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Flood advisory expires
Update, 2 pm: The NWS is letting the advisory expire. The gauge up on the Trib roof shows 1.6 inches on the day; Waco airport reports 0.83 inches. Other notable reports from the NWS: 3.44 inches in Kempner; 2.78 inches in Valley Mills; 2.36 inches at Aquilla Lake.
Original NWS alert: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… SOUTHEASTERN BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS NORTHWESTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
UNTIL 145 PM CDT
AT 1152 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITNEY TO 11 MILES EAST OF COPPERAS COVE. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 1/2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM KEMPNER TO CRAWFORD…TO JUST NORTHEAST OF HILLSBORO.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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