coryell
Update: This warning has been canceled.
Original text: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS… NORTH CENTRAL CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS… NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
AT 932 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRANFILLS GAP…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… CRANFILLS GAP BY 945 PM CLIFTON BY 1010 PM
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Salado getting hit again
Radar indicating 70-80 mph winds in the area southwest Salado. Amateur radio reporting damage to a carport in Salado.
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Baylor baseball run-rules Stephen F. Austin in home finale, 11-0
Tribune-Herald staff writer John Werner reports from Baylor Ballpark:
Tim Matthews threw a three-hitter and Baylor banged out 12 hits en route to an 11-0 win over Stephen F. Austin in seven innings in the home finale tonight.
Beamer Weems led the Bears’ attack with three hits, including a pair of doubles. Aaron Miller ripped a two-run double in the first inning and Raynor Campbell hit a run-scoring double to highlight a six-run third inning.
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Tornadic storm approaching Bell, Coryell counties
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR… BELL COUNTY SOUTHERN CORYELL COUNTY
AT 753 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF LAMPASAS…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF TORNADOES…DAMAGING WINDS…AND UP TO GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL. ON ITS PRESENT COURSE…THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL ENTER SOUTHERN CORYELL AND WESTERN BELL COUNTIES BETWEEN 815 PM AND 830 PM.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BELTON…COPPERAS COVE… FORT HOOD…HARKER HEIGHTS…HOLLAND…KILLEEN…MORGAN’S POINT RESORT…NOLANVILLE AND SALADO.
SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CORYELL AND BELL COUNTIES AS THIS STORM APPROACHES.
There’s a tornado warning for Lampasas County to the west…
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Watch video: Jury recesses in trial of former Aryan Brotherhood member who led police on chase
A former captain in the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas will have to wait until Thursday to learn his punishment for leading state police on a high-speed chase through northern McLennan County.
Scott Allen McLain, a three-time convicted felon, pleaded guilty Tuesday to eluding police in a vehicle and elected to have a 19th State District Court jury of nine women and three men recommend his punishment.
The jury deliberated about 5 1/2 hours today before asking Judge Ralph Strother if they could recess and resume deliberations in the morning. Jurors, who said they were deadlocked after about three hours, told the judge that they were making progress before they left for the evening about 6 p.m.
You can watch the chase video from the trial below:
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BU administration overturns tenure denials for seven faculty members
By Tim Woods Tribune-Herald staff writer
Baylor University President John Lilley announced in an internal e-mail today that he and Provost Randall O’Brien granted tenure on appeal to seven of the 12 tenure candidates who were denied earlier this spring.
“As a result of new evidence submitted in the reconsideration process, this year 25 of the 30 faculty who applied for tenure will receive it,” Lilley wrote in the e-mail.
Originally, 12 of the 30 were denied, with Lilley’s administration pointing to substandard research viewed “through the lens of (Baylor) 2012” as the reason.
The e-mail did not name the candidates awarded tenure on appeal, but it has been confirmed that three of them are from the engineering department— Russ Duren, Randall Jean and Carolyn Skurla.
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Lighting sparks house fire
Lightning struck a home in Elm Mott this morning, sparking a fire that badly damaged the vacant home’s roof.
The fire started during a severe thunderstorm. Firefighters were called about 7 a.m. to the 1100 block of Farm-to-Market Road 308, said Elm Mott Volunteer Fire Chief Ann Reed.
The fire damaged the home’s roof and a breezeway leading to an attached pool house, Reed said. A firefighter lost footing and fell in the pool as they tried to put out the flames.
The home, approximately 2,500 to 3,000 square feet, was vacant, as its owners were in the process of putting it on the market to sell, Reed said. No one was injured in the incident.
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Oncor: 600 still without power
From Trib staffer Erin Quinn;
Oncor spokesman Mike Cain said before noon today that about 600 homes in McLennan County were still without power from this morning’s storm. About 2,000 were in the dark earlier in the day.
Crews continue to work to restore power, he said.
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Officers: Suspect gives details of killing spree
Within hours of his arrest in New York, a suspect in a cross-country killing spree offered details about murders and shootings in Texas, Pennsylvania and other states, law officers testified in Austin.
Paul Devoe was arrested in his native Long Island in August as the suspect in six slayings. Officers from Suffolk County, N.Y., where he was arrested, testified about his initial statements Tuesday during a pretrial hearing in Austin.
Devoe is charged with capital murder, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. His lawyers are trying to suppress statements he has made in New York, saying in court documents that they were not voluntary and were not secured in accordance with Texas law.
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Study: Sea wall sinking around Jefferson Memorial
The sea wall protecting the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., from the Tidal Basin is sinking in spots and needs repair, a study concluded.
The domed landmark built in the late 1930s and early ’40s is not in danger but should be monitored, according to the yearlong engineering study commissioned by the National Park Service.
The study released Tuesday attributes the sinking mainly to soft soil under the wall that has compressed over the years. In some places, the wall has sunk almost a foot since the memorial was built.
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Consumer prices rose less than expected
Bloomberg reports that U.S. consumer prices rose less than forecast in April, reflecting cheaper costs for cars and hotel rooms that offset the biggest jump in food in 18 years.
The consumer price index increased 0.2 percent after a 0.3 percent gain in March, the Labor Department said today in Washington. So-called core prices, which exclude food and energy costs, climbed 0.1 percent, compared with 0.2 percent.
Bonds rallied after the report, which may be welcomed by Federal Reserve officials after they warned two weeks ago of “high” uncertainty in the outlook for prices. The central bank has for most of the past year predicted that a slowing economy would hold down prices.
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Pregnant woman rescued from China quake rubble
A Chinese woman — eight months pregnant — was pulled to safety today after spending 50 hours trapped under earthquake rubble, setting off celebrations among beleaguered rescuers.
Rescue workers pulled the pregnant woman’s elderly mother to safety minutes later in the same place in rare good news in Sichuan province, where the official death toll has risen to nearly 15,000 from Monday’s massive quake.
But up to four others remained trapped in the collapsed apartment building and the prospects for reaching them were slim, a rescuer said.
In other news, thousands of Chinese soldiers rushed to repair a dam badly cracked by the earthquake, while rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of the disaster.
China’s top economic planning body said that the quake had damaged 391 mostly small dams. It left “extremely dangerous” cracks in the Zipingpu Dam upriver from the earthquake-hit city of Dujiangyan and some 2,000 soldiers were sent to repair the damage, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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Arson arrest made in string of Florida wildfires
Authorities in a Florida town where at least 40 homes have been gutted by wildfires have arrested a man they believe may have sparked the blazes, the Associated Press reports.
Palm Bay Deputy Police Chief Doug Muldoon says the man was arrested this morning. No other information is being released until a news conference with other city officials.
The fires reported in Brevard County have burned more than 15 square miles. Officials say they’re getting closer to containing the blazes.
The Florida Division of Forestry says 40 homes in the Palm Bay area were destroyed and about 120 other structures were damaged. Officials said the total damage estimate was approximately $9.6 million.
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Substitute teacher came to school drunk
A substitute middle school teacher in Richardson, Texas, suspected of being drunk in class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.
Thomas Brownlee, 56, was in a classroom Tuesday with students and another staff member for about 20 minutes, Richardson school district spokesman Tim Clark said. Another teacher suspected Browlee was drunk and told a campus police officer.
A Dallas police report states that Brownlee “had slurred speech, breath smelling of an alcoholic beverage and bloodshot eyes.”
The officer stopped issuing a sobriety test out of concern for Brownlee’s safety, according to the report.
Brownlee was charged with public intoxication, police said.
Clark said students were never alone with Brownlee, and that the district had used him as a substitute teacher before without incident.
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5th person charged in Redskin safety’s murder
Prosecutors in Miami say a fifth person has been charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor.
Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office spokesman Ed Griffith says today that 16-year-old Timothy Brown is charged with first-degree murder under a sealed warrant.
Taylor died of massive blood loss after he was shot at his Miami-area home during a botched robbery in November. The 24-year-old safety had made the Pro Bowl in 2006 and 2007.
Brown is being held in Lee County. It’s not immediately known when he’ll be transferred to Miami-Dade County to face the charge.
Trial for the other four suspects is set for Aug. 25. Prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty.
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Police memorial service this morning
The Waco Police Department and area law enforcement agencies will take part in a memorial service oat 11 a.m. in Indian Spring Park to remember slain officers from the community and throughout the United States.
Each year, the event is scheduled in connection with National Peace Officers Memorial Week. The ceremony will honor McLennan County peace officers from 1873 to 2001 who were killed in the line of duty.
It will include a 21-gun salute and the placement of a memorial wreath. Guest speaker will be John Segrest, district attorney for McLennan County.
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New storm headed to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar
Another powerful storm headed toward Myanmar’s cyclone-devastated delta today and the U.N. warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths among the estimated 2 million survivors.
The country’s junta told visiting Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, however, that it is in control of the relief operations and doesn’t need foreign experts.
By the way, the news of a second cyclone was not broadcast by Myanmar’s state-controlled media. But Yangon residents picked up the news on foreign broadcasts and on the Internet.
The area was hammered by Cyclone Nargis on May 3, leaving at least 34,273 dead and 27,838 missing, according to the government.
An estimated 2 million survivors of the storm are still in need of emergency aid. But U.N. agencies and other groups have been able to reach only 270,000 people so far.
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Woman pleads guilty in Spitzer prostitution probe
A woman accused of booking clients for a prostitution ring has pleaded guilty in the federal probe that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the Associated Press reports.
Temeka Rachelle Lewis pleaded guilty today to promoting prostitution and money laundering. The 32-year-old is among four defendants in the case involving the Emperor’s Club VIP call-girl ring.
Court papers say the FBI secretly recorded conversations between Lewis and Spitzer about a Feb. 13 tryst with a prostitute in Washington. The former governor is identified in the court papers as Client No. 9
Spitzer announced his resignation March 12.
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Curfew in Indian city after deadly bomb blasts
Police imposed a daylong curfew in the western Indian city of Jaipur today to prevent any retaliatory violence after a series of blasts in crowded areas left at least 80 people dead.
Authorities suspect Islamic militants were behind the blasts, and they moved quickly to stop any potential clashes between the city’s Hindu majority and its sizable Muslim minority. Police were deployed in force and people kept off the streets of Jaipur’s old walled city, where all seven bombs went off on Tuesday.
“Neither the Hindus or the Muslims here want to fight,” said Mohiuddin Qureshi, a gemstone trader who works in a market that was bombed.
“Our lives are together, our businesses are together. This is the work of outsiders,” said Qureshi, who went to 10 burials Wednesday.
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American Eagle flight left late due to storm
From Trib staffer Erin Quinn:
The first flight from Waco to Dallas this morning left more than two hours late because of severe weather, said Andrea Huguely, an American Eagle spokeswoman.
Richard Howell, director of aviation at Waco Regional Airport, reported flights to Dallas were on a “ground stop” this morning. Huguely said all flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were grounded because of severe storms and lightning.
All flights leaving DFW are running at 15-minute delays now, she said.
American Eagle flights leaving Waco appear to be running on time now. The next flight is scheduled to leave at 9:38 a.m.
The first flight was scheduled to leave Waco at 6:20 a.m. and did not take off until 8:29 a.m., according to the American Airlines Web site, which Huguely confirmed.
American Eagle, a subsidiary of American Airlines, provides service from Waco to Dallas. Continental Connection flights, which fly from Waco to Houston, were not affected.
Huguely urged people flying into DFW today to check aa.com for their flight status before leaving for the airport because the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is bracing for another round of severe weather this afternoon.
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Some in county without power this morning
From Trib staffer Erin Quinn:
About 2,000 McLennan County residents are without power this morning, reports Oncor spokesman Mike Cain. He said the outages are widespread and were caused by the wind and lightning accompanying the storm.
Power lines also were down in isolated spots around the county, he said. He could not give an exact number, but said that crews are working to restore power.
Cain says anyone who spots a downed electric wire to stay clear of the area and call 9-1-1.
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Drizzle now, but more storms possible
We have just a little drizzle in downtown Waco right now, but the high humidity (87 percent currently) and an expected warm day leads to the likelihood that showers and thunderstorms will develop during the day, according to the National Weather Service.
Some of the storms could be severe, the weather service says. It’ll be cloudy, with a high near 82. A southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph is expected with a 70 percent chance of rain.
According to the automated rain gauge at Waco Regional Airport, the storm brought 2.94 inches of rain since midnight. McGregor Executive Airport’s gauge reports receiving 1.87 inches.
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Wet, but no major damage in McLennan County
From Trib staffer Erin Quinn:
Steve Vaughn, McLennan County’s assistant emergency coordinator, said he is surprised this morning to report no major damage because of overnight storms.
“We’re seeing lots of water on roads,” he said, but added that none, so far, have been deemed impassable.
“I think Bell County really took the brunt of this one,” he said.
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Some Coryell County roads impassable
From Trib staffer Erin Quinn:
Dispatchers have reported that the following Coryell County roads deemed impassable because of high water:
CR 194, CR 174, CR 196, CR 182 near Farm-to-Market Road 217, F.M. 1113 at Topsy Road, and debris is across CR 321.
Straws Mill Road is blocked off because the river has risen over the road and a creek at CR 274 is expected to rise above the road.
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Area received 3-4 inches of rain
From Trib staffer Erin Quinn:
Gary Woodall, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service is reporting up to 4 inches of rainfall over McLennan County and its surrounding areas. That will likely lead to flooded areas and roadways that should not be driven over if water is across the road.
Bosque, Mills, Navarro and Hill counties, he said, received the heaviest rainfall overnight at 3-4 inches.
McLennan County saw more widespread rainfall, he said, with the northwest and southeast corners of the county seeing the most.
Woodall said he is not seeing much damage from hail, but the Salado and Belton areas have seen damage from high winds.
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Bell County reports most damage
From Trib staffer Erin Quinn:
The most damage in Central Texas has been reported in Bell County.
Trees and power lines are down in Salado, and a Bells County dispatcher reported that they’re seeing barns “just go poof.”
In the Mills Creek/Salado area roofs have been torn off, and Pace Park Road is closed because a tree is lying across it.
“It’s just so much water so quickly,” the dispatcher said.
Falls County officials are reporting a radio tower in Westphalia was snapped in half by high winds.
They are also getting reports of trees downed. No roads are closed, officials said.
The storm largely skipped the area, though it appeared headed directly for Falls County.
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Worst of the storm has passed McLennan County
From Trib reporter Erin Quinn:
Now that it’s after sunrise we’ll see what damage has occurred from the overnight storms in Central Texas. The worst seems to be past McLennan County as radar shows the heavy rain and storms have pushed northeast across Interstate 35 into Falls County.
There are reports of road closures, downed power lines and extensive tree damage in Bell County.
No tornadoes have been confirmed by the National Weather Service yet, although some near Salado were spotted this morning.
Reports are coming in of extensive tree and water damage in Salado and the Mill Creek area. Moody Independent School District buses were running 45 minutes late.
There are reports of thousands of people without electricity this morning.
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Storm warning, Falls County
Update 2: …A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR EASTERN FALLS COUNTY…
AT 729 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARLIN…MOVING EAST AT 46 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… RURAL EASTERN FALLS COUNTY AT 740 AM CDT
Update: …A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR FALLS COUNTY…
AT 707 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOTT…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 42 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… MARLIN BY 725 AM CDT…
Original text: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… FALLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
UNTIL 745 AM CDT
AT 650 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOTT…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… ROSEBUD BY 655 AM LOTT BY 700 AM MARLIN BY 725 AM
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS STREETS…DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
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Storm damage
Spotters on amateur radio are reporting damage to a hotel under construction in Salado, on I-35, exit 286. Signs are reported bent over backward.
Update: KWTX is reporting extensive damage in the Mill Creek area of Salado. Amateur radio traffic is also reporting extensive damage in Rogers.
Update 2: Spotters also reporting a 90-foot r